Help:Random root page/ms

The default sidebar on the left, see the fifth link from top

Randomrootpage (Special:Randomrootpage) allows the display of a random root page a wiki.

The regular random link generator (Special:Random) is not suitable for some wikis or namespaces where utilising subpage hierarchies (such as Wikibooks). So this function can be used as a substitute. For example, it can be used to show "random books" in Wikibooks, instead of random pages. In a namespace where there are no subpages then the functionality is the same as Special:Randompage.

By default, selection will be limited to pages from namespaces in $wgContentNamespaces . The user can choose which namespace to look in. For example, if they wanted to view a random file they could go to Special:Random/file. If they wanted to view a random mainspace page they could go to Special:Random/main, etc.

Usage

[[Special:Randomrootpage]]
[[Special:Randomrootpage/{Namespace}]]

	[[Special:Randomrootpage]]	[[Special:Random]]
content namespaces	Random rootpage on wiki Special:Randomrootpage	Random page on wiki Special:Random
main namespace	Random rootpage on wiki Special:Randomrootpage/Main	Halaman rawak di wiki Special:Random/Main
help namespace	Random rootpage in Help: namespace Special:Randomrootpage/Help	Random page in Help: namespace Special:Random/Help
extension namespace	Random rootpage in Extension: namespace Special:Randomrootpage/Extension	Random page in Extension: namespace Special:Random/Extension

There is currently no functionality that provides the random display of a subpage.

Some wikis utilise this in the configuration of their sidebar (MediaWiki:Sidebar).

History

This functionality used to be in Extension:Randomrootpage though was merged into core in MediaWiki 1.27 .

See also

• Manual:SpecialRandomrootpage.php
• Help:Random page
• Manual:Random page
• API:Random