User talk:Mackjuddco

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Managing a conflict of interest
I had mistakenly put a COI uw template here, due to a misunderstanding. My apologies I have now removed it. User:IAmChaos


 * Thanks IAmChaos. I was only trying to save my sandbox and couldn't figure out how to do so.  The instructions made it seem like I should click publish and then click another button to actually submit it for review.  I definitely didn't want to publish or submit this article for review.  I am just writing a fake article about myself to practice formatting and such.  Do you know if there is a way to write a sandbox article for only me and return to it later?  Or does sandbox not have persistence?


 * Oh, so sorry, I just went back and looked at what you had in the sandbox. That's no problem at all, I had honestly only glanced at it, that is my mistake. I have removed the warning per the relevant instructions. I should have looked closer. And don't worry the sandbox is exactly the place to figure out formatting, I hope I don't scare you away from the project. And you didn't submit it for a review, you were doing everything correctly. My apologies, and Happy Editing Signed,  IAm Chaos  03:54, 19 January 2022 (UTC)


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No problem. I appreciate your help! Is there a way to have a private sandbox with persistence or is that not a feature? I was hoping to have a private page to play around with and return to, but I don’t want to follow my plan of a fake article about me if it’s visible to others. I’m a longtime user and donor to Wikipedia. I would never intentionally break the rules or deface it.

Mackjuddco (talk) 05:45, 19 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Well, all pages are visible to all users, but the sand box is the exact right place to test things see H:SANDBOX. Misuse of the sandbox would be the relevant infopage about bad things to do in the sandbox, but in my opinion, you werent, and I just made a mistake. Happy Editing! Signed,  IAm Chaos  05:51, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for being so helpful! I appreciate it! Mackjuddco (talk) 05:52, 19 January 2022 (UTC)