Cross-wiki Search Result Improvements/Wiktionary widget

Add Wiktionary widget in search results


The Wiktionary widget is a cool little experimental API that pulls information from English Wiktionary and will display a variety of things: pronunciation, a short definition, what part of a sentence it is (noun, adjective, verb) and samples of usage. Depending on the word, you might receive all of that information, some of it, or nothing at all - it all depends on what is in Wiktionary for that word.

What?

 * The Wiktionary widget is a cool little experimental API that pulls information from English Wiktionary and displays a variety of things: pronunciation, a short definition, what part of a sentence it is (noun, adjective, verb) and samples of usage. Depending on the word, you might receive all of that information, some of it, or nothing at all - it all depends on what is in Wiktionary for that word.

Where?

 * The widget will display on the search results page and the information returned depends on the search query used.

How?

 * Logged in users can test this new functionality by editing (or creating) a common.js file - more information can be found in the self-guided testing page.

Why?

 * We want to find out if adding information from Wiktionary to the search results will aid users with additional rich data that is useful in the context of the search query the user inputted.

Can I help?

 * Yes, please! Update your common.js file in your logged-in profile and try out the functionality and let us know what you think of the Wiktionary results. Is it interesting and/or useful? Feel free to add questions and constructive comments in the talk page.

Additional outreach

 * We've identified a community that might be interested in providing early feedback for this new functionality (please add more links for additional feedback folks):
 * * Wiktionary Beer Parlour