Template talk:User sandbox
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Formatting adjustment
editIn the sandbox for this template, I tweaked the bolding/italics to better emphasize the main point of the notice (that the page is a sandbox) as the most prominent element. Feel free to let me know how it looks; I will plan to implement shortly if there are no concerns. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 17:01, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
Done per silent consensus. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 18:28, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
- Seems fine to me, though "This is not an encyclopedia article" being in bold is also fine. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 01:24, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
Template-protected edit request on 12 April 2024
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Please add {{Sandbox heading/Tabs}} (and protect that template) to make navigating between the different sandboxes easier. We should get users to experiment and play around with different functions in the various sandboxes and their own sandbox. It also has a link to "test Wikipedia" for experimentation with user scripts, etc. Awesome Aasim 03:43, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
- Most newcomers only need one sandbox to experiment in, so I'm not sure this would be useful. Sdkb talk 05:10, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
- Deactivating for now because I got an objection, so I am now seeking consensus. Awesome Aasim 06:47, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
Template-protected edit request on 28 July 2024
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Currently, two pages are in Category:Non-userspace pages using User sandbox. Both of them are in fact in userspace, but populate the maintenance category due to their use of demospace (with non-namespace parameters, i.e. not for their intended purpose, in both cases). As this appears to be both unintuitive for newcomers and complicating the cleanup of Category:Pages with templates in the wrong namespace, I propose that the demospace parameter be made so that it still shows the error message, but doesn't populate Category:Non-userspace pages using User sandbox if the page is still in userspace.
This could be done, for instance, by replacing <includeonly>[[Category:Non-userspace pages using User sandbox]]</includeonly> with <includeonly>{{#ifeq:{{NAMESPACE}}|User||[[Category:Non-userspace pages using User sandbox]]}}</includeonly>. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 15:51, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Chaotic Enby the non-userspace category is empty - is this still desired? --DannyS712 (talk) 00:50, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- @DannyS712 It's great that it's empty now, but it could still be an improvement to prevent sandboxes from incorrectly populating backlog categories in the future. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 19:13, 1 August 2024 (UTC)