Search Tips

All searches are performed in page names and in full-text, where page name hits are listed first. To limit your search to a specific namespace; include the namespace preceeded by ”@” in the query. (e.g. “Quadri” @en:np).

The actions taken depends then upon what button is pressed;

• If “Go” is pressed; WikiNova will attempt to jump to the specific page named in the search field.
• If ”Search” is pressed; WikiNova will search for the specified text in full-text.

The namespace defaulting has three levels:

1. If the current language cannot be determined, the search is restricted to English language pages. (As if @en was specified.)
2. If the current language can be determined, the search is restricted to pages in the current language. (As if @lc was specified, where ”lc” is replaced by the current language code; see Language Codes in WikiNova.)
3. If @namespace is specified, this overrides any other restrictions, and limits the search to the specified namespace. (In effect, the first element of @namespace is always the desired language.)

The search results are presented as such:

1. Matching page names are listed in alphabetical order. These are not subject to namespace restrictions.
2. Pages with full-text matches are listed in order of most to least hits. If a page is calculated to have a high relevance an excerpt from the text will be shown.

  "Quadri"

Finds all pages including the word “quadri” in the current language.

  "Quadri" @fr

Finds all pages in French that includes the word “quadri”.

  "Alignment" @en:np:road @en:np:waterway

Finds all pages in English that includes the word “alignment”, and reside in or below the namespaces en:np:road or en:np:waterway.

  en:np:waterway:start

Jumps to the page en:np:waterway:start.

  +quadri +line -draw

Finds pages with text containing “quadri” and “line” , but removes pages also containing “draw”