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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.
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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 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 TalkUser TalkWikipedia TalkFile TalkMediaWiki TalkTemplate TalkHelp TalkCategory TalkPortal TalkDraft TalkTimedText TalkModule Talk
Display a random redirect in other namespaces:
Main TalkUser TalkWikipedia TalkFile TalkMediaWiki TalkTemplate TalkHelp TalkCategory TalkPortal TalkDraft TalkTimedText TalkModule Talk
If you are wondering if the "random article" feature is really random, read the answer here.
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
Wikimedia sister projects
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
Wikimedia Tool Labs random article tool—Random article per category in most Wikimedia projects
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