h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Click on "Advanced Search" and you get the option to search the conversation forums.

However, there's no point clicking on this option because it doesn't work. It won't find anything, no matter what you type.

Is this deliberate? In which case, why show the option?

SoRB

Traveller in Time searching by hand since spring
"It is deliberate, reducing server load.

Will be restored <?> in the near future, the tech team has been transferring Message Boards all summer. after the big move they will have to repair some broken features. And probably next year it is our turn again.

(Perhaps unnoticed, we also have only 400 threads in our MP backlog)"

The conversation search has never worked for me. But then again, I only started using it after the server problems started.

Traveller in Time on his head
"For some it 'never' w**ked, when you do not expect a _certain_ convesation to be found on the first page, it was not bad.

The results were randomly sorted and there was no search criterium but the keyword. Besides that and the failure at midnight and on od Wibbles and for short keywords and for unlikely complex characterchains it worked fine.

"