[OSM-talk] OSM Wiki Status

[Frank Hebbert]

I think that mediawiki by default doesn't search words of less than
four characters. This would explain the lack of results for xml, api
etc. Suggestions to fix this from the mediawiki mailing list:

1. Change mysql config to index short words

2. Change $wgDBminWordLen in your LocalSettings.php

See http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2004-August/000976.html

Frank

On 5/12/06, SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
> * @ 04/05/06 07:13:07 PM crschmidt at crschmidt.net wrote:
> > On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 12:12:11PM -0400, Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> > > It seems that with the rest of the site coming up, the wiki has gone
> > > down... has become really slow.
> >
> > Working fast and fine again here for me. Kudos if someone did anything.
>
> This was from the first boingboing hit :-(
>
> > > Also, something I noticed yesterday: The biggest problem I had with
> > > using the wiki over the past two weeks is that searches never turn up
> > > anything. At first I just assumed documentation was incomplete, because
> > > a search for "API" didn't return anything, but then I was able to find
> > > my way to the API page through various links accidentally, so I think
> > > something in the actual search of the wiki is broken.
> >
> > So, now that this is back up, here's what I see:
> >  * WMS takes me to the WMS_Server page (exact title match + redirection)
> >  * API/api return nothing
> >  * XML/xml return nothing
> >  * geonames returns 3 hits
> >  * steve returns 19 hits
> >
> > So it seems like maybe the search is running on an old index or
> > something? Is this an async process with MediaWiki?  (I looked at code
> > for a bit, but could not figure it out: I abhor MediaWiki code.)
>
> Yeah, I don't mind fixing something if it's pointed out but mediawiki is
> a kafka-esque nightmare I normally avoid.
>
> have fun,
>
> SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/
>
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