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SPICYDIAPSID: Updating special searches list.

2022-01-03T21:09:43Z

Updating special searches list.

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	==Special Searches==		==Special Searches==
	* [[~~Item~~ Query]]		:[[Special:RunQuery/ArmorQuery\|Armor Query]]
	* [[~~Weapon~~ Query]]		:[[Special:RunQuery/ItemQuery\|Item Query]]
	* [[~~Armor~~ Query]]		:[[Special:RunQuery/PostQuery\|Forum Post Query]]
			:[[Special:RunQuery/ShieldQuery\|Shield Query]]

	* [[Special:RunQuery/~~Post_Query~~\|~~Forum Post~~ ~~Search~~]]		:[[Special:RunQuery/ShopQuery\|Shop Query]]
			:[[Special:RunQuery/WeaponQuery\|Weapon Query]]

	==Semantic Wiki Searches==		==Semantic Wiki Searches==

CARAAMON: /* Special Searches */

2014-01-24T04:30:44Z

Special Searches

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	* [[Weapon Query]]		* [[Weapon Query]]
	* [[Armor Query]]		* [[Armor Query]]

			* [[Special:RunQuery/Post_Query\|Forum Post Search]]

	==Semantic Wiki Searches==		==Semantic Wiki Searches==

CARAAMON at 05:13, 10 January 2011

2011-01-10T05:13:28Z

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			==Special Searches==
			* [[Item Query]]
			* [[Weapon Query]]
			* [[Armor Query]]

	==Semantic Wiki Searches==		==Semantic Wiki Searches==
	Semantic searches can be performed either by [[Special:SearchByProperty\|searching by a single property]] or [[Special:Ask\|by more than one]].<br/>		Semantic searches can be performed either by [[Special:SearchByProperty\|searching by a single property]] or [[Special:Ask\|by more than one]].<br/>

CARAAMON at 02:22, 29 June 2008

2008-06-29T02:22:38Z

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	==Semantic Wiki Searches==		==Semantic Wiki Searches==
			Semantic searches can be performed either by [[Special:SearchByProperty\|searching by a single property]] or [[Special:Ask\|by more than one]].<br/>
	* [[Elanthipedia:Semantic Searching]]		More information on how to search can be found at [[Elanthipedia:Semantic Searching]].

	==MediaWiki search==		==MediaWiki search==

CARAAMON at 01:58, 29 June 2008

2008-06-29T01:58:20Z

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			==Semantic Wiki Searches==
			* [[Elanthipedia:Semantic Searching]]

	==MediaWiki search==		==MediaWiki search==
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Maintenance script: New page: {{Help Contents}} NOTOC ==MediaWiki search==
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2007-04-09T15:13:24Z

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{{Help Contents}}
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==MediaWiki search==
<div style="border:1px solid #ababff; background: #fdfdff; padding: 1em; margin: 0em 1em 1em 0em; float:left; font-size:105%">
Enter your keywords in the search box.
* <font face="MS Sans Serif,Arial">'''Go'''</font> - (or ''Enter'' on keyboard) takes you to the article.
* <font face="MS Sans Serif,Arial">'''Search'''</font> - returns a list of articles and additional search options.
</div><br clear="left"/>

===Tips for effective searches===

====Avoid short and common words====
If your search terms include a common "stop word" (such as "the", "your", "more", "right", "while", "when", "who", "which",
"such", "every", "about"), you may see many irrelevant results.

====Wildcards====
Be careful about limited wildcards, as they take a toll on the server. See [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/fulltext-boolean.html Boolean fulltext search] for details on their use.

====Namespaces searched by default====
The search only applies to the namespaces selected in the user's [[special:preferences|preferences]]. To search the other namespaces check or uncheck the tickboxes in "Search in namespaces" box found at the bottom of a search results page. Depending on the browser, a box may still be checked from a previous search, but without being effective any longer! To make sure, uncheck and recheck it.

Searching the image namespace means searching the image descriptions, i.e. the first parts of the image description pages.

====The source text is searched====
The source text (what one sees in the edit box, also called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_text wiki text]) is searched. This distinction is relevant for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piped_link piped links], special characters (if ê is coded as &ecirc; it is found searching for ecirc), etc.

====Delay in updating the search index====
For reasons of efficiency and priority, very recent changes are not always immediately taken into account in searches.

==Still can't find what you're looking for?==

If you search and search and still can't find the article you are looking for, please consider [[Help:Contents|contributing]] to Elanthipedia today!

==Credits==
Searching help adapted from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Searching Wikipedia.org].