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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 Python regular expression
Excess precision (6 or more decimal places) [.][0-9]{6}
Excess precision (5 decimal places) [.][0-9]{5}[^0-9]
Coordinates lacking metadata (no type or region) _[WE]_+($|&title=|\{+[0-9]\}+)
Unexpected character in parameter name params=[^&=]*?[^_a-z][a-z]*:
Unsupported parameter elevation: params=[^&=]+?elevation:
Unsupported parameter other than elevation: params=[^&=]+?([^emn]|cation|me|om):
Malformed region code params=[^&=]+?region:([^A-Z]|[A-Z]([^A-Z]|[A-Z][^_&-]|[A-Z]-[^0-9A-Z]))
Unassigned top-level region code region:(A[ABCHJKPVY]|B[CKPX]|C[BEJPQT]|D[^EJKMOZ]|E[ABDI-LUW]|F[A-HLNPQS-Z]|G[CJKOVXZ]|H[A-JLOPQSV-Z]|I[A-CF-KPU-Z]|J[^EMOP]|K[A-DFJ-LOQS-VX]|L[D-HJL-QWXZ]|M[BIJ]|N[BDHJKMNQSV-Y]|O[^M]|P[B-DIJOPQUVXZ]|Q[^A]|R[^EOSUW]|S[PQUW]|T[ABEIPQSUXY]|U[^AGMSYZ]|W[^FS]|X[^AINPSZ]|Y[^ET]|Z[^AMW])
Unexpected character in dim or scale or typesize (dim:[0-9.]*([^0-9.k_&]|k[^m]))|(scale:[0-9]*[^0-9_&])|(city[(][0-9,]*[^0-9,)])
Incomplete parameter params=[^&=]*?(dim|globe|region|scale|source|type):?(&|_|$)
Invalid type type:(?!(adm(1st|2nd|3rd)|airport|city|country|edu|event|forest|glacier|isle|landmark|mountain|pass|railwaystation|river|satellite|waterbody)($|[&_()]))
City without type: params=[^&=]*?[^:]city
College with type: other than edu [Cc]ollege[&].*?type:(?!edu)
School with type: other than edu [Ss]chool[&].*?type:(?!edu)
University with type: other than edu [Uu]niversity[&].*?type:(?!edu)
United States broadcaster with type: other than landmark [^(][KW][A-Z][A-Z][A-Z].*?params=.*?type:(?!landmark)
Station with type: other than railwaystation ailway_[Ss]tation.*?type:(?!railwaystation)
Typesize provided for type other than city type:(?!city)[^&=_]*[(]
Unusual URL formatting geohack.php[?](?!pagename=)|&language=
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