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Wikipedia:Random
This is an information page.
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 vetted
by the community.

In 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 + ).

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: Display a random redirect in other namespaces:
Article Talk Main Talk
User Talk User Talk
Wikipedia Talk Wikipedia Talk
File Talk File Talk
MediaWiki Talk MediaWiki Talk
Template Talk Template Talk
Help Talk Help Talk
Category Talk Category Talk
Portal Talk Portal Talk
Book Talk Book Talk
Draft Talk Draft Talk
Education Program Talk Education Program Talk
TimedText Talk TimedText Talk
Module 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

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Template:Random page in category

Wikimedia sister projects

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

External links
Random Article Project (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

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