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Shortcut WP:RAN

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.

If you are wondering if the "random article" feature is really random, read the answer here.

• 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

• 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
• Random Article Project
• Wikimedia Tool Labs random article tool—Random article per category in most Wikimedia projects