Wikipedia:Search engine test: Revision history

3 June 2024

• curprev 02:0802:08, 3 June 2024 SaintPaulOfTarsus talk contribs 55,396 bytes −4 →Common search engines: Duck Duck Go –> DuckDuckGo

13 March 2024

• curprev 03:0103:01, 13 March 2024 WriterArtistCoder talk contribs m 55,400 bytes −3 Capitalization Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

2 March 2024

• curprev 20:1020:10, 2 March 2024 Schierbecker talk contribs 55,403 bytes −168 →Common search engines: Prune inactive/no longer relevant entries
• curprev 20:0520:05, 2 March 2024 Schierbecker talk contribs 55,571 bytes −125 →Generalized search engines: deadlink. Likely out of date.
• curprev 20:0020:00, 2 March 2024 Schierbecker talk contribs 55,696 bytes −574 →Quantcast ratings: Quantcast has apparently shifted to a B2B model
• curprev 19:5519:55, 2 March 2024 Schierbecker talk contribs 56,270 bytes −2,057 →Alexa ratings: Blanked as Alexa.com has been shut down

4 November 2023

• curprev 20:1220:12, 4 November 2023 SMcCandlish talk contribs 58,327 bytes −1 "Material" (mass noun) was entirely correct here. "Materials" (count noun) has a subtly different meaning, and it not the one intended. Tag: Undo
• curprev 14:0814:08, 4 November 2023 CrafterNova talk contribs 58,328 bytes +1 plural Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

3 May 2023

• curprev 04:2804:28, 3 May 2023 DB1729 talk contribs 58,327 bytes +28 Adding {{pp-semi-indef}} Tag: Twinkle

5 April 2023

• curprev 16:1816:18, 5 April 2023 Bearcat talk contribs 58,299 bytes +326 →General biases

20 March 2023

• curprev 21:1521:15, 20 March 2023 RadioactiveBoulevardier talk contribs 57,973 bytes +60 Adding local short description: "Wikipedia how-to guide about sourcing", overriding Wikidata description "Wikimedia project page" Tag: Shortdesc helper

1 December 2022

• curprev 17:5017:50, 1 December 2022 Jonesey95 talk contribs 57,913 bytes −12 →top: not really sure what was meant by "present" in the previous context. The sentence was unclear when I started...
• curprev 17:4917:49, 1 December 2022 Jonesey95 talk contribs 57,925 bytes −7 Fix Linter errors. Copy-edit lead to avoid implying that inserting Wikipedia references with links to search results is a good idea.

5 November 2022

• curprev 15:3015:30, 5 November 2022 Mebigrouxboy talk contribs 57,932 bytes 0 'unfriendly site' applies to Google and IA, and therefore 'site' should not be in the link

2 June 2022

• curprev 04:2504:25, 2 June 2022 Smasongarrison talk contribs m 57,932 bytes −9 copy edit with WP:AWB, typo(s) fixed: etc) → etc.), eg, → e.g., (2) Tag: AWB

9 February 2022

• curprev 20:4320:43, 9 February 2022 Elominius talk contribs m 57,941 bytes +10 →Common search engines: correct link: Search engine cache

21 December 2021

• curprev 18:1418:14, 21 December 2021 EthanGaming7640 talk contribs m 57,931 bytes +2 →Search engine limitations – technical notes

11 November 2021

• curprev 15:4715:47, 11 November 2021 Frietjes talk contribs 57,929 bytes +24 fix use of navbox classes outside of navbox

10 July 2021

• curprev 15:5615:56, 10 July 2021 Clsc talk contribs m 57,905 bytes −28 →Search engine limitations – technical notes: removed deadlink tag as link is not dead as per July 10, 2021 ~~~~

18 June 2021

• curprev 05:0805:08, 18 June 2021 Jumpytoo talk contribs 57,933 bytes −9 →Search engine tests: date example, update with current numbers Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

3 May 2021

• curprev 14:3514:35, 3 May 2021 Wbm1058 talk contribs m 57,942 bytes +3 bypass redirects
• curprev 14:2414:24, 3 May 2021 Wbm1058 talk contribs 57,939 bytes −1 →Search engine expressions (examples and tutorial): the "Search options" section was merged into "Search syntax" with this 14:56, 9 December 2017 edit
• curprev 13:5313:53, 3 May 2021 Wbm1058 talk contribs 57,940 bytes −71 the essay on Wikipedia is not Google, Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Google was deleted per Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not Google

18 April 2021

• curprev 20:5820:58, 18 April 2021 HaeB talk contribs 58,011 bytes −587 +hatnote / rm redundant entries about Google Groups (please read lists before expanding them) which are also factually dubious (Usenet predates the WWW by several years / In the year 2021, it is maybe actually not that suspicious if a particular contemporaneous topic has not been extensively discussed on Usenet)

17 March 2021

• curprev 07:0707:07, 17 March 2021 DesertPipeline talk contribs 58,598 bytes +1 →Good-faith searching: a rule of thumb: Make heading neutral – was: "Good-faith Googling: a rule of thumb" Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

23 February 2021

• curprev 16:2716:27, 23 February 2021 GRuban talk contribs 58,597 bytes +105 →See also: [Wikipedia:You can't fix Google through Wikipedia]]

8 February 2021

• curprev 17:3817:38, 8 February 2021 BeenAroundAWhile talk contribs 58,492 bytes +8 →Notability: What does "hit arising" mean?
• curprev 17:3717:37, 8 February 2021 BeenAroundAWhile talk contribs 58,484 bytes 0 →Notability: Compound adjectives before a noun take hyphens.

5 September 2020

• curprev 18:2518:25, 5 September 2020 Crouch, Swale talk contribs m 58,484 bytes +22 Ticket to Ride (song)

23 May 2020

• curprev 01:5301:53, 23 May 2020 BeenAroundAWhile talk contribs 58,462 bytes −12 Unneeded if it is really simple.
• curprev 01:5301:53, 23 May 2020 BeenAroundAWhile talk contribs 58,474 bytes −7 Not needed.

13 January 2020

• curprev 21:5221:52, 13 January 2020 Alexcalamaro talk contribs 58,481 bytes +150 →Further reading: Archive url for dead link Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

4 May 2019

• curprev 00:5200:52, 4 May 2019 SMcCandlish talk contribs 58,331 bytes +1,038 General code/markup cleanup; copyediting; tips. NOTE: I'm not certain that all the [https://.... https://] examples were intended to display as a code samples. I've marked them up that way. If they were not, re-do them, because string like 'http://www.google.com/search?q="Facundo Argüello"' (with spaces in them) do not work as URLs in all browser's input bars, so we'd be giving wrong advice.

31 March 2019

• curprev 13:4013:40, 31 March 2019 Quondum talk contribs 57,293 bytes −28 →General biases: simpler way of saying this
• curprev 13:3113:31, 31 March 2019 Quondum talk contribs 57,321 bytes −12 →Good-faith Googling, a rule of thumb: naming a specific search engine here adds nothing but bias
• curprev 13:2813:28, 31 March 2019 Quondum talk contribs 57,333 bytes 0 →Some search engine tests: fix broken template invocation
• curprev 03:1603:16, 31 March 2019 Goldenshimmer talk contribs 57,333 bytes +6 →Search engine limitations – technical notes: It's opinion whether or not they should. (The correct answer is that they shouldn't; robots.txt was a mistake. https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Robots.txt) — Also, why does this entire page read like an advert for Google? It should NOT mention proprietary or commercial services, except perhaps in a list of what they are. Wikipedia's not here to serve corporations. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

8 March 2019

• curprev 01:1601:16, 8 March 2019 Quondum talk contribs 57,327 bytes +7 a few more instances
• curprev 01:1101:11, 8 March 2019 Quondum talk contribs 57,320 bytes +26 →Neutrality: # → § (in linked section)

20 September 2018

• curprev 22:2222:22, 20 September 2018 Coreydragon talk contribs m 57,294 bytes 0 →General biases

2 July 2018

• curprev 23:2723:27, 2 July 2018 PorkchopGMX talk contribs 57,294 bytes +71 Add

6 April 2018

• curprev 06:3206:32, 6 April 2018 Oshwah talk contribs m 57,223 bytes 0 Protected "Wikipedia:Search engine test": Highly referenced help page ([Edit=Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access] (indefinite) [Move=Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access] (indefinite))
• curprev 06:3106:31, 6 April 2018 Oshwah talk contribs m 57,223 bytes +1,817 Reverted edits by 120.188.37.227 (talk): unexplained content removal (HG) (3.3.5) Tags: Huggle Rollback
• curprev 06:2806:28, 6 April 2018 120.188.37.227 talk 55,406 bytes −1,817 Gazoel Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

17 March 2018

• curprev 21:3121:31, 17 March 2018 DanielRigal talk contribs m 57,223 bytes +1,731 Reverted 1 edit by Linderg (talk) to last revision by Gilliam. (TW) Tag: Undo
• curprev 20:4420:44, 17 March 2018 Linderg talk contribs 55,492 bytes −1,731 No edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

30 January 2018

• curprev 05:0605:06, 30 January 2018 Gilliam talk contribs m 57,223 bytes −11 Reverted edits by 185.9.19.145 (talk) to last version by 72 Tag: Rollback
• curprev 04:5804:58, 30 January 2018 185.9.19.145 talk 57,234 bytes +11 No edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

2 November 2017

• curprev 03:0903:09, 2 November 2017 72 talk contribs m 57,223 bytes −2 rv seemingly random line breaks
• curprev 01:5601:56, 2 November 2017 2600:387:1:809::aa talk 57,225 bytes +1 →See also Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit