Template:User sandbox/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:User sandbox.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This page is not a sandbox.

It should not be used for test editing. To experiment, please use the Wikipedia sandbox, your user sandbox, or the other sandboxes.

This template is used on approximately 274,000 pages, or roughly 681% of all pages.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template is for placement at the top of sandbox pages in the User namespace so that readers understand it is not an active/live article or Wikipedia project page.

Non-userspace uses of this template are tracked in Category:Non-userspace pages using User sandbox.

It is used by Template:User sandbox/preload, the default text preloaded (by MediaWiki:Gadget-mySandbox.js) when a user creates their sandbox.

Usage

Basic usage (shown above)

{{user sandbox}}

Plain version

{{user sandbox|plain=yes}}

This is the user sandbox of User sandbox. A user sandbox is a subpage of the user's user page. It serves as a testing spot and page development space for the user and is not an encyclopedia article. Create or edit your own sandbox here.

Complex example

{{user sandbox|Username|plain=all|list=[[Personalization|Custom]] [[WP:USERSUBPAGE|list]] of [[Help:My sandbox|sandboxes]]|selectskin=yes|afc=no|demospace=User}}

This is a user sandbox of Username. A user sandbox is a subpage of the user's user page. It serves as a testing spot and page development space for the user and is not an encyclopedia article.
This user's sandboxes: Custom list of sandboxes

Parameters

The first positional parameter is the username of the editor the sandbox belongs to. This is not necessary if the sandbox is located in that user's userspace.
plain - this removes most of the extra links. If this is equal to "all", only the basic message is left. If this parameter is present but not equal to "all", the text "For a sandbox of your own, create it here" is still visible.
list - a list of your user sandboxes can be inserted here. This needs to be done with square brackets, e.g. [[User:Example/Sandbox1]], [[User:Example/Sandbox2]]. Use of this parameter also changes "the sandbox" to "a sandbox". For an automatically-generated list of your sandboxes, you can use {{Special:PrefixIndex}}. For example, if your sandboxes are titled as "sandbox", "sandbox2", etc, you can use list={{Special:PrefixIndex/User:{{ROOTPAGENAME}}/sandbox}}.
a=yes - changes "the sandbox" to "a sandbox", without having to use the "list" parameter above.
selectskin=yes - a menu appears allowing you to select different skins to use with the sandbox.
afc=no - the articles for creation text "Finished writing a draft article? Are you ready to request an experienced editor review it for possible inclusion in Wikipedia? [Submit your draft for review!]" is suppressed. This parameter is unnecessary if the |plain= parameter is specified.
noindex=no - indexing by search engines will be allowed (by default, noindex is "yes", i.e. pages with this template transcluded on them are not indexed by search engines). This parameter should almost always be omitted, because sandboxes should not be indexed as Wikipedia content.
demospace - if this is set to the name of a Wikipedia namespace, the template acts as if it were transcluded in that namespace no matter what the actual current namespace is. This is useful for demonstration purposes.

Template data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. Click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template based on this TemplateData.

TemplateData for User sandbox

This template creates a box marking the current page as a user sandbox.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Username	`1`	The username of the editor who owns the page. If the page is in that editor's userspace, this parameter is optional.	User	optional
Plain	`plain`	If set to 'all', this hides all of the extra links. If set to something else, this hides nearly all of the extra links.	String	optional
List	`list`	Can be set to a list of other sandboxes owned by this editor. Optional.	String	optional
Show skin selector	`selectskin`	Set to 'yes' to include a menu for displaying the sandbox with different skins.	String	optional
Show AFC notice	`afc`	Set to 'no' to hide the AFC notice ('Finished writing a draft article? Are you ready...'), which is shown by default.	String	optional
Hide from search engines	`noindex`	Set to something other than 'yes' to make this page visible to search engines like Google.	String	optional
Demo namespace	`demospace`	Set to a namespace to make this template behave as if it is in that namespace.	String	optional

v t e Userspace messages and disclaimers
User pages	{{This is a user page}} {{User page}} {{User page mini}} {{Userpage bar}} {{Userpageblue&round}}
User talk pages	{{Message}} {{Not Christmas}} {{Talk header}} {{Talk header preload}} {{Talkpagecool}} {{User notification preference}} {{User talk}} {{User talk page mini}} {{User talk-page header}} {{User talk rules}} {{User talk top}} {{Usercomment}} {{Usertalk bar}} {{Usertalkback}} {{Usertalkconcise}} {{Usertalksuper}} {{Userwhisperback}}
Editnotices	{{Editnotice userpage}} {{User time zone editnotice}}
Drafts and sandboxes	{{User sandbox}} {{Userspace draft}} {{Workpage}} {{Userspace notes}} {{Draft article}} See also: {{New user article}} {{Template draft}} {{Draft RfC}}
Blanking	{{Userpage blanked}} {{Courtesy blanked}} {{Intentionally blank}} {{Spam blanked}}
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