User talk:AlexMcClay

Welcome!
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Again, welcome! Happy scribing!

— Ir'revrykal (talk) 04:23, July 29, 2019 (UTC)

Welcome & Advice
Hi! Welcome to the wiki. Thanks for your work on Iriaebor. To learn how to do references, that is, use citation templates and footnotes, please look at the code on other pages. Copying how it's already been done tends to be the best way of learning wiki code. In particular, we strongly recommend using the Source Editor (from the drop-down menu next to the Edit button or set in your Preferences). That will show you how the wiki code and our templates work. FANDOM's VisualEditor is frankly terrible for anything more than fixing typos, and it doesn't work at all well with our templates. If all else fails, just mention the source (book and page numbers) in the article or edit summary, someone else will fix it up, then you can look at what was done to see how it works. — BadCatMan (talk) 13:17, January 7, 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi, did you get this message?


 * Furthermore, please note the wiki does not accept copied content, per our Plagiarism policy. I removed the copied text from Shield of Iriaebor. Please write in your own words, or what you add will be removed and deleted. Please look at the article now to see how references work.


 * Per our 3 Sentence Rule, the Tor article wasn't long or interesting enough to make into a separate article, it's just part of the description of Iriaebor, so I link changed it to a redirect. — BadCatMan (talk) 12:44, January 8, 2020 (UTC)

Using Template Preloads
You recently added three new pages to the wiki, Tyveris, Talek Talembar, and Abbey of Everard, but did not use any of our infoboxes or standard sections. We try to make it easy for editors by giving you preload templates. Using the Source editor, you should see this when you edit a new page: All you have to do is click on "New person", for example, and the page is preloaded with the correct infobox and all the standard sections. Just delete the ones you don't need. The Source editor handle templates much better than the Visual editor so we encourage editors to learn how to use it. You can choose it from the drop-down menu in the Visual editor, or set it as one of your Preferences. I hope this helps. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 22:10, February 15, 2020 (UTC)

PS: Take a look at the changes I've made to Tyveris and see how things work. Please correct any pages numbers and categories that I may have missed. Thanks! &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 22:35, February 15, 2020 (UTC)

Advice
Hi! Thanks for your additions to the wiki. I enjoy seeing more about Crypt of the Shadowking after I worked on shadow magic years ago.

Please make sure to use past tense, as per our past-tense policy and add dates to articles to make the time clear. Please also check the revision histories for your articles to see how we correct and improve on things, with simpler referencing and a standard format. You can see what I did with Laboratory Tower here. Finally, if you're not already, use the Source Editor, it makes wiki editing so much easier.

Finally, please be sure to respond to the messages to you here so we know you understand and received our advice. Thanks. — BadCatMan (talk) 10:47, February 19, 2020 (UTC)


 * Sure, sorry for not getting back to you, I do not check the wiki that often, and I'm still getting the grips on how the wiki thing works.


 * Thanks, AlexMcClay (talk) 02:10, February 24, 2020 (UTC)


 * Well, please do feel free to ask us if you have any questions. — BadCatMan (talk) 02:15, February 24, 2020 (UTC)


 * I just removed an almost entirely copied paragraph from Prince and Pauper. Once again, do not copy from the books, rewrite in your own words. If you persist, you will be blocked for good. — BadCatMan (talk) 06:10, February 24, 2020 (UTC)


 * Uff, that's my bad, when I read the book I made my notes first, and then posted it to the wiki without double-checking if I put it in my own words since I'm just copying my notes, I'll double-check next time, Sorry. I'll go double-check some of the posts I contributed and I'll remove anything that's similar to the source. I really don't do it on purpose, since I write my notes for myself and sometimes I find it that the source usually puts it in a better way that I can. I'll remove anything that's copied from the source, My apologies. I also have a quick question, how much can I copy from a tweet that Ed Greenwood tweeted out? I imagine all of it right since that is posted on a public site? If you could tell me that would be great. -- AlexMcClay (talk) 15:59, February 24, 2020 (UTC) 13:41, February 24, 2020 (UTC)


 * Okay, thank you for responding and taking the effort to remove the problem passages. I recommend developing some good editing practices to avoid that. For example, I work in a Word document where I also copy my notes and passages from the books, but I dot-point the copied passages so they can't mistakenly get worked into the article, and even colour-code the different versions of the article.


 * As for copying a tweet, no. Even if it's public and freely available, copying is still not desired. For one, it's not under a sharing license, it's still Greenwood's content. Two, it just looks a bit lazy and might not mesh well with the language of a wiki article. Frankly, for most of us, one joy of the wiki is having our own writing about the Realms be widely read. You may quote text if it's small and essential, preferably an important, in-universe statement or line from a character, or a description or turn-of-phrase if there's no alternative without becoming ambiguous. — BadCatMan (talk) 02:02, February 25, 2020 (UTC)

Block
Hi. I've blocked you to ensure I get your attention. Please read and respond to the above messages, and check your wiki writing to take on board the suggested changes and improvements. This is intended to save you and us needless effort. Thanks. — BadCatMan (talk) 11:21, February 20, 2020 (UTC)