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| description = A guide to help BG3 players search for relevant content on the Baldur's Gate 3 Wiki. | | description = A guide to help BG3 players search for relevant content on the Baldur's Gate 3 Wiki. | ||
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Bg3.wiki has a powerful built-in [[Special:Search|Search]] function that can easily find pages, images, categories, templates, and more. | |||
[[File:multimedia_search.png|right|thumb|Use the Multimedia option to search for images]] | [[File:multimedia_search.png|right|thumb|Use the Multimedia option to search for images]] | ||
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* Use the '''Everything''' option for a quick-and-dirty way to look through all possible results for your search term. | * Use the '''Everything''' option for a quick-and-dirty way to look through all possible results for your search term. | ||
* Use the '''Advanced''' option to filter your search to specific [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Namespaces namespaces], like Category or Template. | * Use the '''Advanced''' option to filter your search to specific [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Namespaces namespaces], like Category or Template. | ||
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== Identifying areas in need of help == | |||
== Other ways of searching | * [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:UnderConstruction|Under Construction]]: Pages marked as under construction; check the page history and coordinate via the Discord server if a page is actively being worked on. | ||
* [[:Category:Stubs|Stub pages]]: Incomplete pages, lacking key information. | |||
* [[:Category:Priority pages|Priority pages]]: Stub pages considered a high priority for updating. | |||
* [[:Category:Pages that need to be rewritten|Pages that need to be rewritten]]: Pages that do not follow BG3 Wiki's guidelines or pages that are missing key templates. | |||
* [[bg3wiki:Verification]]: Pages marked as having information that needs to be verified | |||
* [[Special:WantedPages]]: A list of pages that are linked to by other pages, but have not yet been created themselves | |||
* [[Special:AncientPages]]: Pages that have not been updated in a long time - check these for outdated information | |||
* [[Special:LonelyPages]]: Pages that aren't linked to by any other pages - try to find other appropriate pages to add links to them | |||
* [[Special:LongPages]]: Very long pages that ''might'' benefit from editing for brevity | |||
* [[Special:ShortPages]]: Very short pages that ''might'' benefit from adding more information | |||
See [[Special:SpecialPages]] for a full list of Special pages. | |||
== Other ways of searching bg3.wiki == | |||
=== Using your address bar === | === Using your address bar === | ||
Here are browser-specific instructions on how to define a custom search keyword, which you can type in your address bar to focus your search directly on bg3.wiki. | Here are browser-specific instructions on how to define a custom search keyword, which you can type in your address bar to focus your search directly on bg3.wiki. | ||