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'''To search Halopedia''': | '''To search Halopedia''': | ||
*There should be a small search box at the side of the screen, marked ''search'', followed by '''Go''' and '''Search'''. Just type what you're looking for into the ''search box'' and press the ''Enter'' key. Or, click '''''Go''''' / '''''Search'''''. | *There should be a small search box at the side of the screen, marked ''search'', followed by '''Go''' and '''Search'''. Just type what you're looking for into the ''search box'' and press the ''Enter'' key. Or, click '''''Go''''' / '''''Search'''''. | ||
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===Limiting results=== | ===Limiting results=== | ||
Halopedia's default search mode will turn up results with '''''any''''' of the words in your query. To limit to results that include '''''all''''' words, put a "+" at the beginning of each word to return only pages containing both words, like Google's default mode. | Halopedia's default search mode will turn up results with '''''any''''' of the words in your query. To limit to results that include '''''all''''' words, put a "+" at the beginning of each word to return only pages containing both words, like Google's default mode. | ||
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===Avoid short and common words=== | ===Avoid short and common words=== | ||
If your search terms include a common "stop word" (such as "the", "one", "your", "more", "right", "while", "when", "who", "which", | If your search terms include a common "stop word" (such as "the", "one", "your", "more", "right", "while", "when", "who", "which", | ||
"such", "every", "about", "onto"), it will be ignored by the search system. If you're trying to do a phrase search or all-words-only search, this may result in returning nothing at all. Short numbers, and words that appear in half of all articles, will also not be found. In this case, drop those words and rerun the search. | "such", "every", "about", "onto"), it will be ignored by the search system. If you're trying to do a phrase search or all-words-only search, this may result in returning nothing at all. Short numbers, and words that appear in half of all articles, will also not be found. In this case, drop those words and rerun the search. | ||