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Usage of this template and related alternatives

Template for creating a list of URLs searching for the same string

This page's template creates a short, parenthetical list of abbreviated external links to different searchable locations for the same search string. This could be useful on a talk page to encourage researching a topic from various sources.

For example:

Page Template:Block indent/styles.css has no content.
{{Search|Alarm clock|long=y}}

Produces the following list of links to various searches for Alarm clock (hover over a link for a tooltip showing the search link's title):

Page Template:Block indent/styles.css has no content.

The abbreviations stand for:

For an abbreviated list of links, omit the |long=y parameter.

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: [[Special:Search/query| label]]. So this search link will (1) navigate: [[Special:search/Wales]] → Special:search/Wales or (2) search: [[Special:search/~Wales | search/~Wales]]search/~Wales if you prefix a ~ tilde character.

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

Search boxes

Search boxes are made by <inputbox></inputbox> tags. See mw:Extension:InputBox.

Page title searches

  • {{Canned search}} – Link to automated search results for a given term
  • {{In title}} – Search for pages whose name contains given words
  • {{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 Help:Searching § grep.

Other Wikipedia editor help

See also