Is it possible if someone types the name of an
article
which doesn't yet have any text that that person could
be sent to a search page for that topic. Thus, if I
type
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen, instead
of getting a page saying that this page doesn't exist,
I would instead get the search results page? Would
anyone else want this?
This is the behavior when you use the Go button: If the article exists, it
is directly displayed, if it does not, the search results are shown. So if
you want to pass along URLs which work as you describe, use an URL of this
pattern:
http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search=Schengen&go=Go
with Schengen replaced by the article title.
Regards,
Erik