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!Some Existing Sandboxes | |||
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[[Sandbox 1]] ... [[Sandbox 50]] | |||
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[[Sandbox1]] ... [[Sandbox56]] | |||
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[[Sandbox108]] | |||
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[[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== | ||
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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]]). | 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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==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== | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sandbox Wikipedia:Sandbox] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sandbox Wikipedia:Sandbox] | ||
*[[Teaching Strategies Using Proteopedia]] | *[[Teaching Strategies Using Proteopedia]] | ||
*[[Proteopedia:Page name]] | |||