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;Title: There were no results matching your query... or were there? Reducing the zero results rate for search on Wikipedia.

;[[Submissions#Proposal Themes|Theme]]: Tech

;[[Submissions#Presentation Types|Type of submission]]: Presentation

;Author: Dan Garry

;E-mail address: dgarry _AT_ wikimedia _DOT_ org

;Username: [[w:en:User:Deskana (WMF)]] / [[w:en:User:Deskana]]

;Affiliation: Wikimedia Foundation

;Abstract:

:Did you know that 30% of search queries on Wikipedia return zero results? Given the amount of content that's available in Wikipedia, that number should be much, much lower. Or should it?

:In this presentation I will go over the work that the Discovery Department at the Wikimedia Foundation has been doing to improve the search experience for Wikipedia. I will cover our research into how people and bots alike use our search feature, and what they're using it for. I will go over the data available in our public dashboards, and how we're using that data to reduce the zero results rate for Wikipedia searches. I will elaborate on our successes and failures, and our plans for the future.

;Length of presentation: 30 minutes

;Special schedule requests: <!-- (for example - can not present on Saturday) -->

;Will you attend WikiConference USA if your submission is not accepted?: Hopefully.

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#[[User:Cristiano Tomás|Cristiano Tomás]] ([[User talk:Cristiano Tomás|talk]]) 05:34, 19 August 2015 (EDT)
# [[User:Tokyogirl79|Tokyogirl79]] ([[User talk:Tokyogirl79|talk]]) 05:00, 20 August 2015 (EDT)
# [[User:Gamaliel|Gamaliel]] ([[User talk:Gamaliel|talk]]) 16:16, 21 August 2015 (EDT)
# --[[User:Sphilbrick|Sphilbrick]] ([[User talk:Sphilbrick|talk]]) 21:35, 26 August 2015 (EDT)

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