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Can't find an article I know exists
Although there is an article titled 'Abbreviation HCP entry in the 1880 U.S. Federal Census', when I search for 'HCP' nothing returns.

Response: There is a configurable minimum and maximum word length limit for searches - the minimum(ft_min_word_len) is currently set to 4. Therefore any searches on words smaller than 4 characters will not return any matches Kip 11:34, 28 December 2007 (MST)

Can this be changed from four to three? Will that cause any problems? Darris 11:59, 28 December 2007 (MST)

On January 3, ft_min_word_len was changed to 3 so that 3-character entries can now be searched. Kip 09:00, 8 January 2008 (MST)

I just created an article with the title African American Place of Origin. Afterwards I did a search using African American Origin and my article did not appear on the returned screen of "hits". Seems like it should have. Jison 10:10, 25 March 2008 (MDT)

Reply to Can't find an article I know exists
It appears that the search tool does not search for abbreviations. I tried PRO (Public Record Office) and TNA (the National Archives) and those terms are not returned in a search either. The abbreviation PRONI does come up in a search though.

Has anyone looked into the settings for the search tool?

Is there someone assigned to work on search?

Darris 11:57, 28 December 2007 (MST)