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What the [[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Search|Search]] function can however not do is to automatically correct ''singular'' and ''plural'' of a search term. Or account for the often quite numerous possible variations of a search term. If somebody were for example looking for information on the (made-up for demonstration purposes) ''5th Ganymede Heavy Infantry Regiment'' he/she could use a variety of search terms such as "5th Ganymede", "Fifth Ganymede", "5th Ganymede Regiment" and a quite large number of other permutations. Another example would be problems with special characters. Example: The novel "Faith & Fire" can also be written as "Faith and Fire".
And since [[Games Workshop]] itself does not have stringent naming conventions and the ''Lexicanum'' names the corresponding pages '''exactly''' as they are written in the [[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Accepted sources|sources]] (see also [[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Naming Conventions|Naming Conventions]]) this often leads to somewhat messy situations. Other messy situations arise when the proofreaders at [[Games Workshop]] failed to spot spelling mistakes or because there was no standardization for specific names (there are for example several different spelling variants of [[Isstvan]]). Last but not least there are certain terms that many users will consistently (and persistently) misspell.
All these messy situations are resolved by using ''Redirects'' (see below on ''how'' to include ''Redirects'').
