Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2118191-20180620170227/@comment-1648539-20180621130003

I'm joining the topic too. I extensively use the wikia search function - i find it preferable to google for what i need. It has always served its function well until a couple days ago, since when it started having serious problems.

The following examples are from forgottenrealms.wikia.com

Page name: Black Dragon Searching:

Black Dragon -> OK, first result Dragon Black -> unrelated pages Adult Black Dragon -> unrelated pages urshula black dragon -> unrelated pages (urshula has a page referenced in the Black Dragon page)

Urshula page name is: Kazmil-urshula-kelloakizilian. Searching:

Kazmil-urshula-kelloakizilian -> ok urshula -> ok (why??) Kazmil -> no result kelloakizilian -> no result

If i only knew the name Kazmil, i would never have reached the page this way. In fact this is the majority of the searches i perform! Names.

I also work with wikia's API, and this is a real issue for dynamic strings search, the search has lost reliability up to being almost useless.

I'm sending a report, but i'd also like to know if this is a new issue or an intentional modification.

Thanks!