Template:Dabsearch

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Helps to search for titles containing words in parentheses, like (Music). Useful to study disambiguation.

{{dabsearch|Investment}} makes a link "(Investment)" in title which searches for titles containing "(Investment)".

For more general search, for example "usic)", read Help:Searching#grep

This template relies on toolserver. It cannot be used in articles.

{{Search link}}: Make a link for Wikipedia's search page. Example: {{search link|tosa diary|pages with the phrase "tosa diary"}} creates pages with the phrase "tosa diary".
{{shortSearch}}, {{wpsearch}}: Create links also to google.

{{search box}}: Simple search box with choice of button below or to the right.
{{search prefixes}}: Multiple pages' subpages are searched at once.
{{search archives}} and {{archive banner}}: For searching archives. The latter, {{archive banner}} is of banner-style, like many other archive templates.

Search boxes are made by <inputbox> tags. See mw:Extension:InputBox.

For searches with exact matches, exact in upper and lower cases, or in punctuation marks, see Help:Searching#grep.

{{linksearch}}: Search for external links matching for a URL.
{{search deletion discussions}}: Search box for all kinds of deletion discussions.
{{dabsearch}}: Find page titles containing (any word), including the parentheses. Useful for Wikipedia:disambiguation study.
{{Help desk searches}}: List of links to google pages, specialized to search for example user pages, village pump, etc. Useful for the Wikipedia:help desk task.
{{spamsearch}}: Searches user pages for common spams, e.g. "we service", "leading manufacturer" etc.

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