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{{PD Help Page}}
This site's search is powered by the CirrusSearch extension, and the underlying Elasticsearch engine.  See [[mw:Help:CirrusSearch]] for help on how to best use the search functionality (including regex searches).  In a nutshell: the search index is faster, and more complete.
The quickest way to find information in MediaWiki is to look it up directly. On the left-hand side of your screen there is a '''Search''' box with two buttons under it labeled "Go" and "Search".  
 
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The quickest way to find information in MediaWiki is to look it up directly. On your screen there is a '''Search''' box with two buttons under it labeled "Go" and "Search".  


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