Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikipedia:Sandbox (2nd nomination)

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The result was Not the place for this discussion Jclemens-public (talk) 19:29, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Sandbox

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The sandbox is a page that has no clear intention, rather than new users posting at times libelous, offensive material and other kinds of vandalism. People should use their user page for experimenting, and removal of the sandbox will decrease vandalism acts, if users are urged to carry out editing tests on their own user page. MikeNicho231 (talk) 16:55, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Sandbox is often used for test edits by IPs who don't even know how to find their user talk page. The Sandbox is a good place for them to learn the basics. Yes, there is quite a bit of vandalism that does occur there, but it is better to channel such vandalism towards a project-space page, than to have it sprawl over the mainspace. Nsk92 (talk) 17:16, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep - it is a place for people who are just trying to start to test out what they want to do. Giving them a place to "play" helps keep them from doing things to articles until they are ready. Yes, they can use their user space as well, but I see no compelling reason to take away this space. LadyofShalott 17:23, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and speedy close. First off, pages in the Wikipedia namespace belong at WP:MFD, not here. Secondly, to echo MuZemike's closing comment from the last AfD, sensitive/libelous material can be removed by oversight or RevDel. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 17:56, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.