When we had the MySQL issues yesterday, the search indexer blew up. So, I've restarted it and implemented a correction to keep it started. The autocomplete is now working again (so, if you start typing "L'", you see characters whose names start with "L'" under the search box).
Now, in terms of searching generally, one change that applies when using a search engine other than MediaWiki's built-in search (as we do; we use SphinxSearch and have been for a few weeks) is that outside of the autocomplete, you have to be explicit when you want to search on wildcards. So, to find all pages containing, say, "L'" without using the autocomplete list, you need to query with "L'*". The built-in search uses sort of a brute force approach where it puts the wildcard in for you, but its keyword searching is really poor, so finding content inside pages (such as all pages that talk about a specific group, or all pages with a specific set of keywords) had some notable issues.
Now, in terms of searching generally, one change that applies when using a search engine other than MediaWiki's built-in search (as we do; we use SphinxSearch and have been for a few weeks) is that outside of the autocomplete, you have to be explicit when you want to search on wildcards. So, to find all pages containing, say, "L'" without using the autocomplete list, you need to query with "L'*". The built-in search uses sort of a brute force approach where it puts the wildcard in for you, but its keyword searching is really poor, so finding content inside pages (such as all pages that talk about a specific group, or all pages with a specific set of keywords) had some notable issues.
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