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This is a '''cheatsheet of search syntax''' that can be used in the on-wiki search box.

In general all of the syntax can be combined together, so you can use a wildcarded specific phrase with a namespace, insource, and incategory all at once. Multiple of each can be used too, like a few different insource usages. Multiple terms together are implicitly ANDed.

The wiki uses [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CirrusSearch CirrusSearch] to power the search box. See the full details on all of the syntax in the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:CirrusSearch documentation] or [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Searching general concepts] on MediaWiki.org.

{{Note|'''Note:''' Regular expression searches are disabled.}}

{| class="wikitable plainlinks"
!Syntax
! style="width:50%" |Description
!Example
|-
! colspan="3" |General
|-
|<code>plain words</code>
|Search for the words
|{{Search link|fidelity}}
|-
|<code>"specific phrase"</code>
|Search for the specific phrase. Unless otherwise mentioned, this can be used with most other parameters.
|{{Search link|"above its weight class"}}
|-
|<code>wild* searc\?</code>
|Search for the words, where <code>\?</code> is any one character<ref>The wildcard <code>\?</code> is must be used with the escaping backslash - plain question marks are treated literally as searches can contain questions.</ref> and <code>*</code> is any one or more characters<ref>The <code>*</code> wildcard must follow one other non-wildcard character - it cannot be the first character</ref>. Wildcards can be used in plain words, specific phrase, or insource searches.
|{{Search link|carr*}}
|-
|<code>!inverted</code> <code>-inverted</code>
|Inverts the search term, making it 'exclude this word' or 'exclude this parameter', etc. <code>!</code> and <code>-</code> are the same meaning.
|{{Search link|carrack -fuel}}
|-
|-
| <code>search OR term</code>
|Combines two searches together so that the results include either of the parameters/parameter groups (or both). When combining with other terms, use brackets to specify what terms should be ORed and what should be implictly ANDed.
|{{Search link|bespoke OR fidelity}}
|-
! colspan="3" |Filters
|-
|<code>Namespace: rest of search</code>
|Filter results to the specific namespace. (Note the space between the namespace and the rest of the search.) You can also use the checkboxes on [[Special:Search]].
|{{Search link|Update: carrack}}
|-
|<code>prefix:start of title</code>
|Filter results to pages that have names beginning with the specified word or phrase. Unlike other parameters, quoting is not necessary for phrases. Essentially the same functionality as [[Special:PrefixIndex]], but with the rest of the search utility.
|{{Search link|prefix:carrack}}
|-
! colspan="3" |Wiki utility
|-
| <code>intitle:"words in title"</code>
|Filter results to pages where the page name contains the specified word or phrase.
|{{Search link|intitle:best intitle:ship}}
|-
|<code>incategory:"category"</code>
|Searches for results in the specified category.
|{{Search link|carrack incategory:ships}}

|-
|<code>linksto:"page to link to"</code>
|Searches for pages that link to the specified page. Similar to [[Special:WhatLinksHere]].
|{{Search link|linksto:"Anvil Aerospace"}}
|-
|<code>hastemplate:"template"</code>
|Searches for pages that use to the specified template. Similar to [[Special:WhatLinksHere]] set to transclusions only.
|{{Search link|hastemplate:"Infobox vehicle"}}
|-
|<code>subpageof:"page"</code>
|Searches for pages that are a subpage of the specified page. Similar to [[Special:PrefixIndex]].
|{{Search link|subpageof:carrack}}
|-
|<code>insource:word</code> <code>insource:"source code"</code>
|Searches for the word or phrase in the wikitext of pages. Greyspace<ref name="greyspace" /> is ignored. Wildcards can be used to replace some level of regular expressions. This search can be slow - generally best when used with other searches.
|{{Search link|insource:"above its weight class"}}
|-
! colspan="3" |Advanced
|-
|<code>fuzzy~</code> <code>"fuzzy search"~3</code>
|Enables a 'fuzzy' search, allowing some level of letter replacement or word shuffling. The first usage is only for single words and allows some amount of letter replacement (by default up to 2 letters except the first two). The second usage requires a number for the 'degree' of fuzziness, where 0 is not fuzzy - the degree determines how many word swaps or other words can be added. See [[mediawikiwiki:Help:CirrusSearch#Words,_phrases,_and_modifiers|documentation for details]].
|{{Search link|vulture~}} (compare {{Search link|vulture}}) {{Search link|"venture"~2}} (compare {{Search link|"venture"}})
|-

||<code><nowiki>morelike:page1|page2|...</nowiki></code>
| Increases the page weight (increases relevancy, pushing the results to the top) for pages with text similar to the specified page(s). Can be further tuned by applying URL parameters, see [[mediawikiwiki:Help:CirrusSearch#Morelike|documentation]] for details.
||{{Search link|morelike:Carrack{{!}}Odyssey}}
|-
|<code>prefer-recent:amount,time</code>
|Increases page relevancy by <code>amount</code> if the page has been edited within the last <code>time</code> number of days. Both parameters are optional - just doing <code>prefer-recent:</code> uses the default of <code>0.6,160</code>, which is a 60% boost for pages edited within the last 160 days.<ref>Technically, the time specified in prefer-recent is the half-life of the boost amount; the boost amount is halved every number of days.</ref>
|{{Search link|Anvil prefer-recent:}}
|-
||<code><nowiki>boost-templates:"template|amount%"</nowiki></code>
|Increases page relevancy by <code>amount</code> percent if the page uses the specified template. Multiple usages with different templates can be used to further refine results.
||{{Search link|Anvil boost-templates:"Template:Infobox vehicle{{!}}200%"}}
|-
! colspan="3" |Files<ref>These do not imply the File: namespace filter - you will need to specify that too (or use the checkboxes).</ref>
|-
| <code>filetype:type</code>
|Searches for files with specific internal type. Types are: <code>unknown</code>, <code>bitmap</code>, <code>drawing</code>, <code>audio</code>, <code>video</code>, <code>multimedia</code>, <code>office</code>, <code>text</code>, <code>executable</code>, <code>archive</code>.
|{{Search link|File: filetype:bitmap}}
|-
|<code>filemime:type</code>
|Searches for files with the MIME type - either an exact MIME type, like <code>image/png</code>, or a partial MIME type, like <code>gif</code>.
|{{Search link|File: intitle:logo filemime:svg}}
|-
|<code>filesize:number</code> - mimimum size <code>filesize:<number</code> - maximum size <code>filesize:number1,number2</code> - size range
|Searches for files with the file size (in kibibtyes<ref>1 kibibyte (1KiB) = 1024 bytes.</ref>). Can search for a minimum, maximum, or a range.
|{{Search link|File: filesize:4096}}
|-
|<code>fileX:number</code> - exact <code>fileX:>number</code> - mimimum <code>fileX:<number</code> - maximum <code>fileX:number1,number2</code> - range
|Search for files with the specific measure at the specific size or size range. <code>fileX</code> can be any of: <code>filew</code> for file width, <code>fileh</code> for file height, <code>fileres</code> for file resolution<ref>File resolution is defined as sqrt(height × width)</ref>, or <code>filebit</code> for file bit depth.
|{{Search link|File: fileh:3000}}
|-
|}

<references>
<ref name="greyspace">Greyspace is defined as any of these characters <code>~!@#$%^&*()_+-={}|[]\:";'<>?,./</code>. In general greyspace characters are treated as 'word boundaries' - removed and replaced with a space.</ref>
</references>

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