Talk:Sandpit

message: --> yer exactly - how do you catogorise sandpitts? --Infinitive definition 12:50, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  catogorise 

message: --> I think that in the first paragraph, the line "Homeowners with pets should be concerned that the sandpit does not become a litterbox." should be eliminated.  According to the official policy of Wikipedia, Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not, 
"Wikipedia articles should not include instructions, advice (legal, medical, or otherwise) or suggestions"
Therefore, as of July 26, 2007, I am deleting "Homeowners with pets should be concerned that the sandpit does not become a litterbox." from the Sandpit article.
--LivingforHim 19:40, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I can agree with following such rules, but in the interest of not just deleting valuable points, perhaps such so-called "advice" can be rephrased in a more informative way, e.g. something like: "Homeowners and property managers often take precautions against neighborhood pets, or their own pets, from using the sandbox as a litterbox, as such usage can create a sanitation hazard for the children who play in the sandbox."  Try to cite any such claims if you can (e.g. http://schoolnet.gov.mt/healthandsafety/Newsletters/06-01.pdf , http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf710924.tip.html , http://cats.about.com/od/faqsonlitterboxmatters/f/sandbox.htm , etc.) - Blueguy 65.0.221.140 (talk) 17:11, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Litterbox 

message: OK you need to protect this page if you are going to have sandbox redirect here.  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.71.132.20 (talk) 09:47, August 21, 2007 (UTC) 
:Hrmm, I was unaware of that existing re-direct. I'll take a look at what can be done about that, thanks for the head's up! Ariel♥Gold 09:53, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protecting 

message: "Sandpit" directs here. UK users will mistake sandboxes for sandpits.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.166.135.44 (talk) 09:25, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Probably need to protect this page. 

message: So, which term is most used? As you might know, the title of a Wikipedia article should use the most commonly used name. Judging from a Google comparison , the term "sandbox" seems more often used in computing, while "sandpit" seems more commonly used to refer to the real thing. It looks like the current situation is the correct one, but I could be wrong of course. Cheers, Face 10:31, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've never heard the term "sandpit" before, so while it may be used, it's certainly not as popular as "sandbox", especially in the USA.  (The only time I've heard "pit" used to refer to a sandbox is in the case of a "long jump pit", which has a very different purpose than a playground sandbox.)  It seems like naming this article "sandpit" instead of "sandbox" is to artificially inflate the usage of "sandpit" just so you can make a distinction between the original and more recent metaphorical uses.  Consider the Google search build sandbox vs. build sandpit, (using "build" so as to eliminate some of the metaphorical results):  Not only does the first search have many more results, but the the results take you to well known sites which have chosen to use the word "sandbox" over the less common "sandpit".  The first 9 results I got (bobvila.com, lowes.com, wikihow.com, thisoldhouse.com, about.com, doityourself.com, ehow.com, diynetwork.com, wisegeek.com) are all sites I've visited before, unlike the random assortment of sites I got with [build sandpit]. - Blueguy 65.0.221.140 (talk) 16:36, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Sandpit is British, Sandbox is American. Wikipedia does not preference English variations on neutral subjects such as this. The most common term is not relevant for this kind of thing. A Brit probably created the article, so the article will remain in standard English. "Thems the rules" as you might say. McLerristarr (Mclay1) (talk) 03:41, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

text: Also, calling the article "Sandpit" helps differentiate between it and WP:Sandbox. McLerristarr (Mclay1) (talk) 03:45, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

text:  Also - "Sandpit" is the thing that children play in, while "sandbox" is also used in computing terms to mean "test area". Therefore the distinction is useful here. EuroSong talk 21:44, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Sandpit" or "Sandbox"? 

message: I came looking for information on when & where sandpits originated, the article could do with some expansion in that area. Ryan Paddy (talk) 22:10, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I quite agree.  That's what I came to the article hoping to find out, but there's nothing in this article that isn't pretty much common knowledge. - Blueguy 65.0.221.140 (talk) 16:41, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

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thread_title:  External links modified (January 2018) 

message: The template above tells us to use UK English, but, when looking at the text editor in the main article, it tells us to use . Which one is it? 2601:4A:C300:412:1C33:1F1:9584:59C8 (talk) 18:36, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diff. English variant tags 

message: Does this belong on the article? I can't add it myself (edit protection), so I am hoping somebody adds it or finds that it does not belong.
73.45.143.221 (talk) 23:39, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  add { { Not a sandbox } } tag perhaps?