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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 link }} offers all the capabilities of Searching (search box), plus extra (URL) parameters for combinations of namespaces, and where you can escape the 20-results-per ...
This template is used on approximately 55,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. This template creates a simple search box for all a page's subpages, like archives.
If the template that you want to edit looks like {{foo}}, you would go to Template:foo to edit it. To get there, type "Template:foo" in the search box (see search), or make a wikilink like [[Template:foo]] somewhere, such as in the sandbox, and click on it. Once you are there, just click "edit" or "edit this page" at the very top of the page ...
This template differs from the search box superficially when searching for an equals sign. In the search box you just say =, but here you must use the five-letter string {{=}}. In search 5 notice the need for the double quotes around the search pattern: insource:/"slash delimited regexp"/. These protect any characters from being interpreted as ...
Here are the template parameters for Search link. 1. or |query=. The search query. It becomes the text of the search link (how the link will look) so it accepts |text= . 2. or |label=. A label to replace the default text. A new look to the link, so it also accepts |link=.
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 ...
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 a variety of sources.
[[Category:Search templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Search templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.