Help:Jargon

One of the first hurdles a new editor who joins the Roblox Wiki might face is knowing the words that are used around the wiki to describe aspects of the editing process. This glossary provides definitions of the most commonly used terms and abbreviations on the Roblox Wiki. New editors who want to learn to improve this wiki are strongly recommended to look at the contributing portal.

Terms related to the rules

 * non-notable user
 * A Roblox user is said to not be notable if he does not match the criteria of the notability policy. In the most general case, users must have more than 750,000 place visits to be considered notable. Pages about users who are not notable will be deleted or moved to the user space.
 * Synonyms: Non-celebrity user (NCU)


 * non-notable group
 * A Roblox group is said to not be notable if it does not match the criteria of the notability policy. In the most general case, groups must have more than 15,000 members to be considered notable. Pages about groups that are not notable will be deleted or moved to the user space.
 * Synonyms: Non-celebrity group (NCU group)


 * non-notable game
 * A Roblox game is said to not be notable if he does not match the criteria of the notability policy. In the most general case, games must have been visited more than 750,000 times to be considered notable. Pages about games that are not notable will be deleted or moved to the user space.
 * Synonyms: Non-celebrity game (NCU game)


 * sock puppetry
 * Sock puppetry is the use of multiple user accounts on the Roblox Wiki for an improper purpose. A sock puppet may be an account created by a user to evade blocks, create a false impression of support for a decision,  deceive or mislead other contributors, or disrupt discussions. Sock puppetry is not permitted on this wiki.


 * pointsgaming
 * Pointsgaming is the act of performing actions that do not improve this wiki to obtain points or badges. Pointsgaming is not allowed on this wiki, and users who attempt to get points or badges without improving the wiki may be blocked from editing.


 * vandalism
 * Vandalism consists in all the changes in content done deliberately to deteriorate it. Vandalism is prohibited on this wiki, and vandals will be prohibited from editing. For example, blanking a page and replacing it with "asdfqwerty" and pornographic pictures will result in a block because of vandalism.


 * block
 * A block is a restriction put on an user by an administrator that prevents that user from editing the wiki and performing some other actions.
 * Synonyms: Ban

Terms related to content

 * namespace
 * A namespace is the set of all pages with a name that begins with a word recognized by the MediaWiki software that is followed by a colon (e.g.  Help:Jargon, this page). More information can be found in the Newbie's Guide to Naming Pages.


 * user space
 * This term refers to user pages and their subpages. In other words, it refers to pages in the user namespace (e.g. User:Dronian/Relorelo94).


 * redirect
 * A redirect page is a page that points to another page and that, when visited, will redirect the reader to the page it points to.

Terms related to editing

 * template
 * A template is a page with content that can be transcluded in another page. While it is possible to transclude any page into another, templates are specifically put in the template namespace.


 * transclusion
 * Transclusion is the process of including the content of one page in another.


 * infobox
 * An infobox is a template providing information about the subject of the article. Infoboxes are used in user, place and item pages, and also in some other pages.


 * rollback
 * The rollback permission allows users to revert edits with one click. Any user is already able to revert edits, so the rollback permission is more a convenience than an actual technical ability. Rollbacks are very useful to revert mass vandalism.