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The /sandbox may not have the latest version of the template code in it, so before you make a change, you need to synchronize it with the main template. Copy the entire contents of the main template to the /sandbox subpage, and save the page. Your edit summary should be something like "synchronize with the main template", or simply "sync".
If you want to watch all the videos sequentially, you can download them to a directory on your computer (for example, in Microsoft Windows: C:\JUNK), and make a playlist file for VLC media player (for example, C:\JUNK\mediawiki_video.m3u). In the playlist file, edit a list of your video files in the order you want them to play:
To get there, type "Template:foo" in the search box (see search), or make a wikilink like [[Template:foo]] somewhere, such as in the sandbox, and click on it. Once you are there, just click "edit" or "edit this page" at the very top of the page (not the documentation edit button lower down) and edit it in the same way that you would any other page.
Before doing changes to a template it can be good to first copy the template code to a sandbox and run some testcases, since the template might be visible on thousands or even millions of pages. If you create subpages named exactly " /sandbox " and " /testcases " to a template then the green {{documentation}} box on the template auto-detects ...
There is also an API sandbox for those wanting to test api.php's features. Special:Export can be used to obtain bulk export of page content in XML form. See Manual:Parameters to Special:Export for arguments; Status: Built-in feature of MediaWiki, available on all Wikimedia servers.
Do NOT, under any circumstances, place promotional, copyrighted, offensive, or libelous content in sandbox pages. Repeatedly doing so WILL get you blocked from editing. For more info about sandboxes, see Wikipedia:About the sandbox and Help:My sandbox. New to Wikipedia? See the contributing to Wikipedia page or our tutorial. Questions? Try the ...
Create a link to the page you want. You can do this by editing your user page and adding [[/sandbox]]; this will link to a subpage called "sandbox". Click the link (which should be red, because the page does not exist yet). Write something in the edit window, add an edit summary, and press Publish changes. You can press the edit button to make ...
The Missing Manual: a comprehensive how-to book that explains everything about contributing for novice to expert editors. Wikipedia instructional material : a listing of screencasts, videos, and books.