Personal Subpages
As shown in Figure 3-5, once youâre registered and logged on, Wikipedia shows, in the screenâs upper right, a link to your personal page (click your user name). Thereâs also a link to your user talk page (click âmy talkâ), which is described in detail as described in Chapter 8 (starting on User Talk Page Postings). This page is for other editors to talk to you. These two standard links are in red if not yet created, or in blue, if they exist.
Youâre not limited to one personal page in Wikipedia (or two, if you count the user talk page, but thatâs really a discussion page, not a page for you to play with). You can create additional personal pages if you want. In Wikipedia, these additional pages are called subpages.
Warning
Donât use the techniques in this section to create a subpage of an article. Although you can create such a subpage, an administrator will soon either move or delete it. Donât create such a subpage as a testâthatâs considered vandalism. It wastes the time of editors who monitor new page creation, and of administrators, who are the only people who can delete Wikipedia pages.
Creating Your Personal Sandbox
In Chapter 1, while editing the common sandbox, you saw the problem of an edit conflict (???). Creating your own page to practice atâthat is, your own sandboxâtakes care of the edit conflict problem. You also donât see any of the standard warnings or hidden text that come with the common sandbox. Plus itâs good practice ...
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