Talk:Sandbox

Not to be confused with the sandbox.

For the talk page sandbox, see Wikipedia talk:Sandbox.

Not Wiki Sandbox

I have removed previous content from this page. This is not the Wikipedia:Sandbox where users can test their edits.-Mr Adequate 03:05, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

However, this page needs attention. It needs a link to the sandbox and the 'relief equaled by military leaving' etc needs removal. --Wilfred 18:16, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm thinking of changing the text in the editing box , so it advices new users only to go to the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sandbox to keep it simple Logictheo (talk) 11:08, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Is there a way to create a link to go to a user's sandbox? Ie they click a link and it takes them to their sandbox? Jawarner85 (talk) 14:33, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

@Jawarner85: Yes, Special:MyPage/sandbox links to the reader's own sandbox. Or it can be piped, [[Special:MyPage/sandbox|Your sandbox]] displays as Your sandbox. This trick is used by the {{Not a sandbox}} notice at the top of this talk page. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:10, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Ahem, did we forget something here?

I gotta tell you, I'm absolutely amazed at the content of this page. I look at Dictionary.com for "sandbox", and there I got no surprises.

• The first listing is from Random House unabridged, and there is only one definition:

1. a box or receptacle for holding sand, esp. one large enough for children to play in.

• The second listing is from American Heritage Dictionary; there are only two definitions:

1. A low box filled with sand for children to play in.
2. A litter box, especially for a cat.

• The third listing is from WordNet (which I've never heard of); it also has two definitions:

1. mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal
2. a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in

Only when you come to the fourth source, which happens to be The Online Dictionary of Computing, do we come to any of the definitions that our page features, namely, all this technical stuff. I'm glad that this isn't a prominent page, because it really looks dumb that no one editing Wikipedia knows what "normal" people think that a sandbox is.

This page is properly catergorized as a disambiguation page. Pending discussion, I plan to move this to Sandbox (diambiguation) and immediately afterwards create a nice little stub at Sandbox talking about what a normal sandbox is. There can be no doubt that, for 90% of the population (keep in mind, Wikipedian editors are not average), that should be the landing page for Sandbox, with an appropriate disambig notice and link at the top of that page. Unschool 07:11, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

lol. We do that sort of thing a lot, actually, make articles on everything but normal life. --tjstrf talk 19:28, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea. I stumbled upon this page and I noticed it was missing the most important thing, an article about the sandbox itself, the commonly known one for kids. KnightLago 01:23, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, strange... I just came across this now.. I was astonished that the main def was missing. Maybe it got deleted at some point. I didn't check the history. Anyway, no one had yet put anything in as of today, so I stuck something in there quickly in my own words. Feel free to change/improve it. I just mentioned that it's a kid thing, and a metaphor, and put in a red-link so hopefully someone will make a proper page for it. If one of you does, I suggest also putting in a { template } to request a photo of a typical kids sandbox. Incidentally, does anyone know whether these are common around the world, or a suburban american thing. I would guess they're all over. DKEdwards 04:30, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, I just figured it out (wish someone would have explained it in the week I've been waiting for responses to this post). This article that we've been looking for is at sandpit; if only someone had placed a link to it on this page (and retitled this page a disambig page) this might have been clearer before I messed this up with my attempted moves. I'm trying to fix it now. Unschool 02:42, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

yeah definitely this page cone with fourth-source for thirds listening with all this technical stuff Sohail333aa (talk) 20:19, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Railways

We need there to be a separate article on sandboxes that concern topics about locomotives. It could be called Sandbox (railways). Petri Krohn 20:46, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree, so I have created it. --Falcorian ^(talk) 03:55, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

WP:SELF problem

Doesn't the link/comment to the Wikipedia Sandbox violate WP:SELF? --69.204.179.124 20:59, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Possibly, but it is needed to direct people correctly. --Falcorian ^(talk) 22:04, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

It's linked using a "selfref" template, hence will be automatically removed from any print version, hence is just fine. :) -Quiddity 21:32, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

double link to wp:sandbox

are the repeated links to wp:sandbox (at the top of the article AND in the middle) there for a reason, or should one of them be removed? just clarifying b4 i make the change... 202.156.6.54 13:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

This page gets used as a test-sandbox a lot, so the redundancy pointing users to the correct location for experimenting doesnt hurt, and is probably useful. --Quiddity 20:43, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

we can discuss a lot of topic about around the world's even others plants also Sohail333aa (talk) 19:59, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

play

"The sandbox" is a one act play by Edward Albee

is that the correct name?

yeah this is correct article name Sohail333aa (talk) 20:23, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Arabic Sandbox

The link for the Arabic sandbox on the Sandbox page links here. Why does it do that? Can someone fix that? -Yancyfry

It should be protected

People keep coming to this page and vandalizing it. -Stimpy9337 02:49, 12 March 2007

i agree. protection is definetly in order. pretty much every other wiki i see that has an article named sandbox has it protected. the current version is a prime example of why it should be protected and i can't seem to find the revert button. 208.114.180.220 10:41, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Several points on that: The protection policy states that protection is not to be used as a pre-emptive measure against predictable vandalism (not sure whether I agree, but those are the rules). That said, you can still feel free to nominate this page at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection, but understand that it's unlikely to pass their standards. Additionally, the main reason other wikis have it that way is often because they are less well managed (having a low number of administrators who lack the time to focus on reverting vandalism), so they leave such pages in a protected form. $\sim$ Lenoxus " * " 21:30, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Sandbox as in testing computer programs

Sandbox (disambiguation) - Never mind I found what I was looking for.

--Joewski 00:27, 11 July 2007 (UTC) Is this the editing page? Where is this published? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.255.76.28 (talk) 08:11, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Malplaced disambiguation page

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This current redirect results in a Malplaced disambiguation page. Please move Sandbox (disambiguation) here (and protect it as needed) or update the redirect back to Sandpit. -- JHunterJ 11:43, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

 Declined - At Talk:Sandbox (disambiguation), opposition has been presented to the idea of such a move. Please discuss the idea of a move there. Nihiltres^(t.l) 13:46, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

{{editprotected}}
This current redirect results in a Malplaced disambiguation page. Please move Sandbox (disambiguation) here (and protect it as needed) or update the redirect back to Sandpit. No objections raised (or any other responses given) when I asked on Talk:Sandbox (disambiguation)#Malplaced disambiguation page. -- JHunterJ 12:29, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

I moved it. — Carl (CBM · talk) 13:44, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

how do you get to the sandbox?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?! i relaly need to know!?!?!?!

Gigglelaugh225 21:20, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

click here for the Wikipedia sandbox 199.125.109.57 (talk) 16:46, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

{{editprotected}}

On the line:

Sandpit, a wide, shallow playground construction to hold sand often made of wood or plastic

Please add sandbox for those who speak American English:

Sandpit (British English), a wide, shallow playground construction (sandbox in American English) to hold sand often made of wood or plastic

199.125.109.57 (talk) 16:46, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Alternate term added. --- RockMFR 18:12, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Sections

Please headline the sections:

For play:

should be turned to

==Play==

for example.68.148.164.166 (talk) 04:17, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Why? It's perfectly readable as it is. -- Zsero (talk) 04:36, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia MoS states it.68.148.164.166 (talk) 10:37, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

This is a disambiguation page. No point in cluttering it up. -- Zsero (talk) 17:07, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Quite the opposite: The sections make disamguation pages organized.68.148.164.166 (talk) 08:52, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

See MOS:DAB#Longer lists. -- Zsero (talk) 14:12, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

In any case, I disagree. It will make the page more organized and more readable if they are headlined, as with all other disambig pages. Actually, the current format is required only in some pages, but in this case it isn't. The current format is only required when bluelinks are required in section headings, because headlines can not have bluelinks.Asrghasrhiojadrhr (talk) 05:18, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Feel free to disagree. But I think the current layout is fine, and there's no need to clutter it up, so you have neither MOS nor consensus for a change. Not unless a bunch of lurkers suddenly take an interest in the subject and weigh in to support sectioning. -- Zsero (talk) 05:40, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Just adding agreement with Zsero -- section headers instead of group headers are unneeded and detrimental to this page. -- JHunterJ (talk) 02:06, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia semi-protected edit requests: es:interwiki

{{editsemiprotected}} inter-wiki: Spanish version:

[[es:Sandbox]]

PD: (es) No tengo cuenta en en.wikipedia, así que no vigilo esta sala... :(
Me gustaría que me avisaras si contestas este comentario.
PD: (en) I have not account in en.wikipedia, so I can't watch this discussion page. :(
I hope you tell me when you answer this comment.
File:Smile2.png --(Rizome) ~~~~

You do have an account, and now you have >10 edits, you should be autoconfirmed so you can edit semiprotected pages like this one. Anyway I have done it for you now. Best wishes, — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:40, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

RE: Thanks very much. Before this edit, I only had 9 edits. I suppose this was the reason I couldn't edit the semiprotected article. :$ ---Rizome2 (talk) 12:53, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Changes

{{editprotected}} The double spaces have to go, and "In computing:" & "In music or entertainment:" should be ==Computing== and ==Entertainment==.174.3.111.148 (talk) 14:57, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

I've removed the double spaces but haven't changed the headers because they seem to match with Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)#Organizing long lists by subject. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 17:39, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

View source bug

If you go to the page, you see View source instead of Edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.164.146.61 (talk) 02:47, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

This is NOT a bug. This page is semi-protected so that only the registered user with 4 days old and 10 edits minimum can edit. I know that you want to test, please go to WP:SB. --Il223334234 (talk) 09:30, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

"sandpit" is the customary meaning and should appear first

I was rather surprised to see WP:SB listed first, then a cat's litterbox. Yuck. The conventional meaning of sandbox as playground equipment should be before this long list, maybe right in the hatnote. 2001:5C0:1000:A:0:0:0:831 (talk) 02:47, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 August 2014

Semi-Latin Extended Jackdamn1579 (talk) 19:45, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 20:03, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

The Sandbox (video game)

Link to The Sandbox (video game) is missing.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zackll (talk • contribs) 14:47, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 December 2019

Please can you write that a sandbox is also a mode of ‘freestyle’, where it is possible to experiment, without damaging, vandalising, or posing a safety hazard towards anything. 94.207.172.100 (talk) 13:14, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

That would go on the Wiktionary definition. – Thjarkur (talk) 14:01, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Moving/renaming sandbox to its final name?

How does one do this? There appears to be no "move" command on the toolbar! Wimbledon32 (talk) 09:11, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Financial Budget of Pakistan Year 20/21

Pakistan current government of Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf under the premiership of Imran Khan has presented its second fiscal budget in national assembly of Pakistan at Islamabad on 12 June 2020. The budget is interesting for all over the world as it shows how the government are intend to tackle the menace of Covid-19 pandemic. Is the health of the citizens going to be the top priority or is it still the syndrome of security and defence pre dominant. Pakistan Government has announced a 100% increase in health budget but it still is only 1.5% of what government intends to spend on defence. Overall the spending on health will be less than .5% of the total budget. Aamircheema (talk) 20:21, 13 June 2020 (UTC)https://www.dawn.com/news/1563073/budget-2020-21-heres-what-you-need-to-know-a https://www.dawn.com/news/1563012/no-new-taxes-in-rs713-trillion-budget-fy2021-says-govt

References

Semi-protected edit request on 20 November 2020

opt-out 2600:1011:B051:93AF:B40B:6DE:AC39:D82E (talk) 01:01, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the page Sandbox. Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 01:03, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Suggestion: Remove the word "online" from Sandbox (software development).

Sandbox (software development) is not exclusively online, but can also be offline. Therefore, I suggest removing the word "online".

I am not able to edit the page, but maybe someone else is. Therefore I am writing the suggestion here. DuClare (talk) 10:54, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 19:31, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

"Draft:Foo" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Draft:Foo. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 June 14#Draft:Foo until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. dudhhr_Contribs 20:18, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 December 2021

Add this template to the article, right above the sentence "A sandbox is a sandpit...":

172.112.210.32 (talk) 00:05, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: the sandbox template does not belong in the articlespace, although it is present in its editnotice and through a note at the top that does link to the sandbox.  melecie  t - 01:05, 11 December 2021 (UTC)