Discovery/Status updates/2017-10-09

This is the weekly update for the week starting 2016-10-10

=Discussions= Discussions

Search:

 * Updated the search results page because the content overflows page boundaries
 * Add accent squashing to Russian/Cyrillic analyser (with tests)
 * Fixed Cyrillic 'Е' and 'Ё' equivalence not found by search

Analysis:

 * Completed analysis of the results of BM25 AB test (final report)
 * Search results page: how many visitors are on mobile vs desktop - Mikhail ran a hive query for the last couple of weeks and discovered:

Portal:

 * Updated articles by languages
 * Centered 'the free encyclopedia' phrase on mobile devices
 * Fixed the language link that broke unevenly
 * Updated the portal text to use the new, approved shade of blue

Interactive:

 * Maps with geoshapes now have a link to Wikidata item or query in the bottom attribution text
 * Migrated all map usage from "href" to "service" external data (about 50 pages)

=Events and News = Events and News

= Other Noteworthy Stuff =  Other Noteworthy Stuff

= Did you know? = Did you know?

= Development = Development


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