WikiProject:Remove Categories from Sandboxes

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Removing old categories from Sandboxes

Purpose

The purpose is to examine our old sandbox pages and clear out any locality/topic specific categories and replace it with the Sandbox Category. This is to remove categories from showing sandboxes in the list of Wiki pages with these categories.

Contact

Danielle

Task List

Task List

Instructions

1. Use either an old Sandbox Wiki page or create a new one. Here are instructions on how to make your own sandbox page.

2. Once you have a sandbox page to work on, copy and paste the following onto your sandbox page.

{{Special:PrefixIndex/User:YOURUSERNAME}}

3. Replace YOURUSERNAME with your personal FamilySearch username. For example, {{Special:PrefixIndex/User:Batsondl}}

4. This special code will list all of your CORRECTLY title sandbox names on this Sandbox.
5. Starting with the first sandbox on your list, visit your page and see if you are currently using it for a project you are actively working on.
6. If you no longer need the content on the page, go to Part 1. If you wish to keep the content on the page, go to Part 2.

Please note, you do not have to delete any content from any old sandboxes. The desire here is to clean up old content and take sandboxes out of categories. There is no pressure to delete anything from your sandboxes.

Part 1: Don't Need Content on the Page

1. If you've decided you no longer need to the content on the page, click on Edit source at the top of your sandbox Wiki page.

2. Delete any content from the sandbox page as necessary, including any categories on the page. You may want to leave a note on the page for you to reuse the sandbox page, but there is no pressure to do so.

3. Now add the following wikitext code to the page. Or, if the sandbox category is already on the page, do not delete it.

[[Category:Sandbox]]

3. Save the Wiki page. You can leave a summary message if you wish, but it is not required.

4. Check the bottom of the Wiki page to make sure the only category listed is Sandbox and that it is a working link.

5. Return to your sandbox page with your list of sandbox pages and choose the next one.

Part 2: Keep Content on the Page

1. If you are currently working on the sandbox page, you may leave the content as is.

2. In addition to the category on the page, check to see if there is a Sandbox category on the page. If it is not, add the following wikitext code to help identify that this is a sandbox page.

[[Category:Sandbox]]

3. Save the Wiki page. You can leave a summary message if you wish, but it is not required.

4. Return to your sandbox page with your list of sandbox pages and choose the next one.