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Feature request: 'Search' on `government.github.com/community` should consider the description, etc of each account

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Description

This is a feature request.

If the 'search' feature on https://government.github.com/community/ could somehow include data from the "About" field of each account, then search results would be better.

Here is a concrete example..

Search for "nebraska". You get one result in the "U.S. States" category. However, there are actually two: the `nelegislature` account should be in these search results.

When you view that account (https://github.com/nelegislature) you see that the word "nebraska" appears in more than one field. If those fields were included in search, this second account would be included in the results.

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Start at the search feature on government.github.com/community and inspect how account data is indexed and queried. Use the reported “nebraska” search and the nelegislature account as the check case; done means fields such as the account’s About information are searched and nelegislature appears in the results.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
html
Domain
search, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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