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If these limitations won't affect your search result there's no harm in using the search bar on the left. | If these limitations won't affect your search result there's no harm in using the search bar on the left. | ||
Manually adding [[ | Manually adding [[Help: Search Terms|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 [[Special:Preferences|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. | 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 [[Special:Preferences|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. | ||