Search two words
Posted: 29 Nov 2018 10:44
According to MediaWiki Help, the following applies when searching for 2 words:
a) If Word1 and Word2 are specified, all pages are to be found that contain all (that is, both) words.
b) When searching for "Word1 Word2", all pages containing this string should be found.
I have tried this in several cases.
1. Search for: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
1.1 Search: "Alma Redemptoris"; Result: ok
1.2 Search: Alma Redemptoris; Result: ok
2. Search for: Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen, Op. 74, No. 1 (Johannes Brahms)
2.1 Search: "Warum ist"; Result: NO RESULTS
2.2 Search: Warum ist; Result: BAD. The only result is
Andreas Hammerschmidts VI. Stimmige Fest- und Zeit-Andachten Für das Chor (1671)
(see first attached screenshot).
Why is only this page found? The words Warum and ist are there, but this is true as well with e.g.:
O meine Seel, warum bist du betrübet? SWV 419 (Heinrich Schütz).
In neither case do both words appear in the page title, which is otherwise indicated in the result.
2.3 If I enter Warum ist in the search field, in the line below automatically appears the Brahms page I am looking for. When I click on this blue line, as a result comes (see second attached screenshot):
a) There is a page called "Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen, Op. 74, No. 1 (Johannes Brahms)".
b) For your search no results were found.
This is a CONTRADICTION IN TERMS.
3. Search for: Der Stern von Bethlehem (Josef Rheinberger)
3.1 Search: "Der Stern"; Result: NO RESULTS
3.2 Search: Der Stern; Result: NO RESULTS
3.3 No blue line appears, so I search: Der Stern von Bethlehem; Result: NO RESULTS
4. Search for: Bei nächtlicher Weil
4.1 Search: "Bei nächtlicher" Result: NO RESULTS
4.2 Search: Bei nächtlicher; Result: NO RESULTS
4.3 If I enter Bei nächtlicher in the search field, 2 lines automatically appear below (correctly), the first of which is the result I want. When I click on this blue line, as a result comes again the inconsistent result:
a) There is a page called „Bei nächtlicher Weil“.
b) For your search no results were found.
4.4 Search: nächtlicher; Result: ok, the German ä does not matter.
Summary: The search function only works reliably when searching for a single word. This is completely inadequate for a library with more than 30,000 pages.
a) If Word1 and Word2 are specified, all pages are to be found that contain all (that is, both) words.
b) When searching for "Word1 Word2", all pages containing this string should be found.
I have tried this in several cases.
1. Search for: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
1.1 Search: "Alma Redemptoris"; Result: ok
1.2 Search: Alma Redemptoris; Result: ok
2. Search for: Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen, Op. 74, No. 1 (Johannes Brahms)
2.1 Search: "Warum ist"; Result: NO RESULTS
2.2 Search: Warum ist; Result: BAD. The only result is
Andreas Hammerschmidts VI. Stimmige Fest- und Zeit-Andachten Für das Chor (1671)
(see first attached screenshot).
Why is only this page found? The words Warum and ist are there, but this is true as well with e.g.:
O meine Seel, warum bist du betrübet? SWV 419 (Heinrich Schütz).
In neither case do both words appear in the page title, which is otherwise indicated in the result.
2.3 If I enter Warum ist in the search field, in the line below automatically appears the Brahms page I am looking for. When I click on this blue line, as a result comes (see second attached screenshot):
a) There is a page called "Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen, Op. 74, No. 1 (Johannes Brahms)".
b) For your search no results were found.
This is a CONTRADICTION IN TERMS.
3. Search for: Der Stern von Bethlehem (Josef Rheinberger)
3.1 Search: "Der Stern"; Result: NO RESULTS
3.2 Search: Der Stern; Result: NO RESULTS
3.3 No blue line appears, so I search: Der Stern von Bethlehem; Result: NO RESULTS
4. Search for: Bei nächtlicher Weil
4.1 Search: "Bei nächtlicher" Result: NO RESULTS
4.2 Search: Bei nächtlicher; Result: NO RESULTS
4.3 If I enter Bei nächtlicher in the search field, 2 lines automatically appear below (correctly), the first of which is the result I want. When I click on this blue line, as a result comes again the inconsistent result:
a) There is a page called „Bei nächtlicher Weil“.
b) For your search no results were found.
4.4 Search: nächtlicher; Result: ok, the German ä does not matter.
Summary: The search function only works reliably when searching for a single word. This is completely inadequate for a library with more than 30,000 pages.