Template:Sandbox notice
 | This is the sandbox of Sandbox notice. A sandbox is a subpage of a template or article used to test a change to the main article or template before deploying said changes. Once you have finished with the test, please erase the contents of this page leaving this box ({{Sandbox notice}}) in place. (diff) See also: Main sandbox
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| Template documentation follows |
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| Note: the template above may sometimes be partially or fully invisible. |
| Visit "Template:Sandbox notice/doc" to edit its documentation if it is available. (How does this work?) |
 | 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 other sandboxes. |
Usage
On sandbox pages (or user sandbox pages where {{User page}} is not used), put this code…
{{Sandbox notice}}
…as close to the top of the page as possible, so readers notice it.
Parameters
{{Sandbox notice|parent_pagename|optional_link_text}}
TemplateData
TemplateData for Sandbox notice
Adds a notice that a page is a sandbox of another
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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| Parent page name | 1 | The name of the live ("production") page the sandbox mirrors, i.e."This is the sandbox of …"; will be linked.
| Page name | optional |
| Link text | 2 | The link text to be displayed for the parent of the sandbox, often simply omitting the namespace.
| Line | optional |
| Override namespace | demospace | Forces the template to behave as though it was present in the value namespace, bypassing the prohibition on use in article namespace; for demonstration purposes only.
| Line | optional |
See also
- {{Template sandbox notice}} — Notice for template sandboxes
- {{Sandbox exists}} — Talk message box informing editors that a sandbox exists for the transcluding page