User talk:Reesorville

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Welcome
Hi there Reesorville! Great job on the Ivor Devorast article - I personally really enjoy reading about characters that may not be adventurers but still live interesting lives in the Realms. While I made a few formatting changes to the article, it was pretty darn well done.

I did want to as though it would be possible to add references to the paragraphs that don't currently have them. Unfortunately I do not have the Whisper of Waves novel to help with that.

Enjoy your editing! I look forward to reading more of your contributions. Ruf (talk) 23:37, June 16, 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, well met Ruf! - I plan to add more references later over the next week. Reesorville (talk) 12:58, June 17, 2020 (UTC)

Advice
Hi. Thanks for your articles and exploring the Innarlith area and Whisper of Waves; we don't get too many novels detailed on the wiki. I wanted to you give you some tips and requests. Please have a look at my revisions to Berrywilde. I've tidied some text and improved some phrasing and grammar.

Every article should have a "lead" (or some call it a "lede"), that is, an opening paragraph giving a quick introduction, so the prospective reader can tell at a glance what it's about. Often you seem to put an appropriate sentence in the first section, like Description or Geography, but you can just lead it at the top of the article.

Please also remember to include a citation/reference for every piece of text, especially after every paragraph. I've put [citation needed] tags after a lot of lines that are lacking references. Similarly, please also include page numbers, not just chapter numbers, to help readers track information down in the books.

Make sure to add the full set of categories to every page. Have a look at other, similar pages to see what is appropriate.

I hope that helps. Let us know if you have any issues. — BadCatMan (talk) 01:29, September 22, 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, thank you for the advice! I don't the page numbers unfortunately, because I was using an audio book that is only divided by chapters. I was relying on the basic template provided on the wiki and it didn't have a section for 'lede' so I put that just as a description - I can change it in the future if you like. More citations are coming in the future, it takes me time to get them.Reesorville (talk) 14:03, September 22, 2020 (UTC)

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 * Thank you for the invitation! I will probably pass on it though, because I'm not likely to have much to say in the discussions. Reesorville (talk) 13:07, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * No worries. The invitation remains open if you change your mind. Just reply here so we'll know to check the form. Thanks for adding lore from the novels! &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 14:26, 1 December 2020 (UTC)