Wikiversity talk:Sandbox

There should be people watching the sandbox
Dave and I have been watching the Sandbox constantly, is anyone else interested in volunteering? --Goldenburg111 (talk) 15:22, 14 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes I will, but what do I have to do? --71.235.232.65 (discuss) 21:44, 28 March 2014‎ (UTC)


 * Cleanup the sandbox by reverting cleanup edits! --Goldenburg111 21:46, 28 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, it just needs to be reset occasionally, but not over-zealously. In particular, don't reset it if a user has been editing within the last hour or so.  They may still be testing something.  -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 23:46, 28 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep up the good work. --Rockchalk 03 (discuss • contribs) 12:20, 31 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Maybe, but it is really necessary? I can see in the page history that a robot is running sometimes ("Robot: Automatically cleaned"). If it was written in the information box when it was running (for example at a specified day and time every week), then nobody should be surprised if what they have written, will disappear. /Patrik Näsfors (discuss • contribs) 19:05, 12 October 2016 (UTC)


 * I clean it when what is already there might discourage another editor from testing their own edits. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 19:13, 12 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Sorry Dave if I don't understand your answer (so clarify if you like), but if it is reset often enough, I can't see why it should be necessary to watch and do it manually. At OpenSourceCMS (where you also can try a demo of MediaWiki, which the link points to), demos are deleted and re-installed every hour. I don't know how much a bot can be programmed to do, but as you stated above, it could be fine if the bot could see if there is more than an hour since the last edit before purging the page. Could that be done? It's just a suggestion so people don't have to check and clean manually like now. /Patrik Näsfors (discuss • contribs) 20:34, 12 October 2016 (UTC)


 * It isn't reset often enough. The bot that is active here only resets the sandbox on Saturday mornings. It's certainly possible to write a bot to do this. I don't run mine unattended, but I'd be happy to help someone else learn how to write the code to do this if they're interested. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 20:58, 12 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the clarification. I'd be happy to help with that. I also have a server running continuously if that's a requirement. I haven't learned to program in Python yet, but it's on my to-learn list and I'd like to learn what else is necessary. (I'm also a quick learner). But actually it seems the Mu301Bot does not run anything at the moment (and the task to clean the Sandbox have been inactive since July 2016).


 * I can also see why it's necessary to do it manually once in a while, because the page is totally changed sometimes. That raises another question. Is it possible to protect a section at the top (the header) and prevent that it is modified, or can only whole pages be protected? Or might a solution be to create subpages for sandboxing? /Patrik Näsfors (discuss • contribs) 22:40, 12 October 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm a bit biased, but there's a good Python course at Python Programming. There's sample bot code at MediaWiki API/Pywikibot. The Pywikibot course is very outdated, but the instructions at mw:Manual:Pywikibot were good the last time I tried them (maybe six months ago). -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 00:28, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Education
I would like to find out more information about free learning resources on the internet that once completed and I pass the course I would earn a free certificate showing my accomplishments. ChrisREdG33 (discuss • contribs) 20:48, 20 July 2018 (UTC)


 * In most cases, free certificates are worth what you pay for them. Free learning is great. Free proof of learning doesn't go very far. I encourage you to look at your goals and determine what proof of education is necessary for those goals. If it is a portfolio, create your own proof of experience. If certification is required, you'll likely need to pay for that testing or proof. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 13:07, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

Science
I think we should a develop scientific project Umeh elochukwu (discuss • contribs) 13:59, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

We should try making a drone Umeh elochukwu (discuss • contribs) 14:01, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

love,live, and let go
I just wanted to see if anyone is actually interested in conversation on this choice of a topic that I chose. If you are interested then please say so and I will begin. Ronniewaddle79 (discuss • contribs) 21:14, 15 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I am interested, please proceed @Ronniewaddle79 Sierra Seven (discuss • contribs) 13:17, 9 June 2024 (UTC)