Help:Searching

To search any Wikia community, you can use the search box at the top of every page. Using the icon dropdown at the left of the search box, you can switch between local and global searches (across a single community versus across all of Wikia).

Advanced Search
Your initial search will likely only search the main namespace, plus a few others. After you search, you may find that you need to expand your search to other areas of the wikia. To do this, click the "Advanced" link that appears at the upper right side of the search results page. It will open a box that allows you to select more namespaces and continue searching.



Search Keywords
The search engine allows certain keywords that may yield more or less results.

Boolean operators
These operators can be used to filter results by using words such as "AND", "OR" , and "NOT".
 * NOT
 * This excludes a certain word from search, e.g. "Infobox NOT portable" -> [ results].


 * OR
 * This is the default search, and is used whenever there is a space or keyword the search engine ignores, e.g. "Infobox OR portable" === "Infobox portable" -> [ results].


 * AND
 * This is an inclusive search including all terms, e.g. "Infobox AND portable" -> [ results].


 * Combined
 * The above keywords can be combined to yield different and sometimes better results, e.g. "Infobox AND portable NOT classic".

Note: As of 2016/09 the search engine does not support searching for an exact phrase (or term) search even when quotes are included, e.g.   is always equivalent to.

Other ways to find pages

 * To search for content across all of Wikia, or to look for communities focused on a specific subject, use the search box on our main page.
 * To browse pages on a specific community, you can view a list of all pages or browse by category. See Special:ImageList to search for images.
 * You can also use Google's site search to search all Wikia communities.

How to create a search box

 * To add a search box to any article, just type: in the classic editor. It will produce this box:

Next pages

 * Learn how to organize a page
 * Learn how to create a table
 * Learn how to create a template

Further help and feedback
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