Wikipedia talk:Article name search

Jennifer mcbrearety

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This seems a good idea, but the page title really needs to go in automatically. The problem is that for multiple word titles, this doesn't work since will result in only the first word being searched and  will put underscores in which prevents most search engines (other than Yahoo) finding the search term. Also, directories would probably be better with a link to the relevant category rather than searching them (especially since the ODP search is regularly disabled), and that can't be automated. This would probably be best as a special page in the same way ISBNs are. Although having them in an article is more useful and quicker to click on, there are a lot of search engines, so the list of options could end up fairly large. Angela 23:12, Sep 25, 2004 (UTC)


 * If you read my post at Wikipedia:Village pump (news), it is the intent that this page be used as a template, similar to the ISBN page. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk)]] 01:00, Sep 26, 2004 (UTC)


 * People want their search results fast, not a page full of links to choose between. However... perhaps we should have a user preference for search engine and just automatically use that engine? Then everyone can choose their preferred bias, if any. Jamesday 12:25, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I have selected which work with underscores, and put them in the more compact Template:Spn. It would be good to have something like this in every page, without the need to put a template tag.--Patrick 00:36, 2004 Oct 7 (UTC)


 * Erm, is anybody doing anything with this page? It looks abandoned... &#126;MDD4696 02:49, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

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