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== help search ==
When I search help there is an error «An error has occurred while searching: The search backend returned an error:» it does not say what the error is. Help search is broken. — Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Shabratha|Shabratha]] ([[User talk:Shabratha|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Shabratha|contribs]]) 13:58, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
*{{ping|Shabratha}} thank you for pointing this out. There is currently technical work happening on Wikipedia's search functions. I have tested the search function on the contents page and I get the same error. I will ask for technical assistance. --[[User:Pine|Pine]][[User talk:Pine|✉]] 16:13, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
::{{ping|Shabratha|Pine}} Could you enable New search at [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures|beta features]]? This has sometimes fixed this problem. --[[User:Glaisher|Glaisher]] ([[User talk:Glaisher|talk]]) 16:25, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
I don't want beta features. I want help to work. Kindly do the needful. — Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Shabratha|Shabratha]] ([[User talk:Shabratha|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Shabratha|contribs]]) 09:10, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
:{{ping|Shabratha}} The new "beta" search is due to become the default search here on August 27 ([[:mw:Search#Timeline]]). Since the existing search code is being phased out, I doubt if anyone will be trying to fix it. So your options are to enable "beta" search or to wait for the new code. Please remember that most of the code developers are unpaid volunteers, just like the editors and administrators here. -- [[User:John of Reading|John of Reading]] ([[User talk:John of Reading|talk]]) 09:35, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
Help page says I should try FAQ, but FAQ search is broken too. [[User:Shabratha|Shabratha]] ([[User talk:Shabratha|talk]]) 10:00, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
This is stupid. I tried fixing a picture which is against copyright, but nothing happened, so I came to Help. The help page does not mention copyright, so I tried help search. Help search is broken so I asked here, and the answer isn't «Here's how to do it», the answer is «Yes we know help search is broken, wait 2 months». Then I tried FAQ, but FAQ search is broken too. Then I asked at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_copyright_questions but no answer. Then I tried the beta search. Beta search sent me to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_problems but that says «Image copyright concerns are not handled on this board». It then sent me to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CSD but that is very wikitechnical and has no help. If insiders know that beta search works and help search doesn't work, why do the help and FAQ pages use the broken one? This is stupid and it is a waste of time. [[User:Shabratha|Shabratha]] ([[User talk:Shabratha|talk]]) 10:28, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
:{{ping|Shabratha}} I'm sorry you got frustrated. The "search" boxes at [[Help:Contents]] and [[Wikipedia:FAQ]] use whichever search has been chosen by the user doing the search; there's nothing available in the software that can change this behaviour. I've tried searching for the word "copyright" in both these search boxes and got some fairly sensible answers.
:Your question at [[Wikipedia:Media copyright questions#Aerial photos]