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When you search the wiki for some words | When you search the wiki for some words , even if there are pages with those words they will not be found. | ||
* "and" | |||
* "other" | |||
* "once" | |||
* "name" | |||
For a list of applicable words, see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/fulltext-stopwords.html#fulltext-stopwords-stopwords-for-myisam-search-indexes | For a list of applicable words, see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/fulltext-stopwords.html#fulltext-stopwords-stopwords-for-myisam-search-indexes | ||
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== work-around to find pages with stopwords == | == work-around to find pages with stopwords == | ||
If you know a page exists, but the only content you can remember to search for are stopwords, then open the list of all pages ([[Special:AllPages]]) and search inside the list with ctrl-f on your keyboard. | If you know a page exists, but the only content you can remember to search for are stopwords, then open the list of all pages ([[Special:AllPages]]) and search inside the list with ctrl-f on your keyboard. | ||
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[[Category:Wiki use]] | [[Category:Wiki use]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:02, 1 March 2020
When you search the wiki for some words , even if there are pages with those words they will not be found.
- "and"
- "other"
- "once"
- "name"
For a list of applicable words, see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/fulltext-stopwords.html#fulltext-stopwords-stopwords-for-myisam-search-indexes
The reason is deep in how the database that supports mediawiki works. In other words, it's the nature of the beast.
work-around to make pages searchable
Create a Redirect page for specific, likely to be searched for pages.
work-around to find pages with stopwords
If you know a page exists, but the only content you can remember to search for are stopwords, then open the list of all pages (Special:AllPages) and search inside the list with ctrl-f on your keyboard.
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