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A fuzzy-word or fuzzy-phrase search can suffix a tilde ~ character (and a number telling the degree).

We can understand that the fuzzy elements come AFTER the tilde, or we may also guess that the fuzzy element has a tilde as it suffix (...???). More of that the next sentence "A tilde ~ character prefixed to the first term of a query guarantees search results instead of any possible navigation." is the same as the first proposition and makes a repetition. Can somebody reformulate please ? Thanks.

Christian FR (talk) 12:54, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

I think T:506 refers to "phrase~".

About "A tilde ~ character prefixed to the first term of a query guarantees search results instead of any possible navigation.", I think it means, if you search for "MediaWiki", since a page with that name exists, it will redirect you straight to the page called MediaWiki. Searching for "~MediaWiki" will give you the search results page, even if a page with that name exists.