User:Jeeputer/specialRandomPage
| Description | Finds a random page based on user's preferred options |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Jeeputer |
| Maintainer(s) | Jeeputer |
| First released | May , 2023 |
| Updated | May 21, 2023 (18 months ago) |
| Source | User:Jeeputer/specialRandomPage.js |
Special Random Page (also known as SPRP) is a user script which is a special version of Special:RandomPage.
It finds you a random page in a namespace you choose and opens the edit form of the page (like what Special:EditPage/Special:RandomPage does), show links to the page or open a random redirect (like Special:RandomRedirect).
Installation
[edit]Copy the following to your common.js page and click Save.
mw.loader.load('//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jeeputer/specialRandomPage.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript'); // Backlink: [[User:Jeeputer/specialRandomPage.js]]
You may need to clear your browser's cache after saving.
Usage
[edit]After installation, open the "More" menu and click "Random Page", select a namespace, choose one (or more) of the three available options and click "Go".
The "All" option in namespaces dropdown menu leads you to a random page in one of the other namespaces listed in that menu, not all the existing namespaces on English Wikipedia.
options
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(Redirect): Opens a random redirect page.
(Edit): Opens the edit form of the page (or the redirect)
(What links here): Opens list of links to the random page.
Customizing options
[edit]You can choose the default namespace and the default state of other 3 options. To do so, you have to add each of the following lines you want, to your common.js file before the above code you added for installation:
window.SPRPpreferredNamespace = 'name'– sets the default namespace. Replacenamewith(Article),File,Template,Category,Draft, orModule. note thatAllis currently the default, so there's no need to manually set it as default.window.SPRPActivateRedirect = true– sets the redirect option activated by default.window.SPRPAlwaysEdit = true– leads you to the edit form of the random page by default.window.SPRPActivateWLH = true– always go the WhatLinksHere page of the random page.