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Bug 65366 - Better Special:Random


Summary:	Better Special:Random

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	MediaWiki extensions
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	CirrusSearch (Other open bugs)
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	Low enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Nobody - You can work on this!

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Depends on:
Blocks:
	Show dependency tree / graph

Reported:	2014-05-15 19:32 UTC by Sam Reed (reedy)
Modified:	2014-07-15 23:40 UTC (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

See Also:	66142
Web browser:	---
Mobile Platform:	---
Assignee Huggle Beta Tester:	---

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Special:Random caused some load (43.65 KB, image/png) 2014-07-15 23:40 UTC, Nemo	Details
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Description Sam Reed (reedy) 2014-05-15 19:32:20 UTC

Special:Random isn't very random.

It'd be nice if we could use Elastic Search to do more randomness

Comment 1 Chad H. 2014-05-15 19:40:27 UTC

We've got SpecialRandomGetRandomTitle already. Should be easy.

Comment 2 Gerrit Notification Bot 2014-05-31 17:11:11 UTC

Change 133606 had a related patch set uploaded by Chad:
Power Special:Random from Elasticsearch

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/133606

Comment 3 Gerrit Notification Bot 2014-06-04 00:47:51 UTC

Change 133606 merged by jenkins-bot:
Power Special:Random from Elasticsearch

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/133606

Comment 4 Chad H. 2014-06-04 14:31:32 UTC

Special:Random is now powered by Cirrus on wikis that have it.

It uses a function score query[0] with random_score's seed using a munged int version of the random seed we used already. Looks random enough.

[0] http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-function-score-query.html#_random

Comment 5 Derk-Jan Hartman 2014-06-15 19:32:20 UTC

"Hi. I was using the Special:Random/File tool for a long time on rowiki, in order to fish for unfree images and candidates for Commons. Last days when I accessed the tool, it returned me only Commons files. Tried @ enwiki - same drill"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)

Comment 6 Sam Reed (reedy) 2014-06-15 19:58:31 UTC

(In reply to Derk-Jan Hartman from comment #5)
> "Hi. I was using the Special:Random/File tool for a long time on rowiki, in
> order to fish for unfree images and candidates for Commons. Last days when I
> accessed the tool, it returned me only Commons files. Tried @ enwiki - same
> drill"
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)

Probably should be filed as a new bug and marked as a regression...

Comment 7 Nik Everett 2014-06-16 15:36:09 UTC

(In reply to Sam Reed (reedy) from comment #6)
> (In reply to Derk-Jan Hartman from comment #5)
> > "Hi. I was using the Special:Random/File tool for a long time on rowiki, in
> > order to fish for unfree images and candidates for Commons. Last days when I
> > accessed the tool, it returned me only Commons files. Tried @ enwiki - same
> > drill"
> > 
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)
> 
> Probably should be filed as a new bug and marked as a regression...

Done Bug 66643.

Comment 8 Nemo 2014-07-15 23:40:55 UTC

Created attachment 15950 [details]
Special:Random caused some load

Note, reverted on Wikimedia wikis for now. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/146615/

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