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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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Searches to find problems
Problem description MySQL regular expression query
Excess precision (14 or more decimal places) [.][0-9]{14}
Excess precision (13 decimal places) [.][0-9]{13}[^0-9]
Coordinates lacking metadata (no type or region) _[WE]_+($|&title|\{+[0-9]\}+)
Unexpected character in parameter name params=[^&=]*[^_a-z][a-z]*:
Unsupported parameter name params=[^&=]+([^emn]|elevation|location|name|zoom):
Malformed region code params=[^&=]+region:([^A-Z]|[A-Z]([^A-Z]|[A-Z][^_&-]|[A-Z]-[^0-9A-Z]))
Unassigned top-level region code region:(A[ABCHJKPVY]|B[CKPX]|C[BEJPQT]|D[^EJKMOZ]|E[ABDI-LUW]|F[A-HLNPQS-Z]|G[CJKOVXZ]|H[A-JLOPQSV-Z]|I[A-CF-KPU-Z]|J[^EMOP]|K[A-DFJ-LOQS-VX]|L[D-HJL-QWXZ]|M[BIJ]|N[BDHJKMNQSV-Y]|O[^M]|P[B-DIJOPQUVXZ]|Q[^A]|R[^EOSUW]|S[PQUW]|T[ABEIPQSUXY]|U[^AGMSYZ]|W[^FS]|X[^Z]|Y[^ET]|Z[^AMW])
Incomplete region: parameter [^:]region:?$
Unexpected character in dim or scale or typesize (dim:[0-9.]*([^0-9.k_&]|k[^m]))|(scale:[0-9]*[^0-9_&])|(city[(][0-9,]*[^0-9,)])
Incomplete parameter (other than region:) params=[^&=]*(dim|globe|scale|source|type):?(_|$)
Invalid type type:([a-y123]*[^a-gik-pr-wy123(_&]|[^acefgilmprsw]|adm([^123]|2[^n]|3[^r])|air[^p]|c[^io]|city2|co[^u]|county|ed[^u]|f[^o]|g[^l]|i[^s]|isl[^e]|l[^a]|la[^n]|land[^m]|landm[^a]|m[^o]|mo[^u]|p[^a]|pa[^s]|r[^ai]|ra[^i]|rai[^l]|s[^a]|water[^b])
City without type: params=[^&=]*[^:]city
School with type: other than edu [Ss]chool.*type:[^e]
United States broadcaster with type: other than landmark [^(][KW][A-Z][A-Z][A-Z].*params=.*type:[^l]
Station with type: other than railwaystation ailway_[Ss]tation.*type:[^r]
Multiple type: params=.+type:.*type:
Typesize provided for type other than city type:([^c]|c([^i]|i[^t]|it[^y]))[a-z0-9]*[(]
Unusual URL formatting geohack.php[?]([^p]|p[^a]|pa[^g]|pag[^e]|page[^n])
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