Template talk:Sandbox heading/Archive 1

message: The following is a cut and paste from MediaWiki:Sandbox.
The text 
:To use the sandbox, click on Edit this page, scroll down to find where to make your changes, and click Save page when you are finished. 
not refers to an "Edit this page" link that does not exist (at least for non-sysops), and a "Save page" link they can't reach.  The damage to my self-respect at not managing to make use of it is now restored; the time i spent trying is another thing. [shrug]
The fact that it does nothing i want to do, that i can't do alrady with the regular sandbox doesn't necessarily make protecting it a bad thing, but it should at least acknowledge that it is unsuitable for experiments by non-sysops, that require actually using the page in a subst or msg. Something about what further it can do for non-sysops might be worth the effort, just to reduce the number of scratch-trash pages that get added to the namespace.  (As long as i don't get confused by the irrelevant names, i don't have the need to create them, since i created at least one addressable but otherwise useless page yesterday, and i know no one will try to use the useless redirect between the time i overwrite it to experiment and the time i revert it.)
--Jerzy(t) 02:22, 2004 Mar 27 (UTC)
I liked the old version. - Woodrow 02:23, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  [Clueless Question based on Confusing Two Pages that could be named "Template:Sandbox] 

message: I have two suggestions of changes to make to this template. First, I generally think the shortcut template is a good idea, but there are certain pages where I see it as more of a distraction than something helpful. For a newcomer to Wikipedia, I think the it would be more confusing than helpful (since understanding it would mean clicking on the shortcut link, reading through the redirects, understanding redirects, etc. -- more things to overwhelm them and scare them away). I propose removing it from this particular page. Second, is newcomer googlebombing on the sandbox really a big enough issue to be included in this template message? Again, I see that as more of a distraction than something the needs to be stated. Just my two cents...   – Jrdioko (Talk) 17:15, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two More Suggestions 

message: I changed  to  on Wikipedia:Sandbox since I can't see why this change was made. It seems to defeat the purpose of having a protected template in the first place. However, if I'm missing something, feel free to revert/discuss.   – Jrdioko (Talk) 21:21, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The point is you need to  when you use it, not just leaving it as a transcluded message. If you do that, you get  AND a html comment asking not to remove the line. The header can then be replaced in one line. Dysprosia 06:59, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sandboxpaste 

message: :nn:Wikipedia:Sankasse --Dittaeva 14:10, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. 10:58, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please add nn 

message: It should be forbidden to create a redirect in the Sandbox. Gerritholl aka Topjaklont | Talk 16:27, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forbid redirection 

message: Is it possible that changing the edit link in Template:Sandbox to action=edit§ion=1 would decrease the no. of newbies messing up with the message? An appropriate section title could be added to Template:Sandboxpaste. -- Paddu 15:07, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit link 

message: I've changed the look of this, a bit. Sorry if you people don't like it.  ✏ OvenFresh☺ 01:59, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes 

message: I have changed the edit link so that it may be used on any sandbox within the Wikipedia namespace.
: Additionally, for any other sandbox, you may use: Template:Please leave this line alone (personal sandbox heading)
-- AllyUnion (talk) 10:29, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modular use 

message: I suggest that Template:Sandbox be redirected to the sandbox for templates: Template:TemplateSandbox
Or is Template:Sandbox supposed to be used to label every sandbox page (how many are there?). I did not examine doing the rename myself because I do not know the behavior of the bot which automatically replaces the contents of Wikipedia:Sandbox and did not want the wrong default being copied. (SEWilco 14:49, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template:TemplateSandbox 

message: Template:Please leave this line alone (tutorial sandbox heading) is a version without interwiki links.  Please do not redirect that template to this template or include this template into Template:Please leave this line alone (tutorial sandbox heading).  Template:Please leave this line alone (tutorial sandbox heading)'s primary purpose is to be placed on the Talk pages since interwiki links do not work on the Talk namespace. -- AllyUnion (talk) 01:41, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template:Please leave this line alone (tutorial sandbox heading) 

message: The Wikipedia talk:Sandbox will be using Template:Please leave this line alone (sandbox talk heading) due to the problems with interwiki links.  Furthermore, it can not use Template:Please leave this line alone (tutorial sandbox heading) since Wikipedia talk:Sandbox is cleaned every 12 hours.  Please do not include Template:Please leave this line alone (sandbox talk heading) into Template:Please leave this line alone (sandbox heading) due to technical reasons.  See Wikipedia:Meta-templates considered harmful -- AllyUnion (talk) 07:35, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notice!  Wikipedia talk:Sandbox...