Search function broken?

[Alinestra Covelia]

I'm pretty sure I used to be able to search for threads and/or posters in the search function here.

Now whenever I input anything it always returns a "No findings" verdict. Am I doing something wrong, or is there a gremlin at work here?

[loinburger]

Might want to post this on the Apolyton/Community forum.

I think that the search function may have changed in that the names on the sidebar are no longer included in the search. F'rinstance, when I search for the keyword "loinburger" I turn up 24 threads (only those in which "loinburger" appears in the actual text of the threads somewhere), whereas if I search for the username "loinburger" I turn up 1539 threads (yikes). IIRC this has not always been the case (keyword used to include the usernames as well), and that 24 number seems awfully low too.

[Skanky Burns]

I think searchwords that are 3 or less characters automatically return a "No Findings" verdict. Too much server load.

[Urban Ranger]

I have always assumed that usernames are not considered keywords unless they are in the actual text.

[ixnay]

Wild card searches are disabled, as are words less than 3 letters. If you search for your username, it will return everything where your name appeared in the message, and it mostly returns instances of people quoting you.

[MarkG]

if you want to search for posts of a username, you should put the username in the "Search By User Name" field

[loinburger]

Originally posted by MarkG
if you want to search for posts of a username, you should put the username in the "Search By User Name" field

The trouble is that the username search doesn't allow booleans, which is why I used to use the keyword search when looking for an old debate or whatever (since I could never remember the title of the thread, only the usernames of the people who participated in it).

[Urban Ranger]

The search seems to be broken all right. Just now I was looking for an old thread in the OTF about Microsoft Outlook, so I used "Microsoft Outlook" as search terms. It told me it found nothing.

Unless, of course, the ferrets ate the thread.

[Locutus]

I think OT posts aren't indexed. When I search for 'Champions League' in the OT I only find two results, both from today. When I search for posts made by me in the OT, I find at least 6 Champions League threads (from the past 2-3 months).

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by Locutus
I think OT posts aren't indexed.

Agreed. No matter how I tried, I couldn't find the thread about the Finnish mall bombing by Rasbelin.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Kassiopeia
the Finnish mall bombing by Rasbelin.

[Kassiopeia]

*almost slaps forehead*

*slaps SD instead*

[Rasbelin]

How come am I alive then? Did someone resurrect me? Kassiopeia?

/me slaps both Sag and Kass with a large trout.

[Rasbelin]

At least I could find the shopping centre thread with the forum search.

http://apolyton.net/forums/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=102331&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending

[Frozzy]

Did they ever prove it was the clown in the end?