Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-35301431-20141201072351/@comment-53539-20141209134652

Luka went into sandbox mode because I wanted to fix up a problem, it can't be fixed but now it stays in sandbox until she is released because "anything can change". Keeping a sandbox in sandbox mode until release date is the "safest" method of handling new vocals. I would get used to it because we basically are doing this from now on.

We've had too many issues..."Male and female Spanish vocals" should NEVER have made it as a title... Meaw.... Ring and Lui... Issues like this could have been resolved by sandboxing and though it was advised for Bruno and Clara when nobody had their names, people still ignored it. Their information, since they didn't have a name, should have stayed on Status.

Sandboxing both new and vet pages, means we have a "code of practice" and all vocals new and old are basically being treated equally, given time for adjustments to occur and tweaks to happen. It also gives every editor a chance to get their bit in and forces less stress on them. Basically, there are more reasons for a page for any new voice being "sandboxed" rather then "live".

Comments don't work, but there is some pros and cons for either. It prevents hype, but stops spam and trolls attacking the vocal in the comments section before its released. Basically, it gives the vocal half a chance. We have blogs and you have the forum, so there are alternatives to comments.

Regardless, the situation is basically that we MUST have the page live on release date, or within a day or two at the most so people can get on with things. >_<

I'm more of a fan for the sandbox practice, as a prevention system. Having made a few pages that should have been sandboxed first, but since it wasn't the norm I didn't consider it, I think this is for the best. Acting as a security blanket for editors alone is a good enough reason.

Bunai might tell us to move to a new topic like we did with the pokemon, so bare that in mind if we're talking about this. We could get warnings soon.:-/

You know when you do searches...? You get this list on the right side of your web browser telling you the top pages? I think this is the first time "Main age" has been in the no.1 spot. Usually, Miku holds that spot but she is in 7th. Its normal for her, Luka, Kaito, Gumi, the Kagamines and Ia to be on there somewhere. At one stage all memembers of the Big 8 used to swap out... Haven't seen Gackpo in a while.

One of the reasons I myself started using "Big 8" wasn't just because everyone else was using it, but also because they ended up in the top 7 pages of the wikia. Today, apart from the Mainpage, Gumi and the CFM vocals hold the top 7. The main page being there feels so out of place. >_<