Board Thread:Wiki discussion/@comment-26397550-20190601053913

Hello, everyone. For many people right now, school is ending (or has already ended). As people have more free time, we are expecting increased activity and many new wiki contributors.

Since of many recent events in Roblox and other happenings on the wiki, we’d like to inform you of a few reminders on our policies and other changes and additions.

About unconfirmed information
A major reminder is as follows: If it is not officially announced by Roblox, take it as FALSE.

Roblox has made a few odd updates here and there to the site and client files lately. A lot of YouTubers have made videos with wild claims about new features and major removals coming to Roblox. Subsequently, many people are coming here and adding it onto article pages. We don’t know the full story right now for many of these things. Therefore, please don’t add anything about them to articles, or make any threads regarding speculation or repeating claims of YouTubers.

In additional matter to YouTubers, remember that for other topics, that news videos by drama or commentary channels are not things that can be used as reliable sources for articles. Read our first Wiki Tips blog post for more info.

Article Commenting
A recent problem we have had is unnecessary or spammy commenting from a large amount of newer editors. This involves large amounts of commenting across pages on the wiki, or on particular pages.

To keep it simple, you do NOT need to comment on an article. If you have nothing worthwhile to say, don’t. Don’t use the random page function or dig through pages with lots of comments to look for stuff to reply to. Don’t reply to every comment. You don’t need to. This is spam.

Remember: have each of your comments hold a purpose and meaning. If you have nothing to say, or nothing worthwhile to say, don’t post it.

General Behavior
As a general reminder, we have particular rules on user conduct on this wiki. Since these have been in common violation lately, we’d like to outline the most important parts of it so you’re all aware:


 * Treat everyone with respect, and be polite. Bullying and other hurtful or harmful speech and treatment of others is not tolerated on the wiki.
 * Rants, attacks, and other unsupported claims will be removed. Flamebait or other content that may stir up drama isn’t allowed.
 * Do not minimod. Please don’t take it upon yourself to warn other users for what you think is a rule-break. If you notice any issue with behaviour that isn’t being managed, bring it to the attention of a mod or admin on their message wall.
 * Do not bother verified users. We expect you to treat verified users as any other editor.

Necroposting & LockForums
As some of you may have noticed, threads have a warning on after 30 days since the last reply, and automatically locks the thread after 60 days. This is due to our somewhat recent addition of the LockForums extension.

Necrobumping is a problem on the wiki, which is why we've added this extension. As such, our enforcement of necroposting will be more strict. Remember to not post on old or resolved threads and message wall posts, including message wall posts you have no reason to reply to.

Userboxes
We are semi-regularly updating Project:Userboxes with new infoboxes. If you’re interested, read the article to learn how to add some fun customization to your user page.

Twitter
The Roblox Wikia now has a Twitter account! Follow us @RBLXWikia. We will post things such as events, featured pages, and more. Don't miss out!  