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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 ).
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Special:Random: redirects to a random page from the main namespace which is not a redirect. Other namespaces can be specified as a parameter, e.g. Special:Random/Talk. See Wikipedia:Random for more details. Special:RandomInCategory (Random page in category): redirects to a random page within the specified category (can be from any namespace).
Random page patrol is a volunteer-led patrol which refers to the process of regularly and frequently checking randomly selected pages through Special:Random.The primary goal of random page patrollers is to ensure random articles conform to Wikipedia's policies on content and style as well as the related guidelines.
The "random article" feature (Special:Random) chooses a random double-precision floating-point number, and returns the next article whose random index is greater than the selected random number. Some articles will have a larger gap before them, in the random index space, and so will be more likely to be selected.
If the page is serving as a portal for users to be able to browse random pages in other namespaces, then it is intended to help use Wikipedia or its software and is not about Wikipedia. The Wikipedia:Random page originally was a redirect to Special:Random and then was changed to a redirect to Help:Special page, until an annomous user change the ...
Studying a random selection is a more practical approach to get a grasp on these questions – and compiling this sample is as simple as hitting Special:Random a bunch of times to record what comes up. Random pages tests by various editors can be found in Category:Random pages tests, although the category is not comprehensive. The concept of ...
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.