[WikiEN-l] The sandbox incubator

[Jtkiefer]

Bryan Derksen wrote:

> Erik Moeller wrote:
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>> In other words, I would strongly argue in favor of shutting down the 
>> sandbox as a VfD-resistant incubator for games which distract from 
>> the purpose of building an encyclopedia. There is value to wikigames 
>> as entertainment and as an artistic effort, but there's a separate 
>> wiki dedicated to this already -- http://games.wikicities.com/ -- and 
>> I feel that our own gaming related efforts should be limited at best.
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> I'm surprised that the Sandbox is "VfD resistant" in the first place - 
> I would have thought anything sandbox-related would be deliberately 
> ephemeral and of no lasting value, and hence eminently deleteable. The 
> template on there even says that Sandbox contents are wiped every 12 
> hours, wouldn't this apply to Sandbox subpages too?
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What an easy solution might be would to have a wipe every 12 hours of 
the sandbox main page that also deletes any subpages (except any used 
for offical uses regarding the sandbox).

    -Jtkiefer