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Alex Halavais escribió:
> Sorry to have not been tracking closely on the discussions leading up
> to the launch, so this may already have been asked (and asked and
> asked) and answered, but to what degree is there an effort to leverage
> Wikipedia in Wikia Search. Obviously, they serve different ends, but
> not that different. Many of my students already use Wikipedia as their
> search engine when they are looking for information about a topic, and
> Google, for example, when re-finding a site they already know exists.
>
> Specifically, it seems like a translation of disambiguation pages from
> Wikipedia would be a great benefit. When a user searches for CMC,  the
> disambiguation page from Wikipedia, with links to new searches, rather
> than Wikipedia entries, could serve as a significant improvement to
> the search process. It is tempting to just set up a short translation
> script and pull information over...
>
> The question extends to the structure of the Minis. Are they intended
> as short, definitional entries; mini-Wikipedia entries? Leaving aside
> a number of semi-spammy entries, that seems to be the norm. E.g.:
> http://search.wikia.com/wiki/Mini:Lasik_appleton or
> http://search.wikia.com/wiki/Mini:Neuroscience . Or are they meant as
> a Mahaloesque user-edited guide to what can be found out on the web? I
> guess the shorter question is: Are there a set of models for excellent
> Minis, and should these be highlighted early on to help contributors?
>
> - Alex
>   
Agree. Automatically filling not existing the Minis with the Wikipedia 
content if it's a
disambiguation or maybe from simple: for the else would be helpful.
(Forwarding to searchwiki at wikia.com)