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So I saw something similar to this on another site, and thought it might work for us. It has the added benefit of filling in some very empty space on the Main Page. And it's interesting, quick facts, with links to articles. I just chose some random pieces of trivia -- I'm open to suggestions. :) — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 18:35, 9 March 2007 (EST)
- Hey, that's pretty cool!Heroe 18:53, 9 March 2007 (EST)
- Great idea! And you're right, it does wonders to fill in that void of space on the front, without making it cluttered. Awesome little touch! --ZyberGoat 22:58, 12 March 2007 (EDT)
- Thanks. What I'd really like to do is have a bank of trivia, and have it only pull up, like, 7 random ones ... but I'm not sure I am familiar with the technology to do that. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 23:27, 12 March 2007 (EDT)
- Ryan, this should help: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RandomInclude http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/RandomText is something that might also help.--Bob 03:12, 13 March 2007 (EDT)
- Thanks, that looks pretty cool. Admin, any chance? — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 05:04, 13 March 2007 (EDT)
- The problem I see with either of those extensions is that there's no way to pull X (say, ten) random items from the same master list. That means either 1) pulling ten times from the same list, and risking duplicates, 2) creating ten separate lists and pulling one from each (ugh), 3) creating multiple sets of ten items and pulling a set at random using the extension. I think the third option is our best bet, but it's not really all that "random".--Hardvice (talk) 06:33, 13 March 2007 (EDT)
- I'm updating my extension Winter to have a feature which will pull values from a set at random without repeating. :) I suggested the extension to the Admin already on his talk page and was going to say something in the admin portal once I made the update. :) --Frantik (Talk) 07:19, 13 March 2007 (EDT)
- The problem I see with either of those extensions is that there's no way to pull X (say, ten) random items from the same master list. That means either 1) pulling ten times from the same list, and risking duplicates, 2) creating ten separate lists and pulling one from each (ugh), 3) creating multiple sets of ten items and pulling a set at random using the extension. I think the third option is our best bet, but it's not really all that "random".--Hardvice (talk) 06:33, 13 March 2007 (EDT)
- Thanks, that looks pretty cool. Admin, any chance? — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 05:04, 13 March 2007 (EDT)
- Ryan, this should help: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RandomInclude http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/RandomText is something that might also help.--Bob 03:12, 13 March 2007 (EDT)
- Thanks. What I'd really like to do is have a bank of trivia, and have it only pull up, like, 7 random ones ... but I'm not sure I am familiar with the technology to do that. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 23:27, 12 March 2007 (EDT)