Wikipedia talk:About the sandbox
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Sandbox header is too big
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Especially in the 2022 Vector skin, the sandbox header is far too big. Barely four lines of text can be visible upon loading the page, compared with 15 lines of boilerplate. Is it any wonder that new users will want to remove the header? This issue of having to scroll the page up and down to save text and see what you have written makes editing Wikipedia seem much more difficult than it needs to be. Kk.urban (talk) 19:15, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
- I agree, that header is a mess. Ca talk to me! 13:46, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
- Header should be converted to an editnotice IMO. Mach61 (talk) 15:58, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 14 January 2024
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{{X71}} → {{X20}} (Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2023 December 14#Template:X21) 79.185.125.100 (talk) 19:25, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
You may be interested in a discussion at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#The_sandbox_header_should_be_removed
[edit]Note that merely shortening the header has also been proposed. Mach61 (talk) 14:31, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
What do I do in a sandbox
[edit]? 72.193.153.70 (talk) 19:28, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
- Testingand experimentation. Graham87 (talk) 04:51, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
Custom Countries
[edit]Am I allowed to create my own custom wikipedia pages in the sandbox? for custom countries and such, not offensive or promotive in any way. RazorPantherz (talk) 00:07, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
- @RazorPantherz: No, Wikipedia is not a free web host. Graham87 (talk) 01:24, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
- Sounds good, cheers. RazorPantherz (talk) 16:23, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
- Try Miraheze, it uses the same software as Wikipedia Thx56 (talk) 18:05, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
Multiple sandbox
[edit]Shouldn't there be multiple sandboxes? like in the Spanish Wikipedia, there are 10 sandboxes and there is a button that indicates if its occupied or not. It would be useful so that editors do no need to wait that another editor finishes their tests. 17:15, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
- There are plenty of sandboxes attached to various pages. Graham87 (talk) 18:52, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
Link at User talk:Sandbox
[edit]Good day everyone,
I noticed the link at User talk:Sandbox for "Click here to reset the sandbox" brings to a version that is NOT clean. Clicking the link will insert the word "Sandbox" under the sandbox template. Later, the bot will clear it. I have fixed it now in at Template:Sandbox header. Myrealnamm (💬pros · ✏️cons) 15:05, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, it seems like it is not possible to be fixed without making major changes to the template. The template works on other sandbox pages but not on User talk:Sandbox. Myrealnamm (💬pros · ✏️cons) 15:08, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- @SilverLocust fixed it. Don't know how my edit didn't work, maybe because I didn't purge. Thanks! Myrealnamm (💬pros · ✏️cons) 15:32, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
Suggestions to clarify how to create more than 1 sandbox ...
[edit]May I suggest, for the sake of clarification, that under Creating more sandboxes in your User namespace you edit item 2 —"Enter the following in the Search box, using your actual username: User:Your username/sandbox2" —
with this modification: "Enter the following in your browser's Search field," then continue with what's already written.
The reason I suggest this is based on my own experience. For a good half hour or more, I kept looking all around at my User page for some sort of Search box, as per the directions. When I kept not finding a box, I was about to give up. Finally it occurred to me that maybe the browser Search field was the right place ... except that what was written there was more than just User: Augnablik, like for instance some numbers and a % sign. When it occurred to me to delete all the extraneous stuff and typed /Sandbox2, I finally succeeded. (Which reminds me to add to my suggested modification something to alert editors that if there's anything in the browser's Search field beside User: followed by your Wiki name, then it must be deleted before adding the additional sandbox name.)
Maybe no one else had exactly the same experience, but because of possible confusion, I think at least some other editors might benefit from what I suggested above. Augnablik (talk) 13:44, 3 January 2025 (UTC)