# 6767 By [Untitled](https://paragraph.com/@0x405d64e44ecd904b63d6ee792413b5c01a44bd00) · 2024-02-27 --- * [External links](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Random#External_links) * Wikipedia:Random ================ **12 languages** * [Project page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Random) * [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Random) * [Read](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Random) * [View source](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Random&action=edit) * [View history](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Random&action=history) Tools \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia **This is an** [**information page**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace#How-to_and_information_pages)**.** It is not one of [Wikipedia's policies or guidelines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines); rather, its purpose is to explain certain aspects of Wikipedia's norms, customs, technicalities, or practices. It may reflect differing levels of [consensus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus) and [vetting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus#Achieving_consensus). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut) * [**WP:RAN**](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:RAN&redirect=no) On Wikipedia and other sites running on [MediaWiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki), [**Special:Random**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random) can be used to access a random article in the main [namespace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Keyboard_shortcuts) (in Firefox, Edge, and Chrome Alt-Shift+X). To create a link to a random page in a different [namespace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Namespace), use `[[Special:Random/Namespace]]`. For example, [**Special:Random/Talk**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/Talk) will take you to a random article's talk page. Display a random page in other namespaces: [Article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/Talk)[User](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/User) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/User_Talk)[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/Wikipedia) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/Wikipedia_Talk)[File](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/File) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/File_Talk)[MediaWiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/MediaWiki) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/MediaWiki_Talk)[Template](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/Template) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/Template_Talk)[Help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/Help) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/Help_Talk)[Category](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/Category) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/Category_Talk)[Portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/Portal) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/Portal_Talk)[Draft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/Draft) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/Draft_Talk)[TimedText](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/TimedText) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/TimedText_Talk)[Module](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/Module) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/Module_Talk) Display a random redirect in other namespaces: [Main](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/Talk)[User](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/User) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/User_talk)[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/Wikipedia) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/Wikipedia_talk)[File](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/File) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/File_talk)[MediaWiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/MediaWiki) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/MediaWiki_talk)[Template](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/Template) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/Template_talk)[Help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/Help) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/Help_talk)[Category](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/Category) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/Category_talk)[Portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/Portal) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/Portal_talk)[Draft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/Draft) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/Draft_talk)[TimedText](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/TimedText) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/TimedText_talk)[Module](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/Module) [Talk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRedirect/Module_talk) If you are wondering if the "random article" feature is really [random](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random), read the answer [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical#random). See also -------- * [Wikipedia:Random page patrol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Random_page_patrol) * [Wikipedia:Random pages test](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Random_pages_test) * [Wikipedia:Wiki-Link Game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki-Link_Game) – fun with the Random article feature * [Wikipedia:Enhanced Random Article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Enhanced_Random_Article) – custom script * [randomlink.js](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:GregU/randomlink.js) – tool to follow a random link or go to a random page in a category, list or WikiProject * [Special:RandomInCategory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomInCategory) * [Template:Random page in category](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Random_page_in_category) **Wikimedia sister projects** * [Wikiversity:Random](https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Random) * [Wiktionary:Random page](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Random_page) * [Wikinews:Portal:Random](https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Portal:Random) External links -------------- * [mw:API:Random](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/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](https://web.archive.org/web/20200123081419/http://www.randomarticleproject.com/) * [Wikimedia Tool Labs random article tool](http://tools.wmflabs.org/erwin85/randomarticle.php)—Random article per category in most Wikimedia projects show * [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_technical_help) * [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_technical_help) * [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_technical_help) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Directory#Technical\_help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Directory#Technical_help) [Categories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Category): * [Wikipedia information pages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_information_pages) * [Wikipedia features](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_features) * [Wikipedia sidebar help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_sidebar_help) * [Wikipedia interface help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_interface_help)88 --- *Originally published on [Untitled](https://paragraph.com/@0x405d64e44ecd904b63d6ee792413b5c01a44bd00/6767)*