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wingedcatgirl MOD (Holding A Herring)
2019-09-16 05:34:33

I can't imagine why making sandboxes for subpages would be forbidden.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
WolfThunder Since: Jun, 2013
2019-09-16 12:16:09

@wingedcatgirl I just figured it was a formatting thing. If you make a Sandbox for a Main Page, that Sandbox'll become a sub-page for that page, making for an easy link. You can't do that for sub-pages, so for example if I made a "Sandbox / Characters Kunio Kun" page, it would not become a sub-page for "Characters / Kunio-kun" since that's already a sub-page.

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JRads47 Since: Nov, 2014
2019-09-16 17:25:57

Could it be possible to make a character page for how they're depicted in River City Girls?

WolfThunder Since: Jun, 2013
2019-09-17 19:30:59

Bumping.

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nombretomado (Season 1)
2019-09-17 19:34:49

You can sandbox it however you'd like, as long as it's in the Sandbox namespace. I'm not sure why you'd like it to be a subpage, though. Sandboxes aren't for public consumption, and it seems like if you want to get other people contributing you'd already be in direct communication to give them a link to said sandbox.

WolfThunder Since: Jun, 2013
2019-09-17 20:04:08

@nombretomado That actually brings up another question related to this that I wanted to ask; Is it okay to link Sandbox pages onto Needs Wiki Magic Love? I was thinking of including Kunio-kun for the revamp, and then link the Sandbox page in the description. Another page that I want to add and make a Sandbox link for is SD Gundam, in which case I was thinking of linking this post for an easy link to the Sandbox pages for the Red Links, but I'm not sure if linking to the Forums on Main Pages is allowed or not. If not, maybe it'd be better to link all of the Sandbox pages in the description?

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WolfThunder Since: Jun, 2013
2019-09-18 00:30:42

Bumping again.

Sorry for being annoying about this, but this is really important to me.

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WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2019-09-18 00:46:17

Sandbox pages are just for drafting/behind-the-scenes work. Why would it need Wiki Magic Love?

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
WolfThunder Since: Jun, 2013
2019-09-18 00:58:27

@WarJay77 I thought it would be good to include them for pages that need more work.

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WolfThunder Since: Jun, 2013
2019-09-18 19:20:55

Bumping again.

Please, I really want to do serious work on these pages, but not until I get clear answers to my questions first.

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nombretomado (Season 1)
2019-09-18 19:25:32

Wiki Magic Love is for actual live pages on the wiki. You can put the Characters you want to re-do in there, if it's in straits, but I wouldn't list a Sandbox. You could add a commented-out note about the sandbox, but that's about as far as I would go.

WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2019-09-18 19:27:41

You may also want to link the sandbox on the discussion page.

Beyond that, yeah, don't go advertising it on the wiki proper.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
WolfThunder Since: Jun, 2013
2019-09-18 19:36:32

@nombretomado @WarJay77 Thank you both.

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WolfThunder Since: Jun, 2013
2019-09-18 19:36:32

@nombretomado @WarJay77 Thank you both.

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GastonRabbit MOD (General of TV Troops)
2019-09-18 19:43:21

If you're only using the sandbox temporarily, you can use the Cut List to ask the mods to delete it when you're done using it.

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WolfThunder Since: Jun, 2013
2019-09-18 19:58:12

Okay, so I was able to link all of the Sandbox pages onto Discussion, but none of them work. Clicking on any of them just takes you to a blank page with tiny words saying "File not found". Did I do something wrong?

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GastonRabbit MOD (General of TV Troops)
2019-09-18 20:30:54

^The most recent major site update introduced a bug that messes with slashes in discussion page posts; it adds apostrophes next to them. This tends to prevent URLs from working properly.

Edited by GastonRabbit I got a rock for Halloween.
WolfThunder Since: Jun, 2013
2019-09-18 20:34:41

@GastonRabbit So, should I report this to a Bug Cleaner or something?

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WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2019-09-18 20:38:18

^ It's known.

You may want to go back and format it like "Sandbox.Page Name" instead.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
WolfThunder Since: Jun, 2013
2019-09-18 21:17:52

@WarJay77 That doesn't work! No matter how I format it, nothing fucking works! I'm this close to giving up on it!

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WolfThunder Since: Jun, 2013
2019-09-18 22:06:44

I've found a loophole! Just posted the URLs as Non-Links and stated that they can be copy-pasted onto the bar!

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nombretomado (Season 1)
2019-09-19 17:53:45

^^Please don't lash out like this. WarJay was trying to help you.

WolfThunder Since: Jun, 2013
2019-09-19 19:25:02

@nombretomado @WarJay77 I'm sorry. I was immensely frustrated when I typed that.

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