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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.

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
Draft 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
Draft 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
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
vte
Wikipedia technical help
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helpWikipedia interface help
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