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I would do this if I could subscribe to particular categories. Special:Random is just too random for me. It rarely hits something that I would actually read. A
by dgunn 15y ago
I would do this if I could subscribe to particular categories. Special:Random is just too random for me. It rarely hits something that I would actually read. A subscription modle like stumbleupon would work well.
- jfb 15y agoA problem here is that I have no particular problem skipping "Lymania (named for Lyman Bradford Smith, American botanist)[1] is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae.", and sometimes you get diverted off into weird little Wikialleys that are fun/enlightening. Not every time I open a browser tab, for instance, do I want to get sucked into e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_Sting_Pain_Index http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_Sting_Pain_Index
- jplewicke 15y agoThere's a tool on Erwin that allows you to jump to random categories. I have my homepage set to random Featured Articles: http://toolserver.org/~erwin85/randomarticle.php?lang=en&family=wikipedia&categories=Featured+articles http://toolserver.org/~erwin85/randomarticle.php?lang=en&...