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This template should not be used without any parameters. If this is done, it will search all pages starting with "list of". There are two main ways of specifying which articles this template should search. For simple cases, where all of the page titles to be searched are the same except for the very end, prefix= can be used:
|root=User talk:Example/Archives will search all subpages of User talk:Example/Archives. The default is the current page name. noslash By default, the target page itself is excluded, by appending a slash "/" to the "root" parameter. If you want to include it, set noslash=yes. search-break
So this search link will (1) navigate: [[Special:search/Wales]] → Special:search/Wales or (2) search: [[Special:search/~Wales | search/~Wales]] → search/~Wales if you prefix a ~ tilde character. 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 ...
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Creates a search box, targeting multiple subpages at once. If one page is enough, you can use {} or {{search archives}}. Template:Search deletion discussions uses this template, specializing in search deletion discussions.
The term template, when used in the context of word processing software, refers to a sample document that has already some details in place; those can (that is added/completed, removed or changed, differently from a fill-in-the-blank of the approach as in a form) either by hand or through an automated iterative process, such as with a software assistant.
For example a search for "phenom" AND "lecture", with the templates Search link and regexp having the weighting score of the pages they are on multiplied by 1.5 and 2.25 respectively, ignoring all other templates (halting the addition of any score for any other template): phenom lecture boost-templates:"Template:search link|150% tlusage|225%"
So this search link will (1) navigate: [[Special:search/Wales]] → Special:search/Wales or (2) search: [[Special:search/~Wales | search/~Wales]] → search/~Wales if you prefix a ~ tilde character. 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 ...