Search results on keywords not completely working in games DB

[launchretrogirl2562]

@MysterNybble
Hi,

I noticed a discrepancy while using the games DB.

I was checking if a game had a clear logo.
The game is called ==>           Jumpin' Jimmy             <==

And it has a games DB page

https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/107324-jumpin-jimmy

When I however search for ==>        Jumpin    <===

...the game isn't being found. Only 7 results which u can see below

If I add the apostrophe '...then it is being found  (jumpin')

That is not intuitive, cause I was expecting to find the game when I searched for ==>   Jumpin  <==

And when I didn't I was almost about to create a new game.

Is this a bug???

 

[faeran]

22 hours ago, launchretrogirl2562 said:

@MysterNybble
Hi,

I noticed a discrepancy while using the games DB.

I was checking if a game had a clear logo.
The game is called ==>           Jumpin' Jimmy             <==

And it has a games DB page

https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/107324-jumpin-jimmy

When I however search for ==>        Jumpin    <===

...the game isn't being found. Only 7 results which u can see below

If I add the apostrophe '...then it is being found  (jumpin')

That is not intuitive, cause I was expecting to find the game when I searched for ==>   Jumpin  <==

And when I didn't I was almost about to create a new game.

Is this a bug???

 

Thanks for the report. I did some digging and it does look like what we have up on PROD is not what we have on our test server. The test server seems to be more complete with its search results. 

We are about to undertake a migration of this server, so we'll make sure to include the more complete results when the migration is complete.

[launchretrogirl2562]

@faeran 
performance : can you also look at the performance of the games DB. It sometimes takes a long time to browse the moderation section to check all pending changes. (the list with my own pending changes)
It also takes equally long to open up individual games. (i do this often to check artwork and logo's to see if they are added already or to check if similar games for other platforms have (or need) similar clear logo's.

Moderation page : Also, on the moderation page...when you want to reject a game....the ENTER key is submit. That is strange. Now already two times I've given a user half of the response I wanted to give because after the first sentence giving enter it already submitted my response😁
i cannot start to unlearn giving enter after a sentence. So this needs to be changed so the UI follows standard guidelines,...like first having to TAB to the button or use his mouse.

Pending changes error?

I have pending changes it says. But when I browse through all my pages of items I submitted, they all have the status 'accepted.

Edited Tuesday at 07:11 PM by launchretrogirl2562

[faeran]

On 7/22/2025 at 10:49 AM, launchretrogirl2562 said:

performance : can you also look at the performance of the games DB. It sometimes takes a long time to browse the moderation section to check all pending changes. (the list with my own pending changes)
It also takes equally long to open up individual games. (i do this often to check artwork and logo's to see if they are added already or to check if similar games for other platforms have (or need) similar clear logo's.

We just finished our migration to the new server, so this might help with your performance issues. However, it's interesting to note that at this point in time performance in how you are describing it here is different for everyone and could be caused by many factors that are outside of our control.

On 7/22/2025 at 10:49 AM, launchretrogirl2562 said:

Moderation page : Also, on the moderation page...when you want to reject a game....the ENTER key is submit. That is strange. Now already two times I've given a user half of the response I wanted to give because after the first sentence giving enter it already submitted my response😁

I can understand the frustration of your fingers wanting to do something that ends up causing another action to happen. You could understand how this can be opinionated as you remove the functionality to help one person and another person that has been relying on that to happen is now not happy. I'm afraid this may be something you may need to build into your skill set.

On 7/22/2025 at 10:49 AM, launchretrogirl2562 said:

I have pending changes it says. But when I browse through all my pages of items I submitted, they all have the status 'accepted.

 

I believe this is caused by how that number gets generated. We have the concept of an overall change, and then there's individual changes that then can be broken down into individual change records (for example, changing an alternate name could treat the title and the region it's applied to as 2 separate changes in that count). Again, I wouldn't worry too much about that number. When we have some time, we could look into it and when we do people may find that their numbers, in general drop down significantly to what they thought they had.

 

btw, search results should be better now.

[launchretrogirl2562]

@faeran Thank you for your elaborate answer to my questions. I will continue my contributions 😊