Search results

These words:

Description

Searches for these words in the title or text.

Be aware of the following

• Multiple words can be entered here.
• Punctuation marks and other non-alphanumeric characters (with exception of the colon and comma) will be ignored.
• There may be results that do not contain one or more of your search terms.
• Word stemming is applied. Example: If car is entered, the search will also consider cars. The word stemming is language specific.

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Full text search

Syntax-equivalent in the normal search

sesame street car

Exactly this text:

Description

Searches for a specific sequence of characters. Punctuation marks are ignored.

Be aware of the following

• Search is not case-sensitive.
• Punctuation marks and other non-alphanumeric characters (with exception of the colon and comma) will be ignored.
• Word stemming is not applied.
• Separate the search phrases by comma and space e.g. "good morning", "hello friend".

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Words, phrases, and modifiers

Syntax-equivalent in the normal search

Words in quotation marks, for example "Begin at the beginning".

Not these words:

Description

Excludes pages containing these words from the search.

Be aware of the following

• Word stemming is applied. Example: If car is entered, the search will also consider cars. The word stemming is language specific.

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Words, phrases, and modifiers

Syntax-equivalent in the normal search

Words with - before them, for example -elephant.

One of these words:

Description

At least one of the search terms has to be included in the page.

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Words, phrases, and modifiers

Syntax-equivalent in the normal search

Words with OR in between them like Laptop OR Notebook.

Page title contains:

Description

Searches for pages with titles that start with this word

Be aware of the following

• The search includes redirects.
• Word stemming is applied. Example: If car is entered, the search will also consider cars. The word stemming is language specific.

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Intitle and incategory

Syntax-equivalent in the normal search

Words with intitle: before them like intitle:queen.

Subpages of this page:

Description

Searches for pages that are subpages of this page.

Be aware of the following

• You can only search for subpages of one page at a time.
• Don’t forget to enable the namespaces you want to limit your search to in the namespace filter.
• Do not include the namespace in front of the page name like this: <code>GATE:Redirect</code>.

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subpageof

Syntax-equivalent in the normal search

subpageof: followed by a page name like subpageof:Redirect. Use double quotes if the parent page contains spaces: subpageof:"Requests for comment".

Only pages with this template:

Description

Searches for pages that contain exactly this template.

Be aware of the following

• You can only search for one template at a time.

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Hastemplate

Syntax-equivalent in the normal search

Words in quotation marks with hastemplate: before them like hastemplate:"missing information".

File type:

Description

Searches only for files of the selected type.

Be aware of the following

• You can only search for one file type.
• You can only select the given file types from the drop-down menu.

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filetype and filemime

Syntax-equivalent in the normal search

Words with filetype: before them like filetype:ogg.