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[[Image:646px-Our Community Place Sandbox.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|The | [[Image:646px-Our Community Place Sandbox.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|The term ''Sandbox'' comes from a child's sandbox or sandpit for safe play.]] | ||
==Sandbox Pages Are For Practice== | ==Sandbox Pages Are For Practice== | ||
A page with the word ''Sandbox'' in its title is an agreed-upon place to practice editing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wikis], including Proteopedia. The contents of ''Sandbox'' pages are '''temporary'''. Anyone is invited to change the contents of a Sandbox page, in order to learn how to create content ([[Help:Editing|text]] and [[Scene authoring tools|molecular scenes with green links]]) in Proteopedia. | A page with the word [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_(software_development) ''Sandbox''] in its title is an agreed-upon place to practice editing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wikis], including Proteopedia. The contents of ''Sandbox'' pages are '''temporary'''. Anyone is invited to change the contents of a Sandbox page, in order to learn how to create content ([[Help:Editing|text]] and [[Scene authoring tools|molecular scenes with green links]]) in Proteopedia. | ||
There are over 50 sandboxes already available in Proteopedia (see some linked in the box at right). Some Sandbox page numbers between 1 and 50 may not exist yet -- you are welcome to create them (see [[Help:Editing#How_To_Create_A_New_Page|How To Create A New Page]]). | There are over 50 sandboxes already available in Proteopedia (see some linked in the box at the upper right). Some Sandbox page numbers between 1 and 50 may not exist yet -- you are welcome to create them (see [[Help:Editing#How_To_Create_A_New_Page|How To Create A New Page]]). | ||
==Protected Sandbox | ==Reserved Blocks of Sandboxes for Students== | ||
Teachers may reserve a block of consecutively numbered sandbox pages in advance, for use by students in their classes, as described in [[Teaching Strategies Using Proteopedia]]. See, for example [[Sandbox Reserved 101]]. | |||
Sandbox pages in a reserved block are reserved for you and your students until a date specified in the original reservation. After the agreed-upon expiration date, they will be recycled for use by other classes. However, should a student author an article worthy of becoming permanent, it can be moved to a permanent page prior to the expiration date -- see [[Student Projects]]. | |||
There is an automated mechanism for this. To reserve a block of sandboxes, please contact {{Template:Contact}}. | |||
==How to Create a Protected Sandbox Page== | |||
After you apply for an account, and login (see ''request account'' at the upper right of every page), you can create Sandbox pages in your ''userspace''. These are automatically protected from editing by anyone else. They are a great place to practice, and they are also '''the best place to develop a new page or article'''. | After you apply for an account, and login (see ''request account'' at the upper right of every page), you can create Sandbox pages in your ''userspace''. These are automatically protected from editing by anyone else. They are a great place to practice, and they are also '''the best place to develop a new page or article'''. | ||
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*Suppose that your name (and your account login name) is ''Your Name''. In the wikitext box, add the following: | *Suppose that your name (and your account login name) is ''Your Name''. In the wikitext box, add the following: | ||
'''<nowiki>*[[User:Your Name/Sandbox 1]]</nowiki>''' | '''<nowiki>*[[User:Your Name/Sandbox 1]]</nowiki>''' | ||
*Don't type | *Don't type "Your Name"! Type your own real login name! | ||
*Make sure there are no spaces before the above line. It should begin at the left edge of the wikitext box. | *Make sure there are no spaces before the above line. It should begin at the left edge of the wikitext box. | ||
*Click the ''Save'' button near the bottom of the page. | *Click the ''Save'' button near the bottom of the page. | ||
Now you should see this in your page: | Now you should see this in your page: | ||
<br><font color='red'><u>User: | <br><font color='red'><u>User:Your Name/Sandbox 1</u></font> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
(The <u>underline</u> will not appear until you touch the <font color='red'>red</font> link with your mouse.) | (The <u>underline</u> will not appear until you touch the <font color='red'>red</font> link with your mouse.) | ||
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After you save your new Sandbox 1 page, if you go to your personal User page, and click your browser's Reload/Refresh button (or click it on the View menu), the link to your new page should turn <font color='blue'>blue</font>: | After you save your new Sandbox 1 page, if you go to your personal User page, and click your browser's Reload/Refresh button (or click it on the View menu), the link to your new page should turn <font color='blue'>blue</font>: | ||
<br><font color='blue'><u>User: | <br><font color='blue'><u>User:Your Name/Sandbox 1</u></font> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
The change in color of the link from <font color='red'>red</font> to <font color='blue'>blue</font> is a convention in wikis that means the page now exists (has been saved). | The change in color of the link from <font color='red'>red</font> to <font color='blue'>blue</font> is a convention in wikis that means the page now exists (has been saved). | ||
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==Publishing Your Completed Article== | ==Publishing Your Completed Article== | ||
Let's suppose that you have created an article in a Sandbox page, and now you want to "publish" it, that is, put it in the main Proteopedia database where anyone can edit it, and give it a suitable title. (A protected Sandbox page can be seen by anyone, but only you can edit it. It is not a good permanent home for a completed new page.) | Let's suppose that you have created an article in a Sandbox or [[Proteopedia:Studio|Studio]] page, and now you want to "publish" it, that is, put it in the main Proteopedia database where anyone can edit it, and give it a [[Proteopedia:Page_name|suitable title]]. (A protected Sandbox page can be seen by anyone, but only you can edit it. It is not a good permanent home for a completed new page.) | ||
Best practice is to use the ''move'' tab at the top of your Sandbox/Studio page. This will move the entire page content and history to a page with the new title you choose. Note that this will also create a permanent redirect from your page to the new title. Frequently this REDIRECT page is not needed and can be ''carefully'' deleted. Best to send an email to {{Template:Contact}} requesting the removal operation. | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About_the_Sandbox Wikipedia:About the Sandbox] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About_the_Sandbox Wikipedia:About the Sandbox] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sandbox Wikipedia:Sandbox] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sandbox Wikipedia:Sandbox] | ||
*[[Teaching Strategies Using Proteopedia]] | |||
*[[Proteopedia:Page name]] | |||