Problem: Currently, when using the Search Special page, only 20 results are displayed per page by default. This is too small to navigate between pages of results.
Proposed solution: There should be a user preference to choose the default number of results per page.
Who would benefit: Every user wanting to avoid changing number of results per page for each search.
Yes please. I usually have to bother the servers twice, by retrieving a useless sample of 20 random results then clicking 500 to get the list I wanted. Certes (talk) 18:43, 11 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Certes Maybe this particular issue could already be solved by allowing the number of results to be configured in the advanced search options at Special:Search. A setting to change the default would then add allow for additional convenience. Also plugging ru:Участник:Facenapalm/highlimits.js in case you want to access over 500 results at once without needing to change the URL parameter manually. ~~~~ User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 20:14, 11 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I would love to have this, especially for expensive queries (like complex regex queries) that likely time out. It's not just inconvenient for me as a user, it's an unnecessary drain on the search servers to re-do the query (whether to get a second page of results or to go from 20 to 500 results). Either a default user preference or a way to indicate a number of results for a specific query would be useful. Trey314159 (talk) 20:39, 14 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I also would use this! Thanks for this proposal! — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dwain Zwerg (talk) 09:25, 20 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It would be good if this could also be an admin- or user-level setting--Spiros71 (talk) 12:42, 29 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
(edit: posted previous under a wrong suggestion) Yes, 20 results as default is too little. SSneg (talk) 21:16, 29 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Would have supported if I had known voting ended at 18 UTC. This feature already exists for watchlists/recent changes, so why not for search as well? ~~~~ User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 20:09, 11 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Voting
Support Simple change that would save effort. Keith D (talk) 19:16, 28 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Support: it doesn't seem difficult to implement. I wouldn't have supported this if it were just a small UI improvement, but given that some queries can be expensive (regex is mentioned above), this does seem like a substantive improvement in both editor time and server load. A user preference is one way to do it, and an option at the point of searching is another. — Bilorv (talk) 23:35, 30 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Support If corporation can have a dedicate tool to dig into our data, it should be possible to sightly improve how basic users can search in the projects. Noé (talk) 11:51, 2 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Support I often no-login when only reading in Wikimedia site, but feel searching result display number to too few. So, I think should its number larger. Mario1257 (talk) 12:16, 9 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Support Simple change that would save effort. Keith D (talk) 19:16, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
Strong support --Kusurija (talk) 20:30, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
