Thread:Talk:Search/"WTF" search results/reply (3)

Replying to my non-WMF account as my WMF account just to make things more confusing. Anyway, I have information: Wiktionary has 8 pages that all "near match" son with the current analysis setup: sơn Son són son sön SON søn soñ

If we turn off ascii folding it still has three: Son son SON

I'm inclined to have the "go" search for things that have multiple options just drop you on the search results page.

Other options are to try to guess what you wanted with various strategies: 1. Assume you want the most linked page that near matches "son". That is "son" on wiktionary by a wide margin. 2. Assume you want the page that is "closest" to what you typed. I'm not sure how I'd resolve ties other than giving up and showing you the search results page. Still, that would also take you to the "son" page in this case. More stuff?

Obviously going to "són" is wrong. I'm not really sure what is right though.