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The reasons for not implementing a namespace filter in LinkSearch are no longer valid. Without a namespace filter, the web link search is simply unusable for many large domains, as you often have to skip thousands of hits on discussion pages. Many users circumvent the restriction by using insource search. But that's not a good solution either A solution with good filtering options, e.g. glob or regex, would be desirable. But as a first step, a namespace filter would be very helpful.

The reasons for not implementing a namespace filter in LinkSearch are no longer valid: moved to T12593 Without a namespace filter, the web link search is simply unusable for many large domains, as you often have to skip thousands of hits on discussion pages. Many users circumvent the restriction by using insource search. But that's not a good solution either A solution with good filtering options, e.g. glob or regex, would be desirable. UPDATE 15/12/2025 (Title changed) Add Elasticsearch ot Special:LinkSearch 1. Split URL into domain, path, query and fragment 2. split domain into TLD, domain, subdomains 3. split path into folders 4. split query into keys and values 5. build function like indomain, infolder, inkey, invalue ... 6. Investigate whether URL-specific functions can be used as useful filter options for general insource searches.

The reasons for not implementing a namespace filter in LinkSearch are no longer valid.: moved to T12593 Without a namespace filter, the web link search is simply unusable for many large domains, as you often have to skip thousands of hits on discussion pages. Many users circumvent the restriction by using insource search. But that's not a good solution either A solution with good filtering options, e.g. glob or regex, would be desirable. But as a first step, a namespace filter would be very helpful.UPDATE 15/12/2025 (Title changed) Add Elasticsearch ot Special:LinkSearch 1. Split URL into domain, path, query and fragment 2. split domain into TLD, domain, subdomains 3. split path into folders 4. split query into keys and values 5. build function like indomain, infolder, inkey, invalue ... 6. Investigate whether URL-specific functions can be used as useful filter options for general insource searches.