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[[Image:Vector Sidebar.png|framed|{{dir|{{pagelang}}|left|right}}|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 <code>{{ll|Manual:$wgContentNamespaces|$wgContentNamespaces}}</code>.
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===
<syntaxhighlight lang="html">[[Special:Randomrootpage]]
[[Special:Randomrootpage/{Namespace}]]</syntaxhighlight>

{| class=wikitable
! !! <code><nowiki>[[Special:Randomrootpage]]</nowiki></code> !! <code><nowiki>[[Special:Random]]</nowiki></code>
|-
| content namespaces
| Random rootpage on wiki
:[[Special:Randomrootpage]]
| Random page on wiki
: [[Special:Random]]
|-
| main namespace
| Random rootpage on wiki
: [[Special:Randomrootpage/Main]]
| Random page on 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]]<nowiki/>maintenance/ master • 1.44.2 • 1.43.5 • 1.39.15 CreateAndPromote
| 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 {{ll|sidebar}}.
([[MediaWiki:Sidebar]])

==History==

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

==See also==
* {{ll|Manual:SpecialRandomrootpage.php}}
* {{ll|Help:Random page}}
* {{ll|Manual:Random page}}
* {{ll|API:Random}}

Help:Random root page/en - Revision history

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