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* The article content is searched in its raw (wikitext) form - i.e., it searches the text that appears in the edit box when you click ''“edit”'', not the rendered page. This means that content coming from an included template will not be picked up, but the target of piped links will be. | * The article content is searched in its raw (wikitext) form - i.e., it searches the text that appears in the edit box when you click ''“edit”'', not the rendered page. This means that content coming from an included template will not be picked up, but the target of piped links will be. | ||
− | * The search functionality can be considered to operate on '''whole words''', separated by spaces or other punctuation marks. So if your search term includes the word 'book', the results will not include pages that only have the word 'books' or 'booklet'. And if your search term includes the term 'inter', the results will not include pages that only have the word 'international', but they may include pages that have the term 'inter-national'. | + | * The [[search]] functionality can be considered to operate on '''whole words''', separated by spaces or other punctuation marks. So if your search term includes the word 'book', the results will not include pages that only have the word 'books' or 'booklet'. And if your search term includes the term 'inter', the results will not include pages that only have the word 'international', but they may include pages that have the term 'inter-national'. |
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== Restricting the search == | == Restricting the search == | ||
− | If you click the | + | If you click the “Search” button without filling in anything, you will be taken to "Special:Search" which gives you extra searching options (also available from any search results list) |
You may find it useful to restrict a search to pages within a particular [[Help:Namespaces|namespace]] e.g., only search within the ''User pages'' . Check the namespaces you require for this search. | You may find it useful to restrict a search to pages within a particular [[Help:Namespaces|namespace]] e.g., only search within the ''User pages'' . Check the namespaces you require for this search. |
*
), so book*
will return results for book
and books
. This operation is more expensive.If you click the “Search” button without filling in anything, you will be taken to "Special:Search" which gives you extra searching options (also available from any search results list)
You may find it useful to restrict a search to pages within a particular namespace e.g., only search within the User pages . Check the namespaces you require for this search.