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I am a bit confused that when I typed 'Mingus' into the search box I was taken to the description of a tiny town in Texas with a population of 200 or so people rather than to one of the greatest monsters of jazz that has influenced millions if not billions of people. I now consider the Wikipedia search algorithm horribly flawed.

Good point -- I've modified the redirect page (it's not a problem with a search algorithm). Ferdinand Pienaar

Not a problem with the search engine, but a feature of the current structure of links and pages in the wikipedia database. This is in turn a result of the actions of wikipedia users. The best aspect of this feature is that it is easy to fix by anyone who thinks that there is something needing fixing. See Wikipedia:Disambiguation, or just have a look at how I have changed the link in question. Cheers, Andrew Kepert 08:01, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

PS Billions??? I think not. Tens of millions, yes. Hundreds of millions, maybe.

PPS Sorry Ferdinand - we are treading on each others toes. I have usurped your solution for mine, as it is also educational for the anonymous user.

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 Good point -- I've modified the redirect page (it's not a problem with a search algorithm). [[User:Ferdinand Pienaar|Ferdinand Pienaar]]
+:Not a problem with the search engine, but a feature of the current structure of links and pages in the wikipedia database.  This is in turn a result of the actions of wikipedia users.  The best aspect of this feature is that it is easy to fix by anyone who thinks that there is something needing fixing.  See [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation]], or just have a look at how I have changed the link in question.  Cheers, [[User:AndrewKepert|Andrew Kepert]] 08:01, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
+:PS Billions???  I think not.  Tens of millions, yes.  Hundreds of millions, maybe.
+:PPS Sorry Ferdinand - we are treading on each others toes.  I have usurped your solution for mine, as it is also educational for the anonymous user.