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Seems like it would be pretty easy to just maintain an alternative index of articles, with an integer ID counting from 1 to N. Then just pick a random number fr
by stevage 4y ago
Seems like it would be pretty easy to just maintain an alternative index of articles, with an integer ID counting from 1 to N. Then just pick a random number from 1 to N.
It could even be maintained entirely outside the Wikimedia servers, relying on database dumps.