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Is there any special page for suffixes? Such as to search for articles that end with (ice hockey) or something? I haven't found one, so I doubt there is, but I might as well ask. Bsroiaadn 13:38, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

No, there isn't. Maybe request it at WP:VPR or WP:VPT; it's a neat idea. This, that and the other 07:34, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Request a better search engine, too, since the current one sucks petunas, relying on external search engines (like Google) to pick up MediaWiki's slack. Misplaced Pages's navigation system sucks too, requiring dabs and categories to also pick up the slack. ∞Σɛ_Þ² 19:09, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Don't reinvent the wheel. If google does the job there is no need for MediaWiki to do so. Also, your idea of what the dab pages are there for is plain wrong. As long as it's seen as a goal to be able to reach an article by typing the name directly dab pages will be necessary. No improvement in Wikipedias navigation system is going to change this, because the problem is in the ambiguity of the English language. Taemyr 01:56, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

I have to second the request for Special:Suffixindex. This will be invaluable for finding the noun part of names that have various adjectives. Greg Bard 12:40, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

This would be possible if the "page" table in MediaWiki's database had a "page_reverse_title" column: then the Suffixindex input could be reversed, the Prefixindex query could be performed (ordering by page_reverse_title instead of page_title), and tada, results. At least in my naive, not-excessively-fluent-in-SQL analysis :) If there's an easier way, I don't know what it is! Gracenotes § 17:27, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Come to think of it, I'm positive that solution violates some database design rule about normalization. Oh well. Gracenotes § 17:31, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

No, it can be done by just adding 1 column to the article table and 1 index for just that table. That can't possibly break any normalization rule (OK, so, it breaks the second normal form because it's redundant information that can be obtained from reversing the name column primary key. Damn you, Codd! It's still an acceptable compromise for performance, thought) The name-updating updates the column every time that the "name" column is updated, the searches are as fast as prefixIndex, and the name change updates only have to update one extra column on a table that gets updated anyways and one extra index. It's not as if articles change names often. --Enric Naval (talk) 02:16, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

I made a request at bugzilla. It had come up before. The discussion was about the fact that a prefix search comes at no extra effort because of the way the database is set up. However, to set up a suffix search would require a major effort apparently. Oh well, it was a nice thought. I'm sure by the time we are all required by the government to have the computer implant in the brain which connects us all to the Misplaced Pages, they will have it figured out. Greg Bard 19:59, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Google query examply: something like intitle:"*(ice_hockey)", probably can be improved ∴ Alex Smotrov 21:31, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Not really a solution (or even a workaround) but you could download the "enwiki-YYYYMMDD-all-titles-in-ns0.gz" file from http://download.wikimedia.org and try searching for suffix$ (or something similar) with a regular expression-capable editor. --Kjoonlee 11:30, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Rabbi Shai Specht (AKA: Reb Shai)

Rabbi Shai Specht does not "prescribe" to one Jewish movement or another, and draws insight from all. Reb Shai is a Cantor, Composer/Storyteller and Educator based in New York City. He specializes in music for children and family education, Kabbalah and Hazanut. Shai has given workshops and performed all over the country. Reb Shai offers a range of services, from spiritual counseling/healing to teacher workshops, Toddler/caretaker classes, Tot Shabbat to officiating weddings and Bar/Bat Mitzvot. Reb Shai has recorded and produced three children's albums. He also recorded an exclusive contemporary adult Jewish album ("Ma Tovu - songs for Shabbat") with Artemis records. Reb Shai 's provocative Dance/Club version of the famous Jewish prayer "Avinu Malkeinu," has raised quite a few eye brows around the world. Reb Shai draws upon many influences, but has a unique energy and appeals to a wide range of audiences, young and old. His understanding and proven abilities, lure one in with a sense of intimacy and excitment. Rabbi Shai comes from a long line of Rabbis (including the Maharal of Prague), Cantors and Educators. He was ordained from the Rabbinical Seminary International (Raabi Joseph H. Gelberman) in June 2008.

"Next page" at the top, but not at the bottom

Special:Allpages has a "Next page" link at the top right and the bottom right. Special:Prefixindex has this link only at the top (if the list is long enough). Could the link be added to the bottom as well? For comparison, see Special:Allpages/Alex and Special:Prefixindex/Alex. Thanks! Ewlyahoocom 05:14, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

PrefixIndex, middleindex, suffixindex, etc.

Where Special:PrefixIndex allows you to search article names that begin with a certain text string, Wikimedia.de grep is a recently improved tool that allows you to search text strings anywhere they appear in the article name. Grep lets you search the entire text string (not just the beginning) for common text patterns. Even better, grep lets you use wildcard characters and other characters (see Regular expression) to formulate your search string. H(ä|ae?)ndel will find "Handel", "Händel", and "Haendel". (S|s)chool will find School and school. The grep tool allows you to find postings in any other name space. The grep tool also is great for finding all related categories and all related templates, even if they are not categorized with a ] GregManninLB (talk) 14:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Felicia and Felix

Feliciano, being the Spanish variant of Felix, and therefore masculin, should be listed under Felix rather then under Felicia, or perhaps under Felix as well. Peter Horn 18:03, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Special:PrefixIndex is just a list of pages beginning with the string searched for. So 3215 Lapko shows up when you enter 321, and Feliciano shows under Felicia because thats the 8 first letters. There is currently no way to implement making feliciano popping up when felix is entered. You might want to edit the disambiguation page Felix. Taemyr (talk) 22:47, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

No sub-subpages

Is there a way to Special:PrefixIndex some thing without getting the sub pages of the subpages.EE 20:33, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Ex.

You PrefixIndex Misplaced Pages

You get Misplaced Pages/A and Misplaced Pages/A/B

But you only want Misplaced Pages/A.

EE 20:35, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Renamed the section from «Question». —AlexSm 20:55, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

No. You could try a grep tool tool on toolserver, with the search expression like ^Misplaced Pages/*$ —AlexSm 20:55, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Is there a way to transclude it?EE 20:57, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

No, you cannot transclude anything from external sources. —AlexSm 21:01, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Vertical vice horizontal alphabetical display

Can lists be arranged vertically instead of horizontally?

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