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As of August 8, 2023, all pages must be at least 450 bytes, if your wiki pages are under 450 bytes and were created after this date, your pages may be deleted regardless of other criteria, unless they are disambiguation pages and any other type of pages that are not in Special:ShortPages.

Editing Rules

Always cite your sources when making these specific edits:
- Allegations*
- Event announcements

* If you do not do this, you will be blocked a week, this is because doing this breaks Fandom TOS.

Do not credit yourself as an editor of a page on that page
- Don’t write your own name or username on the page to say you helped edit it. Instead, your edits are automatically saved in the page history, so there's no need to mention yourself in the content.

Do not use ChatGPT or any similar AI to write pages.
- AI can make mistakes or include false information. Instead, pages should be written by people not AI.

NOT

Not for off topic pages.: These pages may be a better fit on some other wiki.
Not for shitposting.: As of March 10, 2023, you are no longer allowed to create shitposts on this wiki, the ones created before this change will be staying unless there are other reasons to delete them. To create new shitposts edit the dedicated wiki.
Not for spam.: Spam pages are not productive.

Notability

Pages should generally be about a single topic. Pages that fit the categories listed below need to meet at least one of the criteria to be created on the wiki. The exception is pages created prior to the guidelines (2022-01-24).

Notability criteria
Article	Notability criteria
Players	Required: Has played a Retro Dev Game at least once and is NOT associated with a group who backdoor or exploit in RetroStudio. Is the creator of a game that meets the notable game criteria OR Helped with the development of a game that meets the notable game criteria OR Is a popular YouTube content creator with at least 1,000 subscribers and has uploaded at least five videos about RetroStudio or any other Retro Dev games OR Is the winner of a Retro Dev competition OR Is a contributor within the community (affected one of Retro Dev games in some capacity) OR Is or was part of the Retro Dev staff (developer or administrator)
RetroStudio Games	NOTE: Low quality games made for a quick buck or for a short term trend (without putting actual effort into it) will NOT qualify for a Wiki article. (for example: RetroStudio Egg Drop Games, Free Admin games, Games where it only has a baseplate, etc.). Has at least 1,000 visits OR Has been used for an official Retro Dev event OR Has been the subject of an entire popular post (Twitter Post, YouTube video) OR Has been featured on RetroStudio OR Has been created by a Retro Dev developer
Avatar items	Is a clothing item located in the RetroStudio catalog
Social media	Has to be a social media account (YouTube, Twitter, etc.) affiliated with Retro Dev staff OR Is a popular YouTube content creator with at least 1,000 subscribers and has uploaded at least five videos about RetroStudio or any other Retro Dev games
Discord servers	Has at least 20 members (excluding bots) Has at least 1 Retro Dev administrator, retired administrator, event team member or developer Must be related to Retro Dev (for example: based on a RetroStudio or any other Retro Dev games) The server cannot be an attack server that targets Retro Dev nor their games. Mutual servers with current or ex Retro Dev members do not count as related to Retro Dev. If the server is about a RetroStudio game, the RetroStudio game in question must also meet the RetroStudio Games criteria.
Free Models	Has been pinned in the Retro Dev Discord's free-models Forum

Leaks

The Retro Dev Wiki does not allow any type of leaks on pages included but not limited to:

RetroStudio Events
- DO NOT add any LEAKED event content unless it is confirmed by Event Teams or Retro Dev Developers to announce in the Retro Dev Discord server. Doing so will lead to block from the wiki or (probably) get banned from RetroStudio.
- Inventory snooping.
  - This includes: Unreleased models, decals, audio, mesh, or other assets.

What is ALLOWED to be on the wiki:

Content that has been officially announced or teased by Retro Dev Developers or Event Teams through:
- Discord announcements
Anything from RetroStudio internally
- For example Admin only channels.

Neutral POV

Pages should generally be explained from a neutral point of view and must not be biased nor one sided (like writing it like a blog article). Most importantly, they should not attack the subject.

Blocks

Vandalism may result in a temporary block. Sock puppets receive indefinite blocks.