Options/Search

Choose one of the following:

• checked: Search suggest enabled (typing in search box will dynamically retrieve suggestions)
• unchecked: Search suggest disabled

Maximum number of search suggestions

Enter number of results to show per page

Choose one of the following:

• checked: XOWA continues while database searches are done in the background. These searches return results faster, especially for big queries.
• unchecked: XOWA waits until the database search completes. This will often be slower, but will be more stable than background searches.

Choose one of the following:

• checked: Search will automatically append wildcard if no wildcards are present. For example:

Earth will become Earth*

Ea*rth will stay Ea*rth b/c it already has a wildcard

• unchecked: Search will not apply any automatic behavior

Enter default args for every search. Examples include:

• ns*=1 will search across all namespaces (current default is to search main namespace only)
• ns0=1&ns14=1 will search across the main (0) and category (14) namespaces

Enter wikis to search:

• For example:

en.wikipedia.org|<same_lang>
en.wiktionary.org|<same_type>
fr.wikivoyage.org,en.wikivoyage.org|<self>,en.wikipedia.org
<any>|<self>

• Line 1 means "For English Wikipedia, seach all English wikis, such as English Wiktionary, English Wikisource, English Wikivoyage, etc."
• Line 2 means "For English Wiktionary, search all Wiktionarys, such as English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, German Wiktionary, etc."
• Line 3 means "For French Wikivoyage and English Wikivoyage, search the current wiki and English Wikipedia"
• Line 4 means "For any wiki, search only the current wiki"

The multi-wikis criteria has the following format:

• Line-based: Each line represents a separate rule. A wiki will be compared against the rule, and if it matches, only that rule will apply. If it doesn't match, it goes on to the next line.
• Match: The match part is the text before the first pipe (|). Think of this as "when in this wiki...". This can be a wiki domain (en.wikipedia.org), a languages wildcard (en.*), a type wildcard (*.wikipedia) or the reserved word <any>). In addition, multiple terms can be chained together (en.wikipedia.org,fr.wikipedia.org).
• Include: Think of this as "...search these wikis". This can use any term as Match (domain, wildcard, reserved word) but can also use the reserved words: <self>, <same_lang> <same_type>

Terms:

• <any>: matches any wiki. For example, in en.wikipedia.org, any wiki is matched, including home, en.wikipedia.org, fr.wiktionary.org, de.wikisource.org, etc..
• <self>: matches only the current wiki. For example, in en.wikipedia.org, only en.wikipedia.org is matched.
• <same_lang>: matches wikis with the same language. For example, in en.wikipedia.org, en.wiktionary.org, en.wikisource.org, etc. are matched. However, fr.wiktionary.org and de.wikisource.org are not matched.
• <same_type>: matches wikis with the same type. For example, in en.wikipedia.org, fr.wikipedia.org, de.wikipedia.org, ru.wikipedia.org, etc. are matched. However, en.wiktionary.org, en.wikisource.org, etc. are not matched.
• {language}.*: matches all wikis of that language. For example, "en.*" will match en.wikipedia.org, en.wiktionary.org, en.wikisource.org, etc regardless of the current wiki
• *.{type}: matches all wikis of that type. For example, "*.wikipedia" will match en.wikipedia.org, fr.wikipedia.org, de.wikipedia.org, etc

Enter sorting-order for multiple wikis: <any>|<self>,*.wikipedia,*.wikivoyage,*.wiktionary,*.wikisource,*.wikiquote,*.wikibooks,*.wikiversity,*.wikinews }}. The sort criteria has the following format:

• Line-based: Each line represents a separate rule. A wiki will be compared against the rule, and if it matches, only that rule will apply. If it doesn't match, it goes on to the next line.
• Match: The match part is the text before the first pipe (|). Think of this as "when in this wiki...". This can be a wiki domain (en.wikipedia.org), a languages wildcard (en.*), a type wildcard (*.wikipedia) or the reserved word <any>). In addition, multiple terms can be chained together (en.wikipedia.org,fr.wikipedia.org).
• Sort: Think of this as "...sort according to following order".
• For example, consider if the following wikis are searched: en.wikipedia.org and en.wiktionary.org. Since en.wikipedia.org matches *.wikipedia.org, it will be sorted before en.wiktionary.org (which matches *.wiktionary.org)