Wikipedia:Random
In Wikipedia and other MediaWiki projects, Special:Random can be used to access a random article in the main namespace; this feature is useful as a starting point for browsing Wikipedia, playing the Wikipedia game, or if you just want to learn a new interesting piece of information.
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
User Talk
Wikipedia Talk
File Talk
MediaWiki Talk
Template Talk
Help Talk
Topic Talk |
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| Display a random redirect in other namespaces: Main Talk User Talk Wikipedia Talk File Talk MediaWiki Talk Template Talk Help Talk Category Talk Portal Talk [[Special:Randomredirect/|]] 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
- Random Article Project
- Wikimedia Tool Labs random article tool—Random article per category in most Wikimedia projects