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

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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
  • I suggest splitting the Erik Cassel article from ROBLOX; Why on earth is Erik Cassel not a separate article? Erik is a vital person to ROBLOX's history, and articles like Alex Balfanz, Uplift Games or Adopt Me! have already been developed without any questioning from the community, so the Erik Cassel page should also be a separate one from ROBLOX. This does not deserve to be a redirect page. It's way more important than that. He also doesn't have a minor appearance like the developers mentioned in this, he literally was one of the creators of the game. MatEditzWiki (talk 15:03, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Notability is not inherited. Every topic is evaluated separately. For Erik Cassel to have an article, reliable secondary sourcing that meets WP:GNG must be provided. -- ferret (talk) 15:10, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Good source for Erik Cassel's huge involvement in Roblox - [1][2] I believe these two together at minimum are sufficient reliable secondary sources. Countless articles from large outlets mention and build upon this trove of information. Shredux (talk) 23:06, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Russell, Melia. "The lesser-known cofounder of $45 billion Roblox was the architect of its blazing success and the 'nicest guy'". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  2. ^ "10 Facts You Didn't Know About The Making Of Roblox". TheGamer. 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2022-03-10.

Adding information about Turkey banning Roblox because of child exploitation

Hello. Someone should add a mention about Roblox being banned in Turkey in the "Alleged exploitative practices towards children" section and maybe also that it's being investigated in Brazil. Also, why is there no "See also" section? Wiktorpyk (talk) 09:53, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sure 1250metersdeep (talk) 17:26, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Roblox pronunciation

Hello,


I created a pronunciation example for this word.


LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Roblox.wavⓘ


Thank you Flame, not lame 💔 (Don't talk to me.) 00:55, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Toadspike [Talk] 12:45, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The UAE unbanned Roblox in 2021

The UAE lifted Roblox' ban in 2021 but this article still has the UAE as one of the countries that banned Roblox, this needs to be updated because it's outdated information. AhmedEdits (talk) 13:12, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed it now. ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:36, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request

Can someone put a dead icon next to Erik Cassel? He died from cancer... (rip, you'll be missed) ~≈ Stumbleannnn! ≈~ Talk to me 23:02, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean by a "dead icon"? ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:33, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think those are only used on war related articles maybe? idk though 1250metersdeep (talk) 17:15, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Move Page?

I'm not super experienced with this stuff but, as a video game title, shouldn't "Roblox" be italicized and renamed as such? GoldRomean (talk) 15:56, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It was italicized in the past, but Roblox is more or less a game platform now on the same lines as something like Steam (service), which isn't italicized. λ NegativeMP1 18:05, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See also: Itch.io?

Itch.io has basically no similarities to Roblox, other than that they both host games for free? The entire See also section should either be removed or include Steam (service) and other videogame hosting sites. pauliesnug (message / contribs) 11:20, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I agree that it's probably not relevant. Removed. λ NegativeMP1 18:39, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Second Life might be a suitable article for a See also section. ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:36, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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