Extension:Random In Category
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| Random In Category Release status: stable |
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| Implementation | Special page |
| Description | Direct the user to a random page in a specified category |
| Author(s) | Victor Vasiliev (VasilievVVtalk) |
| Latest version | 2.2.0 (2019-04-04) |
| MediaWiki | 1.25+ |
| Database changes | No |
| License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
| Download | |
| Quarterly downloads | Lua error in Module:Extension at line 172: bad argument #1 to 'inNamespace' (unrecognized namespace name 'skin'). |
| Public wikis using | Lua error in Module:Extension at line 172: bad argument #1 to 'inNamespace' (unrecognized namespace name 'skin'). |
| Translate the Random In Category extension if it is available at translatewiki.net | |
| Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
The Random In Category extension allows you to direct the user to a random page in a specified category.
Usage
Very similarly to Special:Random, you can specify a category name as a parameter to the page. Thus, "Special:RandomInCategory/Foo" or "Special:RandomPageInCategory/Foo" (MW ≥ MW 1.22) will get you a page from the "Foo" category.
Comparison to Core
| MediaWiki version: | <translate> ≥</translate> 1.22 |
In MediaWiki 1.22, a Special:RandomInCategory feature was added to core. The core version gives much more biased results than this extension (However, it has much less performance overhead). Versions of this extension for MediaWiki 1.22 and greater change the name that this extension provides from "Special:RandomInCategory" to Special:RandomPageInCategory to prevent conflict with the core feature.
Installation
- <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/RandomInCategory</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>
RandomInCategory</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/RandomInCategory - <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php</tvar> file:</translate>
wfLoadExtension( 'RandomInCategory' );
- 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>
