Wikipedia talk:About the sandbox

i love the sandbox

how did it get so awesome? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.104.32.5 (talk) 21:07, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Because of editors just like you. :-) Graham87 06:08, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

LOL. 71.146.20.62 (talk) 01:17, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

i like the sandbox too. this is my first wikipedia edit. i am just testing. i hope i am in the right place. manuel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olebrussels (talk • contribs) 11:19, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, you're in the wrong place. The correct place for testing is the actual Wikipedia sandbox. Graham87 14:59, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Sandbox documentation sucks. Seligne (talk) 23:33, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

Looking good — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucyhonan (talk • contribs) 15:33, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Me too --79.241.193.238 (talk) 16:11, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

i love the sandbox toSerenity278 (talk) 02:03, 23 August 2018 (UTC)me

Inappropriate picture

When I left the sandbox I was greeted by a photograph of someone's butt-hole. Was that necessary? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.164.146.3 (talk) 09:30, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Where did you go when you left the sandbox? That sort of thing can sometimes happen, but it's usually undone quickly. Graham87 09:58, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, but I do not believe you. -- Genoskill (talk) 19:31, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sandbox requested edit

I have no idea how to change the template that is visible at WP:SANDBOX, but it should have a line saying something like: "If you are looking for your sandbox, you can find the link to it in the top right corner, between your talk page notifications and the preferences. If you want to learn more about your sandbox, visit Help:My sandbox." --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:24, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

@Piotrus: The template you want is {{Sandbox heading}}, which already mentions the user sandbox, but doesn't link to the help page. It's probably best to place an edit request on that template's talk page. Graham87 14:39, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Changing the name of the Sandbox

Hi, Just wondering if there was any way to change the name of the Sandbox (i.e. change the title displayed at the top of the page). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.161.5.185 (talk) 02:37, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Nope, there isn't. Graham87 14:36, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Misleading how-to instructions for sandbox at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sandbox?veaction=edit&action=edit

Hello Wikipedians, I've just checked out the sandbox at the above URL, which in the body text says 'To edit this sandbox, you can either edit the source code ("Edit Source" tab above) or use VisualEditor ("Edit" tab above).'

However, neither of the above-mentioned tabs appear at the top of that page. That said, there are buttons marked "Edit Source Code" and "Edit page visually" beneath those instructions.

Can this be tidied up, so that things are more intuitive for intending editors like me?

Ta! Ken.

• • • — Preceding unsigned comment added by 43.252.255.78 (talk) 06:56, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Deleting and re-creating Draft:Sandbox

Does anyone object if I delete Draft:Sandbox, and re-create it as a different user? I keep getting useless speedy deletion nominations (as a result of other people's content), since I am the creator and it's a test page. Mattflaschen - Talk 18:46, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

My sympathies :) You will not be able to delete the sandbox as more than 5,000 revisions requires bigdelete, which can only be done by a steward. The recreation will need to be timed with military precision. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 18:56, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

As an admin who restored old sandbox revisions to make Wikipedia:Historical archive/Sandbox among others, I strongly object to the deletion of thousands of edits. It would be OK however to move it to an archive subpage with your alternative account and re-create it. Graham87 01:50, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

How can I delete my own sandbox?

I've made a sandbox for a future article, I discovered an existing article Samsung Galaxy S8, so I want to delete my sandbox for that article. Click here to see the sandbox I want to delete (WARNING: It's not the main sandbox, it's a subpage called GalaxyS8). Is there some administrator that can delete the sandbox? TheWikiContributor (talk) 00:28, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

It's already deleted. Vanjagenije (talk) 09:00, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Question

What is the logic there Wikipedia:Sandbox and Draft:Sandbox ? 212.39.89.15 (talk) 12:45, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:About the Sandbox#Specialized sandboxes. Wikipedia:Sandbox is the traditional place for test edits. However, the Visual Editor is not enabled on pages with the "Wikipedia:" prefix, so another sandbox was created that can be used for tests with the new editor. -- John of Reading (talk) 13:46, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Thank you.212.39.89.102 (talk) 15:37, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sandbox is a bit of a relic, Draft:Sandbox is more versatile. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)^talk 23:39, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Just a question

Is it acceptable for an established user such as myself to use the sandbox and test out formatting and such? I realise the purpose of the sandbox is to give new/unregistered users a place to experiment, but the page does say verbatim that "any user can edit this page"; I'm just curious as to whether it's acceptable or frowned upon for someone like me to still test out markup and templates.

Thank you,

65HCA7 12:36, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Sure. Go ahead. Graham87 14:54, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

As a registered user, you can also creae your own personal sandbox. If you are logged in, you can access your personal sandbox ("Sandbox" link at the very top of the page, next to your user name). This gets rid of he problem caused by regular clearing of the sandbox (your work in your sandbox would ordinarily be left alone for an indefinite period of time) 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:36, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Redirect sandbox to Draft:Sandbox?

Should we redirect the Wikipedia sandbox to Draft:Sandbox? It makes more sense because it is more useful, since you get to use both VisualEditor and the regular source code editor. Ups and Downs (↕) 01:01, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Already discussed above at Wikipedia_talk:About_the_Sandbox#Wikipedia:Sandbox_vs_Draft:sandbox. User:GKFX^talk 19:28, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Edit request

The page Draft talk:Sandbox currently redirects to Draft:Sandbox. This is not terribly helpful since it means that clicking on the "Talk" tab on Draft:Sandbox doesn't do anything. The redirect should instead point at WT:Sandbox, since that page is useful as a talk page sandbox, and has a clear link to this real talk page. User:GKFX^talk 19:36, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Sounds sensible to me. Done. Graham87 10:09, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Creating more than one article in your sandbox

How do I create more than one article in my sandbox? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yonderjasone (talk • contribs) 16:42, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

You can create multiple sandboxes at User:Yonderjasone/sandbox1, User:Yonderjasone/sandbox2, etc. User:GKFX^talk 22:15, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Sandbox Deletion

Good day! Please help me to delete my sandbox. Click here to view my sandbox. Thank you. Wewhaha (talk) 23:26, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Done. For future reference, you can get your user pages deleted by tagging them with {{db-u1}}. Graham87 12:05, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very much XD Wewhaha (talk) 13:16, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

Biography

I want to publish my wiki page Arbazhussain112 (talk) 14:35, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

That's not a good idea. You're nowhere near notable enough for that. Graham87 14:41, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Draft:Sandbox?

I tried to go to the sandbox, but just got sent to a page called draft:sandbox instead. what is this, and where did the other sandbox go? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.163.59.8 (talk) 01:04, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

You can access the sandbox by clicking these highlighted words. Boomer Vial^{Holla! We gonna ball!} 01:17, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Template:Template sandbox needs updating

The instructions in Template:Template sandbox are out of date, as are all the twenty or more sandbox templates in the Template:X1 series.

The wiki-wide change implemented by WMF on 11 December 2017, which saw the renaming of the blue "Save changes" button to "Publish changes" in both source and visual editors, means that many help pages, templates and some graphics are now out of date. I hope anyone who maintains this template will update it as soon as possible to minimise any confusion. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 01:04, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

@Nick Moyes: Thanks for the note. I've fixed it on {{Template sandbox heading}}. Graham87 02:23, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Question

Hello all! I've been trying to delete this article from my sandbox since I wrote it before reading WP:NSONG. I placed a deletion tag on the article but no one has gotten around to it. This is giving me major OCD, please help! Woodenpig (talk) 03:02, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

@Woodenpig: It was deleted four minutes after you sent your message. If this happens again, just wait; your page will be deleted eventually. This is not the best place to get the attention of admins; I happen to be one but I only check my watchlist twice a day. The correct place to get such attention is the admins' noticeboards, but they are for more urgent or complex issues. Graham87 05:15, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

@Graham87: Got it. Thank you for the heads up! Woodenpig (talk) 16:32, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Awesome

They are awesomw! Who added sandbox information but deleted my sandbox! 2606:A000:6604:D700:19DC:E15A:4ACA:4C48 (talk) 21:42, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

People were overwriting your sandbox because you're editing the public sandbox. It'd be better to create an account and get your own user sandbox. Graham87 02:09, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

My sandbox

Please delete my revision history on my sandbox here and just my sandbox in general, I regret some of my posts and wish for all of it to be deleted (including the revisions) thank you. --Walkerbull (talk) 13:07, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

@Walkerbull: done. And I've placed your signature at the end of your message rather than the beginning. Graham87 14:49, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Nice sandbox!

Hello. I just wanted to say, this sandbox thing is kinda fun. I use it mostly to text my typing skills.

I wish more editors knew about it though.

Anyways,

Thanks,--TheHeckLord (talk) 12:30, 7 September 2018 (UTC)