Talk:Roblox

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• Please expand the lead to conform with guidelines at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section. The article should have an appropriate number of paragraphs as is shown on WP:LEAD, and should adequately summarize the article.^[?]
• Consider adding more links to the article; per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking and Wikipedia:Build the web, create links to relevant articles.^[?]
• Per MOS:CAPTION, Images should have concise captions.^[?]
• As per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers, dates shouldn't use ^th; for example, instead of (if such appeared in the article) using January 30^th was a great day, use January 30 was a great day.^[?]
• Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Section headings, headings generally should not repeat the title of the article. For example, if the article was Ferdinand Magellan, instead of using the heading ==Magellan's journey==, use ==Journey==.^[?] Thinking of Roblox Studio
• Per criterion 2b of Wikipedia:Featured article criteria and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout#Headings and sections, this article's table of contents (ToC) may be too long – consider shrinking it down by merging short sections or using a proper system of daughter pages as per Wikipedia:Summary style.^[?]
• This article may need to undergo summary style, where a series of appropriate subpages are used. For example, if the article is United States, then an appropriate subpage would be History of the United States, such that a summary of the subpage exists on the mother article, while the subpage goes into more detail.^[?]
• Please ensure that the article has gone through a thorough copyediting so that it exemplifies some of Wikipedia's best work. See also User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a.^[?]

You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions for further ideas. Thanks, — Yours, Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 08:55, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Also, a few of my suggestions:

• Remove citations from lead per WP:CITELEAD
• Try to make the article have a better flow. Some sentences are quite short and can easily be merged with other sentences.
• Expand the infobox: There are many more parameters that can be filled there; there isn't even a link to the website!
• External links should go above references (at least I believe)
• In § Development, it seems to read as more a timeline than an actual paragraph
• There are some sections that can easily be merged, for example § Players, is this really worth a whole section?
• This is just my opinion, but the article seems to go into a bit too much detail. All of the sets include a code that can be used to redeem virtual items.

Once again, just some of my opinions, I may be completely wrong! — Yours, Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 09:05, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

User:Berrely, I've implemented a couple of your suggestions, there is a bit of a problem with LEADCITE, since most of the content in the lead is not actually cited elsewhere in the article, we have to keep the citations there for now, or otherwise it would fail WP:V. I'm not entirely sure how to fix that at the moment, but expanding the "Development" section (which is definitely the weakest one IMO) to include a more general overview of the history of Roblox might help, and would also help with the other problems with that section. I am fairly sure, from looking at a few prominent articles, that References are supposed to be above external links though. Devonian Wombat (talk) 03:46, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Devonian Wombat, sorry for replying so late! Apologies I was viewing on mobile and got confused by the references, you are correct on that front. The reason there shouldn't be citations in the lead is that the lead is meant to relay information already said in the article, but this is not a huge problem. Good job on massively improving this article (really comparing the current article from when you first edited it and now is astounding)! — Yours, Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 09:19, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 2 January 2021

When I went on Piggy yesterday, it had over 7.1B visits. You might want to update the page to show the current visit count. 84.69.19.74 (talk) 15:25, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 19:46, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 6 January 2021

Xaqaii (talk) 17:17, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

For the Roblox logos, the newest logo, (The one with the 2017-2018) It's still up and running. so why does it say 2017-2018?

 Done I removed the 2018 (end date) year from the image caption. Terasail^[✉] 18:00, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 13 January 2021

It is worthy to tell here that Roblox uses a third-party source for text filtering. CommunitySift shows the brand Roblox on their own homepage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChrisvanChip (talk • contribs) 09:16, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

 Done, but I used a different source. Ididntknowausername (talk) 03:14, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Draft: Royale High/Merging with Roblox# Popular games

I created a draft about the game called Royale High. If you want to contribute or think it should be merged with the Roblox page, don't hesitate to speak. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RoyaleHighFan (talk • contribs) 17:50, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 21 January 2021

2601:989:4180:CDD0:B423:D2DF:9DDD:811 (talk) 15:03, 21 January 2021 (UTC) on the Roblox one the last word “playbase” Your suppose to put a space between those to make it “play base”

 Partly done: changed wording to "playerbase", which should be more acceptable. Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 19:16, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 28 January 2021

There's a formatting issue in Popular games. The subheadings are italic, when they shouldn't be. Hawksbydesign (talk) 20:42, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

, Not done this is deliberate, since the subheadings are the names of games, which should be italicised per WP:VG/STYLE. Devonian Wombat (talk) 22:38, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Got it, Thanks. Hawksbydesign (talk) 23:36, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 3 February 2021

ok i need to edit a lot of stuff Hwshfiqwe (talk) 22:48, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Larry Hockett (Talk) 22:55, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

"Roblox Guest" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Roblox Guest. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 February 6#Roblox Guest until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 🌸 1.Ayana 🌸 (talk) 11:54, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 11 February 2021

New studio logo

https://twitter.com/robloxdevrel/status/1359612056589062144 71.254.10.148 (talk) 10:31, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Problem with this is that it may no longer be TOO. So a fair use rationale may be needed. — Yours, Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 09:04, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

I may upload it, however, if someone else wants to, in the press kit corp.roblox.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Logo_Roblox.zip, contains the branding guidelines, with a vector version of the logo. — Yours, Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 09:10, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

I started to look into this, and I'm not sure we should be changing anything. Roblox's actual website hasn't been updated yet, and this is touted as the logo for "Roblox Studio". Is it a company logo? The logo for the development software? The logo used on the page should be the one presents for the game client. -- ferret (talk) 13:15, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

@Ferret Roblox Studio is a product developed by Roblox for creating games on its framework. It is its own application, seperate from Roblox. It would make sense for a new page about studio, but I'm not sure whether it passes notability guidelines. The Roblox developer forum has been updated with the new logo, in the "2D" version devforum.roblox.com/ (roblox.com is blacklisted so I can't directly link it). — Yours, Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 15:23, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Right, so I don't think we should update a logo here on this article at this time. I don't believe the development program itself is independently notable though. Roblox is a weird topic though. -- ferret (talk) 15:25, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

I agree, likely better to wait a bit until the logo is more widely adopted. For now, here are the highest quality logos I could find: https://doy2mn9upadnk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/devforum.roblox.com/roblox/1000/1564063_2.png. Not sure if there is an EC request for "not yet". — Yours, Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 15:38, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit extended-protected}} template. Per above discussion, it's unclear this logo belongs here at this time. -- ferret (talk) 15:46, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 11 February 2021 (2)

Roblox, technically does not use Lua, but a custom scripting language called luau which is based off Lua 5.1. [1] Darubrub (talk) 14:29, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

There is consesus on the Roblox devforum that the scripting language is indeed Luau, not Lua. Darubrub (talk) 18:58, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Add a note to single player:

Even though most roblox games are multiplayer, it is possible to make single-player games by capping the server to just one player.

And thats it. Darubrub (talk) 18:28, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. The source you provided is a primary source that is associated with the article's subject. Also, the second statement also needs a source. Gaioa (T C L) 18:52, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Gaioa They have a repository that states that it is indeed luau. There is also this that converts TypeScript code to, guess what, Luau. And on the second option, Ok. Darubrub (talk) 19:50, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Edit Request: Roblox Studio's New Logo

See above
Roblox Studio changed their logo on Feburary 11th, 2021, so can you please change the current Roblox Studio icon on the page to Roblox Studio application icon.svg. Thank you. --JEVILOGEN (talk) 19:43, 11 February 2021 (UTC) Edit Roblox Studio Icon The roblox studio icon was updated recently. 2A02:C7F:D444:C200:1544:2E6A:2B5F:C311 (talk) 20:24, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Adding partnership with 10-cent and the Chinese government

Roblox wen't live I believe 3 days ago, which of course men't they partnered with the 10-cent and Chinese Government organization, you should add that, and add the controversies around it, like how many people don't want to work with China, because of there human rights violations. Search it up for yourself! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alixapixle8 (talk • contribs) 15:16, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Splitting off Roblox Corporation

Looking over the article, I'm noticing a disconnect between the content about the actual video game Roblox, and the content about the company of the Roblox Corporation. The information about Roblox Corp. becoming a publicly listed company, as well as the stuff around its evaluation, is starting to bloat the article somewhat. As such, I reckon it would be a good idea to split off information about the Roblox Corporation into its own seperate article, leaving this article solely about the platform. Thoughts? Devonian Wombat (talk) 22:40, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

@IceWelder: might have some thoughts here with his work on corporate articles. -- ferret (talk) 22:55, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

This will be worth a shot if there is enough information available. There have been a lot of sources regarding the IPO, so notability is likely. This would help sever the game and non-development-related aspects. At the very least, it could be a secluded section outside of the game's development history, as is currently the case. I might draw up a draft in the coming days. Regards, IceWelder [✉] 20:15, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

@Devonian Wombat and Ferret: I remembered this today and stitched together some sources at Roblox Corporation. There was not as much info available as I would have liked, but I think it is just enough for a small article. Consequently, I removed some corporate-focused info from this article. Please check whether more content needs to be moved. IceWelder [✉] 18:35, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Good idea, agree with splitting the pages. --Devokewater 20:45, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

AfD notice

2 people have proposed that the article Pokémon Brick Bronze be merged with this Article at its deletion discussion. Darubrub (talk) 19:57, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 22 February 2021

hey so i have a suggestion, would u mind if u added the release date for macOS for this game? since i can't maybe u can instead. Lovinqxcherry (talk) 16:49, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. -- ferret (talk) 17:42, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

Roblox IPO announced on or about March 10

Business Insider, The Wall Street Journal, and other sources mentioned that Roblox plans to go public on or about March 10. I think it would be helpful to include this information. Sources: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/roblox-public-stock-videogame-platform-direct-listing-march-ipo-2021-2-1030109065 and https://www.wsj.com/articles/roblox-shares-to-begin-trading-march-10-11614010874 108.14.66.2 (talk) 01:28, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Fix this.

You did not know that people who have UGC access and star creators can also make accessories.

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. JJP...MASTER!_{[talk to] JJP... master?} 01:40, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 5 March 2021

The company's name is actually "ROBLOX", not "Roblox". IshanKoch (talk) 05:09, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

 Not done. "Roblox" conforms MOS:CAPS and MOS:TMRULES. IceWelder [✉] 08:11, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 10 March 2021

Adopt Me! Main article: Adopt Me! Adopt Me! is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game where the nominal focus is players pretending to be either parents adopting a child, or children getting adopted, though the de facto focus is around adopting and caring for many different pets, who can be traded with other players.[81] One of Robloxes biggest moment is when the "Dress Your Pets" update launched on the game "Adopt Me". The game reached over 1 million concurrent players and reaching an all time high of 1.6 million players, the most Roblox had ever had. This in turn crashed the Roblox servers. Many Roblox players wanted "Adopt Me" to be banned from Roblox.[121] As of July 2020, the game had been played upwards of ten billion times.[82] Adopt Me! was averaging 600,000 concurrent players as of June 2020, making it the most popular game on Roblox.[81] Due to the high cost of pets within the game, with some rare pets selling for up to US$100, a large subculture of scammers has risen up within the game. As the primary user base of Adopt Me! is on average younger than the rest of Roblox, they are especially susceptible to falling for scams.[83][84] DreamCraft, the organization behind the game, has accumulated over $16 million in revenue, mostly from microtransactions.[85][86]

Resources: 121.11coolman4 (talk) 16:51, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Not sure what edit you want made, as that is just a copy of the text in the article. I also removed the youtube link. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:32, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 11 March 2021

Change the Jailbreak picture to a more recent one.The one you have currently is so old I almost didn't recognize it. 174.255.128.131 (talk) 15:43, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

 Not done you would need to provide a specific image to change this to for an edit-request to be processed. Feel free to continue discussing this idea below, and reactivate the edit request when a decision has been made. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:55, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

The image is from December last year. I don't think we need to update this every few months. It is also questionable whether we need a screenshot for that game specifically. IceWelder [✉] 16:03, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

New section/subsection

On March 10th 2020, roblox went public on the stock market with the RBLX stock. It would be great if someone added that to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 135.0.62.238 (talk) 18:17, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

See Roblox Corporation. IceWelder [✉] 19:24, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Possiblity of controversy related to addition of something

Not sure if there is actual controversy related to the thing I'm going to talk about or if just me and a few other people hate it but I think it might be worth adding if there is actual controversy related to it. The thing I'm talking about is the addition of the Rthro style for players character (known as Robloxians). I'm not sure if there is actual controversy related to the addition of this because I have no clue where I would start looking. There's a chance that it's just me and a few other people hating how it looks and it's not very controversial at all. But if someone could please help me out in finding whether or not there is controversy related to the addition of Rthro and adding it to the article (if it belongs in the article) I'd like that. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 20:19, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi there Blaze The Wolf and welcome to Wikipedia. As with all your posts below, content on Wikipedia requires a reliable source to be added (to prevent people from just making things up). This content can't be added as you unfortunately haven't provided a reliable source for your content. Please find a source and reply to this thread with it, as to see if this can be added to the article. — Yours, Berrely • ^Talk∕_Contribs 17:05, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

That's the thing. I don't know if this is just my problem or what. I also have no idea where to look. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 19:06, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Tix under virtual currency

Roblox used to have a second, free, virtual currency known as Tickets (commonly abbreviated to Tix), which was an alternative to Robux that players would earn a set amount once a day. While Robux required you to have a paid membership to earn it Tix was earned by all players. Roblox removed it sometime in I think 2014 although I could be wrong since its been a while since it happened. I feel like Tix should be added to the Virtual Currency section of the articles. Or it could be a part of a separate sub section of Virtual Currency which would be "Defunct Virtual Currency". But I do think information on Tix should be added. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 20:35, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

@Blaze The Wolf: I added it. Take a look and let me know what you think. I know nothing about the game, so hopefully my explanation is accurate. Urve (talk) 17:07, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Source I used is probably not reliable. Put in a request to lift the blacklist for a certain blog post by the developers. But I don't think it particularly matters. Urve (talk) 17:31, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

@Urvel:I think it would be helpful to specify that tix was discontinued in 2016 and when specifically. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 19:10, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Roblox Games Should Be Their Own Articles.

I think that Roblox gams should be their own articles. Yes, they may be a bit short, but they're still they're own game, technically. Roblox isn't a game, it's a gaming platform. Steam's games have they're own articles. You can play Roblox games, spend money, interact with that games' specific community like any other game. Idk, may just be me. Pain is fantastic (talk) 15:42, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

I don't think so. THere are tons of games on Roblox. If we were to make a page for every single one there would be millions of stubs and copies of articles because some games are literal copies. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 19:18, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

I agree with Blaze the Wolf. Most of them will be stubs and a lot of them will get deleated form Wikipedia. Also, a lot of them need reliable sources in order for the pages to stay on Wikipedia. It's better if we don't make Roblox game pages on Wikipedia until they have reliable sources. JennilyW (talk) 19:57, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

The only game that deserves a article is Adopt Me and no other games need a article unless they get more visits then adopt me or they are developed by a major company like Nintendo Sony Microsoft EA activision blizard etc