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Well is there? :) Aaadddaaammm 09:46, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Type in this code: [[special:random|foo]]. See? It's simple. foo. ~ Ghelæ ^talk_contribs 09:48, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Or <choose><option>[[Main_Page]]</option><option>[[Your mom]]</option><option>[[Blah]]</option></choose>. --Splaka 05:13, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Splark, you're a fucking legend, mate. :D -- Sir Codeine K·H·P·B·M·N·C·U·Bu. · (Harangue) 10:17, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

I imagine it'd be pretty tedious putting 39,734 options in a choose tag. • Spang • ☃ • talk • 05:15, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

you would be suprised.--Sir Silent Penguin "your site makes no sence" The illusion is complete 10:21, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

can I get a list of all the articles in uncyc? If I can, prepare to be surprised! Aaadddaaammm 10:26, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Special:Allpages. ~ Ghelæ ^talk_contribs 10:43, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Ok, your on, surprise me.--Sir Silent Penguin "your site makes no sence" The illusion is complete 13:33, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Geez, if you're gonna do that, just use Special:Random. You can also do parameters! Like: Special:Random/user or Special:Random/template. Heck, you could make a template to link to all of them in a <choose>, in fact, I just did it! {{Randompage}} produces: Image. {{Randompage|lc=true}} produces Wilde talk. How lame, yay. --Splaka 00:15, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Had another idea, to link to a random curid (which go up to 150,000 currently, and as we only have 78k total pages, that means it'd get almost a 50% chance of hitting a deleted page). However, <choose> can't be included in an external url for some reason, eg: https://en.uncyclopedia.co/w/index.php?title=-&curid=_'"`UNIQ--choose-00000023-QINU`"'_ (and putting it in a urlencode or other type of cheat causes a parse error, a limitation of such extensions). Anyway, I'll post the nonworking code below --Splaka 00:41, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[{{fullurl:-|curid=<choose><option>0</option><option>1</option><option>2</option><option>3</option><option>4</option><option>5</option><option>6</option><option>7</option><option>8</option><option>9</option><option>10</option><option>11</option><option>12</option><option>13</option><option>14</option><option>15</option></choose><choose><option>1</option><option>2</option><option>3</option><option>4</option><option>5</option><option>6</option><option>7</option><option>8</option><option>9</option><option>0</option></choose><choose><option>1</option><option>2</option><option>3</option><option>4</option><option>5</option><option>6</option><option>7</option><option>8</option><option>9</option><option>0</option></choose><choose><option>1</option><option>2</option><option>3</option><option>4</option><option>5</option><option>6</option><option>7</option><option>8</option><option>9</option><option>0</option></choose><choose><option>1</option><option>2</option><option>3</option><option>4</option><option>5</option><option>6</option><option>7</option><option>8</option><option>9</option><option>0</option></choose>}} rand]

OK at Special:Allpages is there a way to show all the articles on one page instead of breaking them up into sections?

Nope. Good thing, too! --Splaka 06:03, 13 August 2006 (UTC)