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Sample searches
Description MySQL Regular expression query
Coordinates imported from the CSWiki _source:cswiki
Settlements whose populations are under 1,000 type:city\([0-9]{0,3}\)
South of the Antarctic Circle (approximate) =(66_[3-9]|66.[6-9]|6[7-9]|[7-9][0-9])[0-9_.]*_S_
Coordinates equivalent to 0°N 0°E / 0°N 0°E / 0; 0 =[-_0.]+[NS][-_0.]+[EW]
Coordinates in San Marino region:SM
Coordinates on Callisto globe:[Cc]allisto

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Daily tally of problems

Searches to find problems
Problem description Status Last status update MySQL regular expression query
Excessive precision (14 or more decimal places) checkY none 2010-07-02 [.][0-9]{14}
Coordinates lacking metadata (no type or region) over 69,000 2010-06-19 _[WE]_+($|&title|\{+[0-9]\}+)
Unexpected character in parameter name checkY none 2010-07-02 params=[^&=]*[^_a-z][a-z]*:
Unsupported parameter name 227 2010-07-02 params=[^&=]+([^emn]|elevation|location|name|zoom):
Malformed region code 271 2010-07-02 params=[^&=]+region:([^A-Z]|[A-Z]([^A-Z]|[A-Z][^_&-]|[A-Z]-[^0-9A-Z]))
Unassigned top-level region code checkY none 2010-07-02 region:(A[ABCHJKPVY]|B[CKPQX]|C[BEJPQTW]|D[^EJKMOZ]|E[ABDI-LUW]|F[A-HLNPQS-Z]|G[CJKOVXZ]|H[A-JLOPQSV-Z]|I[A-CF-KPU-Z]|J[^EMOP]|K[A-DFJ-LOQS-VX]|L[D-HJL-QWXZ]|M[BIJ]|N[BDHJKMNQSV-Y]|O[^M]|P[B-DIJOPQUVXZ]|Q[^A]|R[^EOSUW]|S[PQSUWX]|T[ABEIPQSUXY]|U[^AGMSYZ]|W[^FS]|X[^Z]|Y[^ET]|Z[^AMW])
Incomplete region: parameter 223 2010-07-03 [^:]region:?$
Unexpected character in dim or scale checkY none 2010-07-03 (dim:[0-9.]*([^0-9.k_&]|k[^m]))|(scale:[0-9]*[^0-9_&])
Incomplete parameter (other than region:) checkY none 2010-07-03 params=[^&=]*(dim|globe|scale|source|type):?(_|$)
Invalid type checkY none 2010-07-03 type:([a-y123]*[^a-gik-pr-wy123(_&]|[^acefgilmprsw]|adm[^123]|adm2[^n]|c[^io]|co[^u]|county|g[^l]|i[^s]|isl[^e]|l[^a]|la[^n]|land[^m]|m[^o]|mo[^u]|p[^a]|pa[^s]|r[^ai]|ra[^i]|rai[^l]|s[^a]|water[^b])
City without type: 16,093 2010-07-03 params=[^&=]*[^:]city
School with type: other than edu 1,824 2010-07-03 [Ss]chool.*type:[^e]
United States broadcaster with type: other than landmark 4,086 2010-07-03 [KW][A-Z][A-Z][A-Z].*params=.*type:[^l]
Station with type: other than railwaystation 4,992 2010-07-03 [^Vegrs]_[Ss]tation.*type:[^r]
Multiple type: checkY none 2010-07-03 params=.+type:.*type:
Typesize provided for type other than city checkY none 2010-07-03 type:([^c]|c([^i]|i[^t]|it[^y]))[a-z0-9]*[(]
Unexpected character in typesize checkY none 2010-07-03 city[(][0-9,]*[^0-9,)]