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Re: Search function
John Robinson wrote:

>I thought it ought to be mentioned that the lack of search capability
>is not just annoying to editors, it reading of the encyclopedia for
>study virtually impossible, expecially for someone new to the site.

>Would it be possible to put the Google search box in as had been done
>in the past? I realize that's lame in comparison but it's better than
>nothing.

Yes, please!

It's no good as a long term solution, but it's something.
And it does work, kind of.


-- Toby
Re: Re: Search function [ In reply to ]
I agree to the proposal. So, include this goglee search option again, please.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Toby Bartels" <toby+wikipedia@math.ucr.edu>
To: <wikien-l@wikipedia.org>; <wikitech-l@wikipedia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 8:35 AM
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Re: Search function


> John Robinson wrote:
>
> >I thought it ought to be mentioned that the lack of search capability
> >is not just annoying to editors, it reading of the encyclopedia for
> >study virtually impossible, expecially for someone new to the site.
>
> >Would it be possible to put the Google search box in as had been done
> >in the past? I realize that's lame in comparison but it's better than
> >nothing.
>
> Yes, please!
>
> It's no good as a long term solution, but it's something.
> And it does work, kind of.
>
>
> -- Toby
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