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Random Wikipedia Article

spencerf718spencerf718293 downloads

Generates a note for a random Wikipedia article.

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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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Fetch a random Wikipedia article and create a well-formatted note in your vault, parsing article headers into Obsidian sections. Filter results by minimum headers and excluded headings, retry for suitable articles, and save and open the note automatically.
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Details
Current version
1.0.3
Last updated
10 months ago
Created
11 months ago
Updates
4 releases
Downloads
293
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.15.0+
Platforms
Desktop only
License
MIT
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Author
spencerf718spencerf718
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