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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 ).
Make a note of your number and stick to it - ok let's call it N. Choose a starting page, either a favourite article or something from the Random page link. Now read the article (or just skim read) until you reach the Nth link. Only count links in the body text of the article - that is, ignore any backward-redirect links or anything in a ...
This template creates a link to a random article from a specified category and its subcategories. The tool used in the background for this comes from User:Erwin.
Supports playing against a friend or a random opponent. Wikipedia Speedrun – Game with the goal to navigate from a starting Wikipedia article to another one, in the least amount of clicks and time; Wikipedia Speedruns – Wikipedia Speedruns enable you to select starting and ending articles in all the languages supported by Wikipedia.
Enhanced Random Article is a script that adds a link above the "Random Article" link called "Enhanced Random Article".This script provides similar functionality to the built-in "Random Article" link, but there are three extra options, documented below.
Piped links are acceptable in certain circumstances, such as when a word may have many ambiguities, like [[Queen (band)|Queen]]. Clearly, as the game develops, one gets a pretty long list! If you're stuck for ideas, link to the last word in the list and add the first link that appears on that page as the next link.
Add a notice to Wikipedia:Goings-on using [[Wikipedia:Featured topics/ExampleTopicName|ExampleTopicName]] Add the topic to the random topic generator at Wikipedia:Featured content/Topics and update the count. Update the {{ArticleHistory}} template on the talk pages of all articles in the topic. Remember to add both the action#= stats and the ...
Before creating a draft article, you can practice by first editing in Wikipedia's community sandbox your personal sandbox. It's a great way to try out editing without affecting live articles. If you need some help along the way, see our guide to your first article