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Way too many shortcuts

The template as it stands lists a frankly ridiculous seven "shortcut" redirects to help people navigate to the sandbox. I think this is completely overkill and it just makes the header look cluttered and confusing, we don't need to add every all caps redirect in existence in the shortcuts box. The seven links currently included are WP:SB, WP:SAND, WP:SANDBOX, WP:TEST, WP:TESTING, WP:FOO and WP:FOOBAR. I think that this should be trimmed down to just one or two links, my preference would be WP:SB and WP:SAND. WP:SANDBOX and WP:TESTING are not good shortcuts because they are just as long as the page title, while WP:FOOBAR saves only one character, and I don't think WP:TEST, WP:TESTING, WP:FOO and WP:FOOBAR are as intuitive as the shortcut redirects that are actually related to the page's title. Thoughts? 192.76.8.77 (talk) 22:22, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Good point, the latter four are also not used often despite being shown as possible shortcuts in the template, so little is lost by their removal. I have boldly deleted them [1]. 15 (talk) 16:08, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Possibility of page specific change

WOuld it be possible to make the template contain the text "This is not an actual draft" if used on Draft:Sandbox? I often see users using the Draft sandbox as an actual draft since, well, it's in Draftspace. Granted this may do absolutely nothing because the users probably don't read it anyways, but maybe it would encourage those who are wanting to create a draft to use the AFC process so that all their hard work doesn't get erased. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 19:33, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

Template discussion at VP

For your information, there is a discussion related to this template at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#The sandbox header should be removed. Alexcalamaro (talk) 05:40, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Converting of the sandbox reset link to a button

Moved to Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) § Converting of the sandbox reset link to a button

 – - Master of Hedgehogs ^{(converse) (hate that hedgehog!)} 13:54, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

In case you're wondering, making it go from this:

Click here to reset the sandbox.

To this:

Click here to reset the sandbox.

Is it possible? - The  Master of  clockHedgehogsclock ^{(always up for a conversation!)} 13:35, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Discussion at WP:VPR § Reworking Sandbox Heading

 You are invited to join the discussion at WP:VPR § Reworking Sandbox Heading. ‍—‍a smart kitten_[meow] 19:34, 16 March 2024 (UTC)