User talk:Michaelh.dick/sandbox

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This is a public place where you can ask questions, talk about problems, and discuss Wikipedia with classmates and other Wikipedians. Please ensure you sign your questions and organize them appropriately on this page. Note that there is a course-only forum on Blackboard where internal discussions can be held.

Michael Dick 03:52, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Personal sandbox
A sandbox is a place for you to "play around", edit your own work, figure out how to work with the wiki-form, etc. Sandboxes are extensions of user profile pages and look exactly like articles. They just aren't a part of the "mainspace" and thus won't be under the watchful eye of the community.

To create a sandbox, add this text to the edit box on your profile page, enclosed in two sets of square brackets :

/sandbox|My Sandbox

Michael Dick 03:52, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Useful links
You should become familiar with the following pages to better understand Wikipedia and its rhetorical approach:


 * Introduction
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page
 * An even more extensive resource for editing
 * What makes a topic worthy of inclusion
 * How to write a great article
 * Help pages
 * Evolution of an article

Michael Dick 03:52, 2 August 2012 (UTC)