This thread is for combing through the sandbox namespace
and cutting pages that are no longer serving a purpose. Some criteria on what we will and will not cut:
- Okay to cut:
- Sandboxes for abandoned and/or completed projects
- Personal sandboxes only if the troper is confirmed gone, or if they otherwise consent to a cut
- Not okay to cut:
- Sandboxes for ongoing projects (page drafts, project threads, pantheon work)
- Personal sandboxes currently in-use, or belonging to tropers who don't consent to a cut
Why do this? Well, mostly to clear up space on the wiki and clear out some unnecessary bloat, as well as to clear up sandbox titles or create pages out of long-in-stasis drafts.
Edited by WarJay77 on Feb 11th 2021 at 7:28:39 AM
the Retromancer
Not sure if it was some 2018 TRS, but I take it's safe to cut?
TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
So, Improved Second Attempt launched, which leaves the question of what's happening with Sandbox.Improved Second Attempt. It looks like people added examples to it and stuff outside of the TLP effort, but since it's an official page now, idk...
I'll ping ~Alley Oop just to be sure.
Current Project: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Yeah, it was my place to write up a draft until I felt it was ready to post to the TLP. It doesn't seem like any changes have been made to the Sandbox since it was uploaded in its most recent state to the TLP, so it should be safe to delete.
I'm Sad Frogerson.
Is Broken Base Film still in use? Aside from cleaning up wicks, the last edit was back in 2018. And since Broken Base no longer has a subpage dedicated to film, should it be cut?
the Retromancer
Are Sandbox.Floating Timeline and Sandbox.Mormonism cuttable?
Edited by Amonimus on Nov 24th 2022 at 8:14:20 PM
TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
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The former was created by Merseyuser1, who deleted their account. It's unclear why they created it—I think it can go.
~Septimus Heap created the latter. Septimus—are you still using Sandbox.Mormonism for anything?
TRS Queue | Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall
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~chasemaddigan I think that can be cut due to a lack of edits and the fact that the creator of the page was High Crate, who has since been bounced.
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
I don't think they did delete their account, the PM screen doesn't say they did, so they probably just up and left the normal way.
Current Project: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
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Actually they did. I asked in Absent People a while back.
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
Weird...
Current Project: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
I've cut the mormonism sandbox, as it has done its purpose.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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Please cut Sandbox.Bwburke 94 Custom Titles, as I haven't touched it in eight years and it's long since been supplanted by How to Make a Custom Title.
I had a dog-themed avatar before it was cool.
I'm Sad Frogerson.
April Fools Day Websites Section is another Sandbox I found that hasn't been touched for a while aside from cleaning-up wicks. The only non-wick related edits were back in April 2015, shortly after it was created. Should it be cut?
the Retromancer
It's either real or it's a dream
That idea happened so long ago (7 years, god) that it's not really useful as a cleanup anymore, so cut away.
How sweet it is
Sandbox.Giant Cicada houses a rewrite for Series.The Most Extreme. The sandbox's owner has not been on the wiki since June 4th, 2022, which makes the sandbox abandoned save for TRS related cleanups.
Should we transfer everything to the work page and cut the sandbox?
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Veteran Editor IV
I suppose that works.
Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)
Names to Run Away from Really Fast has been unedited for a year?
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Seems it was created by Discar.
~Discar Are you still using this sandbox for anything?
TRS Queue | Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall
Yeah, I made that when we were doing a Trope Talk for Names to Run Away from Really Fast. Here's the thread. Short version: someone expressed desire to keep the original version somewhere in case anyone wanted to make anything out of the many, many ZCEs. It was no skin off my back, so I kept it.
And no, I'm not using it for anything.
Edited by Discar on Jan 30th 2023 at 6:01:30 AM
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So I assume it's safe to Cut List then?
If so, all those subpages full of ZCEs can probably go too. Note they're distinct from the actual subtropes, which are still listed on the current Names to Run Away from Really Fast page.
Now a lurker. Thanks for everything. | he/him
It's getting kind of late where I am so I'll hold off on cutlisting the sandbox/assorted subpages until hopefully tomorrow. Thanks for helping out though.
I'm Sad Frogerson.
Is The Nostalgia Critic Nightmare Fuel Cleanup still in use? The last non-wick cleanup edit was back in February 2021.
I doubt it; we moved everything over to the main namespace, didn't we?
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.