Wikipedia:Random

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It describes the editing community's established practice on some
aspect or aspects of Wikipedia's norms and customs. It is not one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly  WP:RAN
vetted by the community.
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 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 User Talk Wikipedia Talk File Talk MediaWiki Talk Template Talk Help Talk
Category Talk Portal Talk Book Talk Draft Talk Education Program Talk TimedText Talk
Module Talk

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 Book Talk Draft Talk Education Program Talk TimedText Talk
Module Talk

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

 Wikiversity:Random
 Wiktionary:Random page
 Wikinews:Portal:Random

External links
 Random Article Project
 Wikimedia Tool Labs random article tool—Random article per category in most Wikimedia
projects

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