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**Steps to replicate the issue** (include links if applicable): * visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation * in the archive box search at the top right, type "Backlog drives", then click search **What happens?**: * the URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?fulltext=Search+noticeboards+%26+archives&fulltext=Search&prefix=Wikipedia+talk%3AWikiProject+Articles+for+creation%2F&search=backlog+drive&ns0=1 is outputted, which has 2 fulltext parameters **What should have happened instead?**: * the URL should have 1 or 0 fulltext parameters (what does the fulltext parameter do anyway? and is its value being set correctly?) **Software version** (skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia): **Other information** (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.): * that &ns1=1 looks unnecessary since specifying a prefix causes it to be ignored. maybe we should make a ticket to chop that off if a prefix is specified. if the code that controls this is back end rather than front end

**Steps to replicate the issue** (include links if applicable): * visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation * in the archive box search at the top right, type "Backlog drives", then click search **What happens?**: * the URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?fulltext=Search+noticeboards+%26+archives&fulltext=Search&prefix=Wikipedia+talk%3AWikiProject+Articles+for+creation%2F&search=backlog+drive&ns0=1 is outputted, which has 2 fulltext parameters **What should have happened instead?**: * the URL should have 1 or 0 fulltext parameters * its value should be truthy/falsy, instead of a random-ish string. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/core/+/HEAD/includes/specials/SpecialSearch.php **Software version** (skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia): **Other information** (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.): * what does the fulltext parameter do? is it documented somewhere? do we need to add it to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:CirrusSearch or similar? * that &ns1=1 looks unnecessary since specifying a prefix causes it to be ignored. maybe we should make a ticket to chop that off if a prefix is specified. if the code that controls this is back end rather than front end

**Steps to replicate the issue** (include links if applicable): * visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation * in the archive box search at the top right, type "Backlog drives", then click search **What happens?**: * the URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?fulltext=Search+noticeboards+%26+archives&fulltext=Search&prefix=Wikipedia+talk%3AWikiProject+Articles+for+creation%2F&search=backlog+drive&ns0=1 is outputted, which has 2 fulltext parameters **What should have happened instead?**: * the URL should have 1 or 0 fulltext parameters (what does the fulltext parameter do anyway? * its value should be truthy/falsy, instead of a random-ish string. and is its value being set correctly?) https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/core/+/HEAD/includes/specials/SpecialSearch.php **Software version** (skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia): **Other information** (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.): * what does the fulltext parameter do? is it documented somewhere? do we need to add it to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:CirrusSearch or similar? * that &ns1=1 looks unnecessary since specifying a prefix causes it to be ignored. maybe we should make a ticket to chop that off if a prefix is specified. if the code that controls this is back end rather than front end