Forgotten Realms Wiki:Help-Writing an article about a book

Articles about books can be about sourcebooks or novels, or occasionally about book-like publications such as the Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (presented as a set of binder pages to add to a previously issued ring binder). These articles should not be used for magazines, since there is no need to create a separate article for each magazine issue, and there already exist articles for Dungeon magazine and Dragon magazine.

Template
Use the Book template to begin the article. Go to the template's page and simply copy the text in the usage box. You can then paste this into your article and fill in the blanks. Fill in as much information as you can. The template will know which fields you have left blank and these will not be displayed. You can refer to the template's page for extra help on the purpose of each field.

Synopsis
Follow the template with the book's synopsis, encompassing it using the Quote template. For example:

This should be the official synopsis for the publication, usually found on its back cover, and not something you have written yourself.

Other text
If there is anything further to be said about the book in question, it can be presented below the synopsis normally. This might include notable information, such as any reissue details, number of copies sold, whether this is the author's first publication, or anything else that might enhance the article. Remember to provide references where necessary.

Type of book
Add a category according to the type of book this is. For example:
 * Category:1st edition sourcebooks
 * Category:2nd edition sourcebooks
 * Category:3rd edition sourcebooks
 * Category:3.5 edition sourcebooks
 * Category:1st edition adventures
 * Category:2nd edition adventures
 * Category:3rd edition adventures
 * Category:3.5 edition adventures
 * Category:Novels

Author
Also, add a category for works by each author, for example:
 * Category:Works by Ed Greenwood
 * Category:Works by Elaine Cunningham
 * Category:Works by Richard Baker

If the category does not exist, check for alternate spellings of the author's name. For example, Steven E. Schend has been credited as Steven Schend in the past, but those works where he is credited as Steven Schend should still be placed in Category:Works by Steven E. Schend because otherwise there will exist two categories for the same person. As a rule of thumb, the author's name in the category title should be the same spelling as used in the article about that author. If there is no article about that author, use the most common spelling.

Date
For novels, add a category for both the year of publication and the year/month of publication. Thus for a novel published in April 1995, you should put it in Category:Novels published in 1995 and Category:Novels published in April 1995.