[Wikia-l] Why does full-text search for "CSV" fail?

[John Beckett]

Emil Podlaszewski wrote:
> That's how the MySQL full-text search works by default. And 
> this our primary backend right now.
> 
> We could switch vim.wikia.com to the Lucene backend which 
> doesn't have this limitation. However the search results page 
> will look different.
> There is no distinction between "page title matches" and 
> "page text matches". You can see how it works on WoWWiki
> (http://www.wowwiki.com/Special:Search?search=vim&go=1)
> 
> If you decide to give it a try and switch please let me know.

Thanks Emil and Danny.

I think we can stay with the current search system. At least I now understand that
there is a reason and it's not some random glitch.

I have edited the MediaWiki:Nonefound text by adding "Words less than four
characters are ignored" so users are given a clue. Perhaps that text should be the
default?

John