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=={{Anchor|Templates to search Wikipedia}}Templates for searching Wikipedia==

===Search links===
A ''search link'' stores a query in a link that takes you to live search results for that stored search. They're found on user pages and talk pages. Use one to bring the full feature set of MediaWiki Search, or features of external search engines, to bear on users unfamiliar with their search parameters.

One type of search link is a wikilink with all the capabilities of Search (search box), and with standard wikilink syntax: <kbd>{{nowrap | [<nowiki/>[Special:Search/''query''{{!}} ''label'']]}}</kbd>. So this search link will (1) [[help:navigation|navigate]]: [<nowiki/>[Special:search/Wales]] &rarr; [[Special:search/Wales]] or (2) search: <kbd>{{nowrap | [<nowiki/>[Special:search/~Wales {{!}} search/~Wales]]}}</kbd> &rarr; [[Special:search/~Wales|search/~Wales]] if you prefix a ~ tilde character.

All other search links are made from a [[help:template|template]] that will build a URL instead of wikilink. A URL can for example can call off-site search engines to search Wikipedia.

*{{tl|Search link}} offers all the capabilities of [[Help:Searching|Searching]] (search box), plus extra (URL) parameters for combinations of namespaces, and where you can escape the 20-results-per page-limitation, shareable: <kbd>{{nowrap | {<nowiki>{search link | et al | ''label'' | ns4 | ns5 | limit = 123}}</nowiki>}}</kbd> &rarr; {{search link|et al | ''label'' | ns4 | ns5 | limit = 123}}.
*{{tl|Regex}} – develop an advanced regex search. <kbd>{<nowiki/>{regex | \<--.*--> | label = Articles with comments missing the ! bang character | prefix=0}}</kbd> &rarr; {{regex | \<--.*--> | label = Articles with comments missing the ! bang character |prefix=0}}
*{{tl|Template usage}} – develop a ''template'' regex search, and pinpoint specific template-call details. <kbd>{<nowiki/>{Template usage | Convert | <nowiki>\{{!}}C\{{!}}F</nowiki> | 0 | Articles that convert Celsius to Fahrenheit}}</kbd> &rarr; {{template usage|Convert|\{{!}}C\{{!}}F|0|Articles that convert Celsius to Fahrenheit}}
*{{tl|ShortSearch}} – create three search links: <kbd>{<nowiki/>{ShortSearch | system operations research}}</kbd> &rarr; {{ShortSearch | system operations research}} (search Wikipedia, "Google" Wikipedia, and Google search)
*{{tl|wpsearch}} – create five search links: <kbd><nowiki>{{wpsearch|collaborative search}}</nowiki></kbd> &rarr; {{wpsearch|collaborative search}}
*{{tl|Wikidata search link}} – creates a [[d:Wikidata:Main page|Wikidata]] search link for descriptions, entities, items, properties, etc. &rarr; {{Wikidata search link|Universe}}

===Search boxes===
*{{tl|Search box}} – Simple search box with choice of button below or to the right
*{{tl|Search prefixes}} – Multiple pages' subpages are searched at once.
*{{tl|Archive banner}} – For searching archives. It is of banner-style, like many other [[Template:Warchivenav|archive templates]].
Search boxes are made by {{tag|inputbox|o}} tags. See [[mw:Extension:InputBox]].

===Page title searches===
*{{tl|Canned search}} – Link to automated search results for a given term
*{{tl|In title}} – Search for pages whose name ''contains'' given words
*{{tl|Look from}} – Search for pages whose name ''begins'' with a given word
For searches with exact matches, exact in upper and lower cases, or in punctuation marks, see {{section link|Help:Searching#grep}}.

===Other Wikipedia editor help===
*{{tl|Linksearch}} – Searches for external links matching a URL
*{{tlg|dabsearch|italics=on|term}} – External tool to find page titles containing a <code>(''term'')</code> in parentheses; useful for [[Wikipedia:disambiguation]] study
*{{tl|Help desk searches}} – Navbox with list of links to Google pages, specialized to search for example user pages, [[Wikipedia:Village pump|village pump]], etc.; useful for [[Wikipedia:Help desk]] tasks
*{{tl|Spamsearch}} – Searches user pages for common spams, e.g. "we service", "leading manufacturer", etc.
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*The search box in every Wikipedia page makes them useless:
**{{Content search link}}: Make a link to the search page
**{{Search wikipedia}}: Creates another search box.
**{{top search bar}}: spam
**{{top search bar2}}: spam
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==See also==
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*[[Help:Searching]]
*{{cat|Search templates}}
*[[mw:Extension:InputBox#General syntax|MediaWiki:Extension:InputBox §&nbsp;General syntax]] - how to create your own search box using {{tag|inputbox}}
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==Description of this template==
This template is [[Wikipedia:Transcluded content/Transcluding a page section|transcluded]] into the [[Wikipedia:Template documentation|documentation pages]] of some templates. You can modify the {{section link|#See also}} section with the following parameters:
*<code>append</code>: Items to be added to.
*<code>seealso</code>: Changes the section altogether.

Example 1: {{<nowiki/>Internal search templates common doc|append=<br/>
<nowiki/>*[[Help:Searching]]<br/>
<nowiki/>*[[Help:Template]]}}

Example 2: {{tnull|Internal search templates common doc|seealso{{=}}}}<br/>
This will delete the "See also" section.

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[[Category:Searching in Wikipedia]]
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