Show HN: WikiRoulette – Randomly browse Wikipedia

  • Is this somehow different from the random article link in Wikipedia?

  • I had a similar prototype idea that I never built, but it was this:

    * start a user off on a random wiki page. * Don't encourage them to start afresh .. they can instead click through to a different page from the current one. * Keep track of these traversals, and then allow the 'trail' to be shared with others.

    It could be cool to see the wiki-trails people leave as they spend time soaking in the pages. Or compare trails of people from the same page.

    You have some of it ready.. please steal this idea :)

  • I dig it, but the main content area is too narrow.

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    Edit: My previous endorsement is now retracted, installing the Chrome extension changes the default new tab behavior. Hijacking default browser behavior is terrible. Bad form on the part of the author

  • Throw this in your favorites, and have fun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

  • Nice interface, but gosh that makes me feel dumb. So much I don't know.

    Could be the basis for a nice party game, along the lines of Trivial Pursuit.