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This template is used on approximately 4,900 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage . Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.
Date that an event or entity started or was created and when it ended or was destroyed Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status YYYY 1 start year Example 1939 Number optional MM 2 start month Example 9 Number optional DD 3 start day of month Example 1 Number optional YYYY 4 end year Example 1945 Number optional MM 5 end month Example 9 Number optional DD 6 end ...
<date to be formatted> is an (optional) date to be formatted. If no date is specified, the template emits the current date. For example, {{date}} produces 17 December 2024. To avoid emitting the current date if none is input, use Template:fdate. If a date is provided, but is not recognized as one, the text is just returned as is. Most dates ...
Varying prime (provided that they are odd prime numbers) generates pseudo-random that have independent random distribution. Note that when count is even (such as 100 by default, or 1000 in the examples above), the generated numbers (on the same page) are all odd or all even when you are varying the seed or prime , unless half of the calls use ...
Note: The template may not calculate the age correctly if a full date (month, day, year) is not provided. For example, a person who was born in 1941 could be either 83 or 84, depending on whether they have reached their birthday in the current year: {{Birth-date and age|1941}} → 1941 () (age 84)
This template is used on approximately 3,800 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage . Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.
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 ).
These approaches combine a pseudo-random number generator (often in the form of a block or stream cipher) with an external source of randomness (e.g., mouse movements, delay between keyboard presses etc.). /dev/random – Unix-like systems; CryptGenRandom – Microsoft Windows; Fortuna; RDRAND instructions (called Intel Secure Key by Intel ...