[WikiEN-l] Servers down?

[Nathan]

Agreed - an Etch-a-Sketch that anyone can shake isn't nearly so much
fun as having one all to yourself, and only if people haunt the
sandbox and point out problems to people is it of any use to have a
shared one (that I can see).

On Jan 16, 2008 6:48 PM, Steve Summit <scs at eskimo.com> wrote:
> Alex wrote:
> > On 16/01/2008, Nathan <nawrich at 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.
>
>
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