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Policies on the Overlook Bay Wiki are a set of rules or instructions that all participants or users are expected to follow during their time on the wiki. Policies are sub-divided into two parts, notably the wiki's local policies, which users are only expected to follow during their time on the wiki, and Fandom's global policies or Terms of Use, which must be followed globally across Fandom.
Global Policies
Users must Fandom's Global Policies on the Overlook Bay Wiki. These include Fandom's User Conduct and the Community creation policy.
User Conduct
- Abuse, harass, threaten or intimidate other Fandom users.
- Harassment includes spam-tagging users to a secondary wiki for the sake of advertisement or anything else that could be deemed as a malicious intention.
- Post or transmit any content that is obscene, pornographic, abusive, offensive, profane, or otherwise violates any law or right of any third party, or content that contains homophobia, transphobia, ethnic slurs, religious intolerance, or encourages criminal conduct.
- Users are expected to follow all norms and principles of human rights. (more information)
- Attempt to impersonate another user or person.
- Whether done with a good intent or not, users must not create accounts solely to present themselves as someone else OR claim to unrightfully be another user.
- Post, upload, transmit, share, or store unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitations, “spam”, or any other type of unauthorized solicitation;
- Post any illegal or unauthorized content or use for any illegal or unauthorized purposes.
- Post or transmit any communication or solicitation designed or intended to obtain password, account, email address, or private information from any Fandom user. This includes phishing links and prohibited third party trading sites.
- Utilize multiple accounts with a malicious intent;
- This includes creating and/or using accounts to evade blocks, manipulate an impression of an idea or post, or to mislead editors.
- Alternative accounts may only be used when the user has a solid reason to do so. (For example: Bots)
- Solicit personal information from any user.
- This is inclusive in the COPPA law. Users under the age of 13 are not allowed to edit or post on Fandom.
Local Policies
Local Policies are a localized set of policies that help in keeping the Overlook Bay Wiki in a good shape. Users are expected to follow these policies along with the User Conduct, but punishments for violation of these policies are generally more lenient than violations to global policies.
Local Policies on the Overlook Bay Wiki are sub-divided into the following:
Speech and Coordination
Users on the Overlook Bay Wiki are free to exercise their freedom of speech to communicate with users. However, coordination must be maintained amongst users of the community to ensure a proper and constructive environment. This policy mainly disallows speech that is generally libelous, that is speech used to defame or shame other users.
- Carry out exceedingly libelous discussions.
- Flame wars or witch hunts are strictly prohibited on the wiki. Users are expected to treat each other with respect.
- Coordination must be maintained among community members.
- Any conflicts of interest, whether they be against a certain user or a policy, should be resolved either via consensus, or, if deemed minor enough, by approaching an Administrator.
- Use derogatory terms with the intention of shaming or demotivating other users.
- Users MUST use PG-13 appropriate language.
- Make personal attacks.
- Constructive criticism must never be taken as a personal attack. A personal attack can be categorized as an action done solely to make someone else feel inferior.
- Spam links to external sites for advertisement.
- Off-site links may be used for informative purposes or for general discussion.
- Links to any wiki in the Roblox Interwiki Project, Wikipedia, Wikimedia, and MediaWiki are never considered off-site.
- For example, users may post a link to a different wiki, YouTube, Twitter, or any other Social Media to share their creation or artwork, or to get help from other fellow editors.
- Spam on threads.
- Spam is considered to be the rapid posting of messages which is often uncalled for.
- Publicly call out users, whether they be a part of the Overlook Bay Wiki or not.
- Users must aim towards being polite and courteous to all, to therefore maintain a secure and fun environment.
- Calling out players on Roblox for scamming or hacking in a libelous way is not courteous, and thus, such posts will be removed. (more information)
- Carry out predatory or otherwise unacceptable or illegal behavior.
- Attempting to online date and indulging in relationships with other members of the Overlook Bay Wiki is strictly prohibited. All users are expected to not make others uncomfortable.
- Grooming or attempting to solicit personal information by luring users to a platform apart from Fandom is strictly prohibited on the Overlook Bay Wiki and is a violation to Fandom's User Conduct. Any user found to show signs of such interests will be blocked from the wiki immediately.
- Extort or blackmail other users.
- Extortion is the act of forcing other users to reveal personal information through threats, force, or other illicit means.
- Carry out discussions related to illegal activities.
- Discussions related to terrorism or strong political beliefs, as well as discussions promoting such related content are strictly prohibited.
- Break Roblox's Terms of Use under any circumstances.
Talk it out!
Although not heavily enforced, users on the Overlook Bay Wiki should refrain from direct or indirect call-outs. The Overlook Bay Wiki does not brigade any claims of users hacking or scamming someone, for the "proof" provided is generally vague and can easily be faked. The Overlook Bay Wiki is a platform where users come together to carry out discussions regarding Overlook Bay, thus, it is not the wiki's duty to verify such claims which should directly be taken to the developers of Overlook Bay.
When conflicts arise on the wiki, users may look towards the staff for assistance. While the staff team is always ready to help users, they will certainly never get involved in personal conflicts such as scam incidents. Such conflicts should be handled privately between both the claimants, preferably outside the Overlook Bay Wiki. The staff team may only step in if one of the claimants (or victim) of such an incident violates wiki policies while participating in such conflicts and causes internal disruption, such as negativity. If users tend to cause disruption on the wiki by intentionally using the site as a launchpad for scamming other users, appropriate action will be taken.
Privacy Policy
Users on Fandom are free to share personal information under their own discretion, assuming that they are over the age of 13. However, personal information which may be excessively private or which reveal someone else's identity will be removed. Any user may request a staff member for the removal of their personal information from the wiki, under their own jurisdiction.
The staff team is not held accountable for any "information leaks": Users take full responsibility for the content they post or add to the wiki.
- Full name;
- Home or other physical address, including street name and city or town;
- Online contact information such as an email address or other identifier that permits someone to contact a person directly — for example, an IM identifier, VoIP identifier, or video chat identifier;
- A persistent identifier that can be used to recognize a user over time and across different sites, including a cookie number, an IP address, a processor or device serial number, or a unique device identifier;
- A photo, video, or audio file containing a child’s image or voice.
Blacklisted sites
The Overlook Bay Wiki has disallowed sites that are either deemed to be malicious or may contain misleading content. These sites may not be added or referenced to in articles or user pages. Links leading to some of these sites posted in the wiki's discussions will be subject to moderation.
NOTE: A site being 'allowed' in discussions does not imply that a link leading to it may not be moderated. Links containing libelous and false information, misleading information, and other forms of content violating the wiki's policies will be removed and the poster may be subject to further actions.
Sites that meet the following criteria may not be added to the wiki's articles as viable references or citations, or in user's user pages. Additionally, their status in the discussions area of the wiki (allowed/disallowed) has also been stated:
| Site type | Allowed in discussions? |
|---|---|
| TikTok or any such controversial social media platform; | ✕ |
| Traderie, StarPets, or other sites that promote breaking Roblox's Terms of Use; | ✕ |