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 asSpecial: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 toSpecial:Random/file.If they wanted to view a random mainspace page they could go toSpecial:Random/main, etc.
[[Special:Randomrootpage]][[Special:Randomrootpage/{Namespace}]][[Special:Randomrootpage]] | [[Special:Random]] | |
|---|---|---|
| content namespaces | Random rootpage on wiki | Random page on wiki |
| main namespace | Random rootpage on wiki | Random page on wiki |
| help namespace | Random rootpage in Help: namespace | Random page in Help: namespace |
| extension namespace | Random rootpage in Extension: namespace
| Random page in Extension: namespace |
There is currently no functionality that provides the random display of a subpage.
Some wikis utilise this in the configuration of theirSidebar.(MediaWiki:Sidebar)
This functionality used to be inExtension:Randomrootpage though was merged into core inMediaWiki 1.27.