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If I try to post an answer in the Sandbox for Proposed Challenges, it tells me the following:

This question has more than 30 answers already.

Did you read through all the existing answers first to make sure your answer will be contributing something new?

Also, please note that you can click the edit link on any of these answers to improve them.

I'm not sure if this warning is entirely appropriate. Would it be possible to disable it for the sandbox?

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    \$\begingroup\$ Is it really such a problem? It's just a minor thing that you have to dismiss. \$\endgroup\$
    – Beta Decay
    Nov 8, 2014 at 10:54
  • \$\begingroup\$ I don't think the moderators would have that level of control as to disable specific messages. \$\endgroup\$
    – PhiNotPi
    Nov 8, 2014 at 17:52
  • \$\begingroup\$ @PhiNotPi Moderators probably cannot, but I think developers can, at least if they find it worth it. \$\endgroup\$
    – ProgramFOX
    Nov 9, 2014 at 13:08

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Did you read through all the existing answers first to make sure your answer will be contributing something new?

I don't think this is inappropriate at all. You might not need to read all of the existing answers, but you should at least run a search to see if something similar has been suggested before. If so, you may notice issues that would naturally come up in your challenge.

Either way, it's at most a reminder to check for duplicates.

Also, please note that you can click the edit link on any of these answers to improve them.

This only really applies if you did find an almost identical post. It's probably not worded perfectly for the sandbox, but I don't see why it would be worth developer time to customize the warning for a single question on a single meta.

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    \$\begingroup\$ I see, you're right, I guess. \$\endgroup\$
    – alexia
    Nov 12, 2014 at 12:40

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