Extension:RandomArea

MediaWiki extensions manual

File:OOjs UI icon advanced.svg RandomArea Release status: beta
Implementation	Tag
Description	Inserting random elements in a page
Author(s)	Thomas Stock
Latest version	2.0.0 (2018-03-29)
MediaWiki	1.29+
Database changes	No
License	Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial Share Alike 2.5
Download	<translate> Download extension</translate> <translate> Git</translate> [?]: <translate> Download Git master</translate> <translate> browse repository</translate> (GitHub) <translate> commit history</translate> <translate> repository contributors (GitHub)</translate> <translate> code review</translate>
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit
Quarterly downloads
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The RandomArea extension allows for displaying or including a selected number of random elements from a list on a page.

Note: I was inspired by the RandomText extension to write this, thanks to Martin Rohrbach.

Installation

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/RandomArea</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>RandomArea</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate>cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/RandomArea
• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate>

  wfLoadExtension( 'RandomArea' );
  

• File:OOjs UI icon check-constructive.svg <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

Usage

Insert the lines you want to be randomized and enclosed in <randomArea>...</randomArea> tags; for example:

<randomArea >
Klaus
Mark
Otto
</randomArea>

Only displays one of the following names: {Klaus, Mark, Otto}

You can use this to include patterns or pages.

<randomArea >
{{Template:Aaa}}
{{:Patterns:Aab}}
</randomArea>

You can alternatively add some attributes to the element to save and view letters.

<randomArea include="1" nsPrefix="MyRandPrefix:" count="2" >
Klaus
Mark
Otto
</randomArea>

This chooses two of the elements and includes them from the given namespace. It is equivalent to:

<randomArea count="2" >
{{:MyRandPrefix:Klaus}}
{{:MyRandPrefix:Mark}}
{{:MyRandPrefix:Otto}}
</randomArea>