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If searching is enabled, you can enter search terms in the search field, as you'd expect. There are a few special things you can do to constuct more powerful searches.

  • To match a phrase, enclose it in double quotes.
  • AND can be used to search for documents containing two expressions.
  • OR can be used to search for documents containing either one of two expressions.
  • Parentheses can be used to build up complicated search expressions. For example, "(foo AND bar) OR (me AND you)"
  • Prefix a search term with "-" to avoid it from appearing in the results. For example, "-discussion" will omit "discussion".
  • To search for a page with a given title, use "title:foo".
  • To search for pages that contain a "bar" link, use "link:bar".