[WikiEN-l] The sandbox incubator

Thu Jun 30 05:28:22 UTC 2005

Erik Moeller wrote:

>
> Ever since WikiChess became popular and accepted on Wikipedia, the 
> sandbox has turned into an incubator for new "wikigames". The problem 
> with this is that, as long as a page is a subpage of the sandbox, it 
> is very difficult to delete it, because it is regarded as "legitimate 
> playground." On the other hand, once a game has found a sufficient 
> number of players, these players are all likely to vote "keep" when 
> the game eventually and inevitably creeps into the Wikipedia 
> namespace, as has happened with chess.

Wow, I had no idea the sandbox was being used this way. Zap it. Automated
daily deletion of subpages, perhaps?

Users can host games on their own subpages if they really want, or (better)
set up a dedicated wiki, call it wikiplay or something.

Stan