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WikiWalk - random walks through wikipedia.org

  • 27-12-2005 6:59pm
    #1
    gavinjoyce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭


    I came up with an idea the other day for when you are bored or don't know what to do with your time. Wikipedia has a random page feature which returns a random topic. I have been using this to make some decisions for the day. For example, last weekend an art galley in New York came up, so I went to my local art gallery.

    The page in question is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

    I also created a website today. This will update once a day with a random page, you can subscribe to it with an RSS reader if you like:

    http://wikiwalk.blogspot.com/

    Will anyone else do the wikiwalk?


Comments

  • #2
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    Nice idea. The whole thing of doing something related to the random page result is very Dice Man of you!

    Seriously though, it's a nice blog idea, even as a way of broadening your knowledge base. It's like a modern Word of the day calender, where you pledge to read a new wiki page every day.


  • #3
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    Can I suggest this, drop or tweak those google ad's, they're messing with the template and are making the site look ugly.


  • #4
    BuffyBot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    The green (IMHO) isn't particularily easy on the eyes either!


  • #5
    gavinjoyce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭gavinjoyce


    Cheers, I have modified the template. Let me know if it is still not looking right.


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