Rationale:
Search box at the top of Wikimedia sites with links to search in sister wikis like in Google. Idea description by Svetlana
Description:
Project Name: SisterSearch
Purpose: For development, we need a MediaWiki instance with a development and debugging environment to minimize platform issues
Wikitech username of requestor: Gryllida
Brief description: Interface to expose inter-project search results on every page, to improve UX, cross-wiki reader and editor engagement. See sketches below.
Special:Search Proposed:
+---------+ +-------+ +-------+ +------------+ <-- NEW tabs for project selection
| Encyclo | | Books | | Media | | Dictionary | Tabs would be greyed or coloured if the current page title exists on the sister project.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^+
| Type search query here .... |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Wiki page Proposed:
"Foo" * * talk prefs watchlist logout
+---------+ +------+ +------+ +---------+
| Read | | Talk | | Edit | | History | [\/] [ Type search query here... ]
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| DOG ^-- NEW Dropdown for project selection
| Possibly 75% transparency clickable sister project
| Dog is an animal ... favicon hovering below search box if page title exists.
| ..........................................................
Or we could try a merged configuration - move search box to the top for both wiki page and special search:
+---------+ +------+ +-------+ +------------+ <-- NEW tabs for project selection
| Encyclo | | News | | Media | | Dictionary | Tabs would be greyed or coloured if the current page title exists on the sister project.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^+
| Type search query here .... |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+---------+ +------+ +------+ +---------+
| Read | | Talk | | Edit | | History | "Foo" * * [\/] <-- (Dropdown for talk/prefs/watchlist/logout)
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| DOG
|
| Dog is an animal ...
| ..............................................................................
Relevant links:
- Idea draft.
- And Designs, final tests by Discovery team
- Testing expected to start in January 2017.
- Labs instance task report T151344.
- (Similar ideas are Compact personal bar, Winter skin.)
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