Board Thread:Wiki discussion/@comment-4196050-20181005160556

It’s that time again…. Time for another announcement from your favorite Roblox Wikia administrators! We have been busy putting the finishing touches on features we think you guys will love (OK…. much of it was crying, but let’s ignore that).

General rules reminders and updates
Let’s get the most serious stuff done first. With Thundermaker300’s Developer Connections project, we are going to be a lot stricter with possible impersonation of other famous Robloxians or administrators. We have written a new policy on impersonation and our verification process in our wiki policies. To ensure everyone is on the same page… "The Roblox Wikia strictly prohibits impersonation. ’’’Impersonation is defined as having an exact username as a famous Robloxian or Roblox staff or using a known handle of that player, making edits as if you were the person, or using an editor's or administrator's profile picture to mislead other editors’’’. Editors who are found to be impersonating may be requested to have their user information (username, profile picture) changed, edits deleted from the wiki, or blocked. Under the wiki's guiding principle to assume good faith, administrators will give editors the chance to go through a verification process. Verification may include tasks like messaging an administrator on Roblox and using verification bots like RoVer."

- Roblox Wikia policies

When a famous Robloxian is verified by the Roblox Wikia staff, they will have a template added to their page. The template’s coding has been modified so that it only appears on profiles administrators want it to appear on, so there is no chance of editors using it to impersonate other Robloxians or otherwise adding it to their page. An example of what the template looks like can be found on Shedletsky’s user page.

It should also be noted that bothering notable verified users - especially against their wishes - is also against our policies. Please be considerate and respect them.

While we’re talking about rules, we want to remind everyone that we discourage people from posting controversial topics or “flamebait”. While it’s OK to have differing opinions from other editors, we don’t want players posting controversial topics for the sole purpose of starting arguments (“Roblox sucks!” or “The worst Roblox YouTubers”).

Roblox Wikia Games progress
Thundermaker300 and Anzu-TLK are making some great progress on our Roblox Wikia Games project! If you missed testing last week, we did a mass stress test on the Roblox Wikia trivia game and are now working on putting the final finishing touches before we host our first official trivia event.

Thunder and Anzu have also begun to work on our official game place that we will use to host meet-and-greets, mini-games, and simply hang out with your favorite Roblox Wikia administrators (and get to see our crying corner!). We’re looking for ideas of what you would want in the game, so please let us know!

If you’re interested in helping test RWG projects or want to see some previews, join our Discord server.

Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween! To get everyone into the SPOOKY spirit, we have updated the wiki’s theme with a preview of this year’s Halloween event!

Anzu is also planning to release more Halloween merchandise at our Roblox Wikia group store. Remember to check out last year’s clothes, and keep an eye out for more coming soon!  