Purpose of this disclosure
Dungeon Crawler Carl Wiki is an independent fan reference devoted to the novels, characters, floors, systems, locations, and adaptations connected to Dungeon Crawler Carl. This disclosure explains how advertising and commercial links may appear on the site, how those features are separated from editorial decisions, and what visitors should expect when third-party advertising technology is present.
The site may load Google AdSense or other advertising scripts on some pages. An ad blocker, geographic restriction, consent choice, browser setting, inventory availability, or technical issue may cause a particular visitor to see no advertisement even when an advertising script is installed. The absence of a visible ad on one visit should not be read as a promise that the page contains no advertising technology.
Advertising may appear on the site
Display advertisements may be placed in page headers, sidebars, footers, between site sections, or in other areas visually separated from the main article. Availability and placement can change as the site layout evolves. Third-party systems may choose which advertisement to display based on context, location, consent status, or other signals permitted by the visitor's settings and applicable law.
Advertising revenue can help cover hosting, domain registration, maintenance, accessibility work, source management, and the time required to keep a large fan reference usable. It does not purchase a preferred interpretation of the books and does not give an advertiser authority over canon decisions.
Google AdSense and third-party delivery
The site may use Google AdSense to request and display ads. When AdSense or another advertising service is active, the service may receive technical information necessary to deliver, measure, limit, or secure advertising. Depending on the visitor's region and choices, this can involve cookies, local storage, IP-derived location, device or browser information, page context, ad impressions, and interactions.
Google and other providers maintain their own terms, privacy notices, retention practices, and controls. This wiki does not control every advertisement selected by an automated network and does not receive a list of every signal used in that selection. Visitors who want to understand data handling should review the site's privacy policy, their browser controls, any consent interface presented on the site, and the relevant provider's current privacy documentation.
Contextual and personalized advertising
Some ads may be contextual, meaning the ad system uses the subject of a page as one signal. A page about an audiobook adaptation, for example, might be associated with book or audio advertising. Contextual placement does not mean the wiki recommends the advertised product.
Where permitted and where the visitor has given any required consent, an advertising provider may also use information beyond the immediate page to personalize or measure ads. Visitors can limit cookies through browser settings, use available consent controls, or employ privacy tools. Blocking or declining optional advertising storage may change the ads shown and may prevent some ad features from loading.
Editorial independence
Advertising does not determine which characters receive pages, how events are summarized, whether a claim is treated as canon, or how an editorial correction is handled. Articles are intended to be based on the published series and identified supporting material, with spoilers and edition-sensitive claims labeled where appropriate.
An advertiser cannot pay to make a crawler appear more important, turn speculation into fact, remove an unfavorable plot summary, or change the treatment of a book. The site's editorial and sourcing policies apply to pages whether or not advertising is displayed beside them.
Separation between ads and article content
Advertisements should be visually distinguishable from wiki prose, navigation, citations, and infoboxes. Labels supplied by the ad network, such as “Ad,” “Advertisement,” or “Sponsored,” should remain visible. The site does not intentionally format an advertisement as though it were a passage from a novel, an editorial recommendation, or a canon note.
Visitors should treat any commercial panel, product unit, or externally served promotion as separate from the article. A nearby placement does not create an endorsement. An ad beside the Gate of the Feral Gods entry, for example, has no bearing on the source status of that page.
Affiliate links
The site may sometimes use affiliate links to books, audiobooks, comics, merchandise, or other relevant products. If a visitor follows an affiliate link and completes a qualifying purchase, the site may receive a commission without increasing the price charged by the retailer, subject to the retailer's program rules.
Affiliate relationships should be disclosed near the link, within the relevant page section, or through a clear site-wide notice that reasonably informs visitors before purchase. Ordinary citations, publisher links, author links, and retailer links are not necessarily affiliate links. When a link is monetized, it should not be presented as an independent critical judgment merely because it can earn revenue.
Sponsored content
The wiki does not treat routine display ads as sponsored articles. If the site ever publishes paid or sponsored editorial material, that material should be labeled clearly at the beginning so a reader can distinguish it from the independent reference archive.
A sponsorship should not be allowed to rewrite canon coverage or conceal a conflict of interest. If a publisher, retailer, adaptation partner, convention, or merchandise seller supports a specific feature, the relationship should be disclosed in language understandable without opening a separate legal page.
Reviews, recommendations, and commercial relationships
Coverage of a book edition, audiobook performance, comic adaptation, collectible, or other product may include evaluative language. Any free review copy, paid placement, affiliate relationship, or other material connection relevant to that evaluation should be disclosed.
Receiving access does not guarantee positive coverage. Likewise, buying an item independently does not make a review free from opinion. The important distinction is whether a commercial relationship exists that a reasonable reader would want to know.
No endorsement by rights holders
Dungeon Crawler Carl Wiki is unofficial. Advertising on the site does not imply that Matt Dinniman, a publisher, an audiobook producer, an adaptation studio, a retailer, a licensee, or another rights holder endorses the wiki. The presence of an advertisement from a company connected to books or entertainment also does not create affiliation.
Names, titles, characters, and story elements discussed in the reference remain associated with their respective rights holders. Ad revenue supports operation of the fan site; it does not transfer rights in the underlying series.
Ads selected by automated systems
Programmatic advertising systems can occasionally display irrelevant, repetitive, misleading, or objectionable promotions despite publisher controls. The wiki does not write or individually approve every network ad before it appears. That limitation does not remove the site's responsibility to respond when a problematic placement is reported.
Visitors can report an advertisement by noting the page URL, approximate date and time, the advertiser or product shown, the device type, and a screenshot if available. Reports should avoid sending passwords, payment details, or other sensitive information.
Advertising and younger visitors
The series includes violence, profanity, sexual references, and other mature material, and wiki articles may discuss those subjects. Advertising providers may apply their own age, content, and regional policies. The site should not intentionally design ads to mislead younger visitors or disguise a purchase prompt as game mechanics.
Parents, guardians, and visitors can use browser-level content controls, consent settings, and ad-blocking tools where desired. Questions about data practices should be directed through the site's contact route and reviewed alongside the privacy policy.
Cookies, storage, and measurement
Advertising and analytics technologies may store or read identifiers used for frequency limits, fraud prevention, consent records, aggregate measurement, and ad delivery. Some functions are necessary to operate or secure a service; others may depend on consent or opt-out rights.
This disclosure is a plain-language explanation of advertising relationships, not a substitute for the full privacy policy. The privacy policy should identify categories of technology, purposes, choices, and contact information in greater detail.
Purchases and visitor responsibility
The wiki does not sell products merely because a third-party advertisement appears on a page. Purchases made after following an ad or external link are transactions with the named seller. Product availability, shipping, refunds, billing, warranties, and customer service are governed by that seller's terms.
Visitors should verify prices, editions, formats, and seller identity before purchasing. This is particularly important for a series with ebook, print, audiobook, serialized, translated, and collectible editions that may differ in availability or content.
Book and edition links
Links to the novels are intended to help readers identify the correct volume or edition. They should not imply that one retailer is the sole authoritative source. Where practical, bibliographic information should remain useful even if a commercial link changes.
Late-series pages may require careful edition identification. A link to A Parade of Horribles should not be used as evidence for a claim unless the underlying text has actually been checked. Commercial availability and canon verification are separate tasks.
Corrections and transparency
If this disclosure becomes inaccurate because the site changes advertising provider, removes ads, adds affiliate programs, or begins accepting sponsorship, it should be updated. Statements about current technology should describe what the site actually loads, not what an older build intended to load.
Material changes should use a visible revision date where the site's policy format supports one. Historical wording should not be left in place if it tells visitors that no advertising scripts load while the live site requests AdSense.
Contacting the site
Questions about an advertisement, affiliate disclosure, sponsored placement, or possible conflict of interest can be sent through the site's contact page or to the published administrative email address. Include the URL involved and enough context to identify the issue.
For privacy-related requests, use the contact method specified in the privacy policy. Do not send account credentials or payment-card information to the wiki.
Summary
The site may display ads and may load Google AdSense or other third-party advertising technology. It may also use clearly disclosed affiliate links or sponsored material. Those commercial features are intended to support the fan reference and remain separate from decisions about canon, sourcing, corrections, and article coverage.
Readers should be able to tell when they are viewing editorial content and when they are viewing a commercial message. That distinction is the core commitment of this disclosure.