Maniphest T202204

Special:RandomInCategory should support specifying a namespace
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	Huji
	Aug 18 2018, 8:43 PM

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Currently, Special:RandomInCategory returns a page from any namespace. It is often desirable to only return pages from a particular namespace (e.g. only articles, see T202009). Therefore, I am proposing that Special:RandomInCategory should have a second, optional dropdown for namespaces.

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Special:RandomInCategory should support specifying a namespace	mediawiki/core	master	+40 -5

Customize query in gerrit

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Mentioned Here: T200703: Special:RandomInCategory does not return all pages with equal probability
T202009: Restrict randomarticle.php to main namespace only

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Huji created this task.Aug 18 2018, 8:43 PM

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Change 453646 had a related patch set uploaded (by Huji; owner: Huji):
[mediawiki/core@master] Special:RandomInCategory should support specifying a namespace

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/453646

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 18 2018, 8:44 PM

I created a tentative patch, currently in WIP state. Since this proposal will introduce a new condition in the WHERE clause which may not be indexed, I would like someone else to take a look at this bare-bones version and tell me if it is worth pursuing or not.

Declindes in favor of T200703 and it associated patch at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/mediawiki/core/+/533728/ which will eliminate subcats form the results of RandomInCategory altogether.

Change 453646 abandoned by Krinkle:

[mediawiki/core@master] Special:RandomInCategory should support specifying a namespace

Reason:

Closing change per negative code review and already declined task.