On 16/01/2008, Steve Summit <scs(a)eskimo.com> wrote:
Alex wrote:
> On 16/01/2008, Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > Why does it not simply have a "Create
your own sandbox" box (like at
> > WP:RFCU) or redirect into an individual [[User:Myusername/Sandbox]]?
> New editors would be better off using an offical
one.
I disagree. I found the official sandbox perfectly
useless when
I started editing Wikipedia, and that was several years ago.
The first thing I did was find out how to set up my own sandbox,
so I could try some test edits in peace, without other people's
edits (and, in particular, blankings) interfering with my own.
Such contention can only be worse (much worse) by now.
Lots of editors set up their own sandbox, but the current sandbox is
still used by n00bs. I suppose a "set up your own" link would be a
nice thing to put there, of course.
- d.