Person search oddities


LouisWu wrote 9 years ago: 1

When searching for persons on the add cast/ crew etcetera pages, the matching intermediate result lists while typing sometimes are empty even if hits exist. If you type more characters, the right person might suddenly appear. This is not only confusing, but leads to unintentional duplicates.

Example: enter "kimberly " and at no time during typing Kimberly Brooks appears as a possible hit. Continue typing "broo" and the hit list remains empty, except for the invitation to create a new entry. Only with the next "k" the first and only hit appears.


david wrote 9 years ago: 1

We have an implementation using elasticsearch's completion suggester ready to go, but unfortunately it's highly broken and the fix keeps getting postponed. Soon after they land a fix this'll be improved!


LouisWu wrote 9 years ago: 1

Thanks David, that sounds promising!

Is it possible to also look in the AKA's?


pentar wrote 9 years ago: 1

Here is another one: type in "Campbell Scott", and he always appears second!


david wrote 9 years ago: 1

LouisWu wrote:
Thanks David, that sounds promising!
Is it possible to also look in the AKA's?

People search already considers AKA's.

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