Random Wikipedia Article

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by SpencerF718

Generates a note for a random Wikipedia article.

1 stars245 downloadsUpdated 8mo agoMIT
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Obsidian Random Wikipedia Plugin

A plugin for Obsidian that fetches a random Wikipedia article and creates a new, well-formatted note in your vault.

The purpose of this plugin is to encourage daily note-taking and learning.

To generate a random article, click on the dice ribbon on the top left in Obsidian.

Features

  • Random Article Fetching
  • Header parsing
  • Configurable Article Selection
    • Minimum Headers: You can change the minimum number of headers an article must have to be considered "suitable".
    • Maximum Retries: You can set how many times the plugin will attempt to find a suitable article.
    • Disallowed Headers: You can provide a list of headers that will be excluded from the generated note
  • Configurable Save Location
  • Automatic Note Opening

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