Changes: Help:Random page

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The location of the random page link under the On this Wiki tab

The random page link can be used to go to a random article in the wikia's content namespaces. This link is great as a starting point for browsing a wikia, or if you just want to learn a random piece of information. A link to random page is shown in the On the Wiki tab of every wikia.

On most wikias the content namespaces include only the main namespace. However, some wikias have custom namespaces — if marked as content namespaces, they will also show in results.

Not all pages are included (such as redirects) and the results are not strictly random.

Going to a random page in a specific namespaces

You can choose to view random pages in specific namespaces. To create a link to a random page in a specific namespace, use [[Special:Random/namespace name]]. There are normally no links to these on the wikia so you will need to link to them manually if you want to use them. For example, by copying the section below:

Special:Random will take you to a page in any of the namespaces marked as content (generally only the main namespace).
Special:Random/Talk will take you to a page in the Talk namespace.
Special:Random/User will take you to a page in the User namespace.
Special:Random/User talk will take you to a page in the User talk namespace.
Special:Random/Community Central will take you to a page in the Community Central namespace.
Special:Random/Community Central talk will take you to a page in the Community Central talk namespace.
Special:Random/File will take you to a page in the File namespace.
Special:Random/File talk will take you to a page in the File talk namespace.
Special:Random/MediaWiki will take you to a page in the MediaWiki namespace.
Special:Random/MediaWiki talk will take you to a page in the MediaWiki talk namespace.
Special:Random/Template will take you to a page in the Template namespace.
Special:Random/Template talk will take you to a page in the Template talk namespace.
Special:Random/Help will take you to a page in the Help namespace.
Special:Random/Help talk will take you to a page in the Help talk namespace.
Special:Random/Category will take you to a page in the Category namespace.
Special:Random/Category talk will take you to a page in the Category talk namespace.

If you have custom namespaces on your wikia, you can also view random pages in those namespaces by linking to them in the same way.

If there are no pages in a namespace, the random page will take you to the main page of the wikia instead.

Note: often "project" is a redirect to the project namespace ("Community Central" on this wikia).

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-The '''[[Special:Random|random page]]''' link can be used to go to a random article in the wikia's content [[Help:Namespace|namespaces]]. This link is great as a starting point for browsing a wikia, or if you just want to learn a random piece of information. A link to [[Special:Random|random page]] is shown in the ''On this Wiki'' tab of every wikia.
+The '''[[Special:Random|random page]]''' link can be used to go to a random article in the wikia's content [[Help:Namespace|namespaces]]. This link is great as a starting point for browsing a wikia, or if you just want to learn a random piece of information. A link to [[Special:Random|random page]] is shown in the ''On the Wiki'' tab of every wikia.
 On most wikias the content namespaces include only the main namespace. However, some wikias have [[Help:Custom namespaces|custom namespaces]] &mdash; if marked as content namespaces, they will also show in results.