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In Wikipedia and other [[MediaWiki]] projects, [[Special:Random]] can be used to access a random article in the main namespace; this feature is useful if you want to learn a random piece of information. |
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⚫ | On Wikipedia and other sites running on [[MediaWiki]], '''[[Special:Random]]''' can be used to access a random article in the main [[Wikipedia:Namespace|namespace]]; this feature is useful as a tool to generate a random article. Depending on your browser, it's also possible to load a random page using a [[Wikipedia:Keyboard shortcuts|keyboard shortcut]] (in Firefox, Edge, and Chrome {{keypress|Alt-Shift}}+{{keypress|X}}). |
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<th align="center" valign="top"><small>Display a random page in other namespaces:<br />{{{1|}}}</small> |
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[[Special:Random/Template|Template]] <small>[[Special:Random/Template Talk|Talk]]</small><br /> |
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[[Special:Random/Help|Help]] <small>[[Special:Random/Help Talk|Talk]]</small><br /> |
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[[Special:Random/Category|Category]] <small>[[Special:Random/Category Talk|Talk]]</small><br /> |
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[[Special:Random/Portal|Portal]] <small>[[Special:Random/Portal Talk|Talk]]</small><br /> |
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[[Special:Random/Draft|Draft]] <small>[[Special:Random/Draft Talk|Talk]]</small><br /> |
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[[Special:Random/TimedText|TimedText]] <small>[[Special:Random/TimedText Talk|Talk]]</small><br /> |
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[[Special:Random/Module|Module]] <small>[[Special:Random/Module Talk|Talk]]</small><br /> |
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<th align="center" valign="top"><small>Display a random <u>redirect</u> in other namespaces:<br />{{{1|}}}</small> |
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[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:710}}|{{ns:710}}]] <small>[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:711}}|{{ns:1}}]]</small><br /> |
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[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:828}}|{{ns:828}}]] <small>[[Special:Randomredirect/{{ns:829}}|{{ns:1}}]]</small><br /> |
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If you are wondering if the "random article" feature is really [[random]], read the answer [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical#random|here]]. |
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[[fr:Wikipédia:Une page au hasard]] |
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* [[Wikipedia:Wiki-Link Game]] – fun with the Random article feature |
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* [[Wikipedia:Enhanced Random Article]] – custom script |
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* [[User talk:GregU/randomlink.js|randomlink.js]] – tool to follow a random link or go to a random page in a category, list or WikiProject |
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* [[Special:RandomInCategory]] |
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* [[Template:Random page in category]] |
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; Wikimedia sister projects |
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* [[Wikiversity:Wikiversity:Random|Wikiversity:Random]] |
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* [[Wiktionary:Wiktionary:Random page|Wiktionary:Random page]] |
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* [[Wikinews:Portal:Random]] |
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==External links== |
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* [[mw:API:Random]], documentation for the Mediawiki Random API, which generates an arbitrary number of random pages from a MediaWiki site, optionally filtered by namespace |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200123081419/http://www.randomarticleproject.com/ Random Article Project] |
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* [http://tools.wmflabs.org/erwin85/randomarticle.php Wikimedia Tool Labs random article tool]—Random article per category in most Wikimedia projects |
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{{Wikipedia technical help|collapsed}} |
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[[Category:Wikipedia features]] |
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[[Category:Wikipedia sidebar help|Random page]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:44, 2 March 2022
![]() | This is an information page. It is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines; rather, its purpose is to explain certain aspects of Wikipedia's norms, customs, technicalities, or practices. It may reflect differing levels of consensus and vetting. |
On Wikipedia and other sites running on MediaWiki, Special:Random can be used to access a random article in the main namespace; this feature is useful as a tool to generate a random article. Depending on your browser, it's also possible to load a random page using a keyboard shortcut (in Firefox, Edge, and Chrome Alt-Shift+X).
To create a link to a random page in a different namespace, use [[Special:Random/Namespace]]
. For example, Special:Random/Talk will take you to a random article's talk page.
Display a random page in other namespaces: Article Talk |
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Display a random redirect in other namespaces: Main Talk |
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If you are wondering if the "random article" feature is really random, read the answer here.
See also
- Wikipedia:Random page patrol
- Wikipedia:Random pages test
- Wikipedia:Wiki-Link Game – fun with the Random article feature
- Wikipedia:Enhanced Random Article – custom script
- randomlink.js – tool to follow a random link or go to a random page in a category, list or WikiProject
- Special:RandomInCategory
- Template:Random page in category
- Wikimedia sister projects
External links
- mw:API:Random, documentation for the Mediawiki Random API, which generates an arbitrary number of random pages from a MediaWiki site, optionally filtered by namespace
- Random Article Project
- Wikimedia Tool Labs random article tool—Random article per category in most Wikimedia projects