Forgotten Realms Wiki talk:Community Portal

Seems good, P. Let's make it standard. -- Hey, do I automatically join this wiki by being a wikicities member? -- Doo Doo 05:59, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes you Do, Doo Doo. :) You have to create a separate talk page though. hash 11:47, 1 February 2006 (GMT)

-- Greetings to all! I'm new here and a huge Forgotten Realms fan. I have tons of books and am more than willing to add to this wiki based on those. Some articles may be a bit sparse, but the nature of this Wiki virtually guarantees that some articles may be more detailed than others. I will do my best despite this. Artemis 22:04, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

-- OK, The Greenwood has deemed that only published works are considered Forgotten Realms Canon. I have never read the Baldur's Gate books (apparently they're a pile of crap) So what's your opinion on writing about the events of the games AS IF they were in the books, since I'm kinda an expert on the games and more people have played them than read the books anyway. hash 21:31, 15 April 2006 (GMT)


 * I suppose that you could write a section about the events of baldur's gate, as long as you underline that it's non-canon( and non real, since in the realms, cyric is still the god of murder)--DavidAlexandrov 12:56, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Please somebody move this from 'Catagotry 'Stubs' to 'Catagory: Writing a wiki'.
Uhh.. a generically good idea IIRC. Please consider for movement.

Suggestions
Unsure of where to put this, but I suppose this will do. I suggest we write a clear manual of style for the wiki, so our articles become more uniform. Mainly, I suggest we agree on things such as: should in-universe articles be written in past or present tense; should we keep "out of universe" information in articles on in-universe things in a separate "behind the scenes" section?; etcetera. Any thoughts? --Imp 00:18, 4 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Good suggestions, and I agree that we will need some guidelines to create uniform content. We've already pondered a few policies, but basicly we decided that there are just too few editors currently to it being worth the trouble (A handful of editors agreeing to and voting on policies just seems silly, "All in favor say 'aye'" "4x 'aye'" "Motion carried." kinda silly :P).
 * As for past/present tense, it's basicly just looking at the information to see if it's dated events; as such, most of the article on Myrkul a now dead god would be written in past tense.


 * Long story short, instead of writing long manuals of style, we're trying to focus on improving the content instead, atleast until we attract more editors. Any format issues we take up as we go along, or by simply looking what others have done already. Zerak-Tul 13:50, 4 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I suppose you're right. However, can we agree to synchronize tenses (in a non-policy way)? Does Forgotten Realms take place "a long time ago"? --Imp 13:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Unlike Star Wars we don't have "A long time ago in a galaxy far away" :o), but if you look at the article Marking the Years you'll see the years used, the most commonly used reckoing is 'Dale Reckoning' and as Wizards of the Coast release new products they gradually advance the years, to accomodate new events. Last I checked the "Current Year" was 1374 DR but I suspect Wizards have produced material beyond that, unsure, we get all the products a bit later than you americans over here in Denmark :)
 * But in a nutcase, if the article is about a place or person, use present tense, unless the information is about an event that occured at a specific time (example: Lords of Waterdeep should be present tense as they are the current rulers of Waterdeep, articles on previous rulers of the city should be past tense), hope that helps! Zerak-Tul 16:30, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * That helps alot, thank you. =) --Imp 17:17, 4 January 2007 (UTC)


 * You're very welcome Zerak-Tul 21:48, 4 January 2007 (UTC)