Thing # 15: Sandbox!

Well, that was fun. I logged into the NVDPL Sandbox Wiki and added my travels to the general list (Can it really be that I'm the only one here who's been to Wales? That seems unlikely, somehow), as well as my favorite book and movie, and a cute kid story from when I was on the LV Children's desk this morning.

Then I noticed that the "Favourite Movies" category, though it was linked in the narrative text on the home page, wasn't listed along with the other sections in the sidebar. I thought, "Hey, this is a wiki, I can add it myself! I am empowered!" So I did.

When I clicked "Save" on my sidebar edit, I got this message:

This page, 'SideBar', gets special handling on PBwiki — its contents will be shown as part of the sidebar drawn on all standard pages. By deleting this page you can remove the sidebar display. If all 3 special pages (SideBar, QuickStart, RecentActivity) are deleted or otherwise don't exist, the sidebar is not shown. In addition, the sidebar is not shown when viewing these pages themselves, like you are doing now.

And I thought, "Gosh, I could delete the whole sidebar right now if I wanted to! In fact, I could delete all the content, including everyone's travels and favorite books! I'm empowered!"

But I didn't.

Anyone else could, though. Such is the double-edged sword of wikis.