Help:Searching
The quickest way to find what you're looking for is probably with the search function of the Wiki. However, if you don't know exactly what you're looking for or what to call it you'll miss a lot with the build in search function. Searching with Google is recommended, unless you know exactly what to search for.
Wiki Search function
The built-in search function is quickly accessible on the left but has a few limitations:
- It can't search for substrings (AddScriptPackage won't show up when searching for Package).
- Searching for any word with 3 characters or less will yield 0 results, without a warning.
- Searching for 2 or more words will only yield pages with all of the words on it.
- It takes some time to update the search index, but this also counts for Google.
If these limitations won't affect your search result there's no harm in using the search bar on the left.
Manually adding search terms to pages is an attempt to improve the search functionality on the Wiki.
Searches, by default, search the main namespace (normal articles) and Categories. Which namespaces are searched can be customized after the Search (and the Search must be re-run afterwards), or the default Search can be changed in User Preferences. Note that users who joined before August 7, 2007 will have to manually add Categories to the list - it is highly recommended that you do so.
Searching the Wiki with Google with get you better results because none of the flaws above apply to the Google search engine, except the last one. Google has currently indexed almost 3,500 CS Wiki pages, but it doesn't cover most of the script function pages. To search the Wiki with Google you can click the link below.
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If Searching hasn't worked for you, and you are unfamiliar with the navigation of the CS Wiki, please read our Welcome to the Wiki!