Help:Jargon

When a new editor joins the ROBLOX Wikia, one of the first hurdles s/he faces is definining and knowing some  of the lingo that is thrown around the wiki. This "dictionary" will give editors an understanding of the most commonly used terms and abbreviations on the ROBLOX Wikia.

Terms Related to the Rules

 * Non-Celebrity User  (NCU) : This term is used to identify player pages that do not meet the notability policies. For instance, creating a page on the mainspace about a player with only 20 place visits can result in that page being deleted or redirected with a note that the page is an NCU page.
 *  Non-Celebrity Place (NCU Place) : Like NCU, this describes a place that does not meet the notability poliies.
 *  Non-Celebrity Group (NCU Group) : This term defines a ROBLOX group page that does not meet the notability policies.
 *  Sockpuppetry : This term describes the process of a Wikia user creating multiple accounts for his/her own advantage. Sockpuppets are commonly used to evade punishments or create a false level of support for that specific user. For example, a user who is nominated for User of the Year and creates alternate Wikia accounts to vote for him/her would cause the user and all of his/her accounts to be punished for sockpuppetry.
 *  Pointsgaming : This is the process of spamming Wikia pages for the purpose of gaining additional achievements. An example will include a user who posts "asdf" to 10 different blog posts in order to gain the And One More Thing achievement.
 *  Vandalism : This is the process of maliciously removing content, adding false information, or other actions that deteriorate the quality of a page. Blanking a page and replacing it with "asdfqwerty" and pornographic pictures will result in a block because of vandalism.
 * Block : A ban.

Terms Related to Pages

 *  Namespace : The specific title that goes before the name of a page. Examples include User:, Community:, and Catalog:. More information can be found here.
 *  Userspace : This term is used to define the User:Playername/Pagename namespace. Non-celebrity pages are oftentimes redirected to the userspace.
 *  Redirect : The process of moving a page. Redirection can involve changing the title of the page and/or changing the namespace.

Terms Related to Editing

 * Template : Lines of coding that are represented by an easy-to-use button. Instead of typing "this page is a candidate for deletion, and here's the reason why", editors can use the delete template. Templates are typically used to create a uniform appearance to a Wikia.
 *  Infobox : This is a subcatagory of templates. When creating a page about a user, place, hat, or gear, an infobox is typically added to provide easy-to-access details about that item.
 *  Rollback : A feature that allows specific users to undo all the edits that a specified user posts on a page without having to go to the undo confirmation screen. Rollbacks are commonly used in instances of mass vandalism.
 * Visual Mode : This editing mode is similar to a word processing program and is commonly used by newer editors. With visual mode, no coding is displayed.
 *  Source Mode : Unlike visual mode, source mode displays all of the coding related to a page. Source mode is typically used when writing in HTML or when troubleshooting errors within a page.