User talk:Cell4

Welcome to the Realms wiki, Cell4 :) As for your question on your user page; this wiki covers all canon information on the Forgotten Realms, any other questions, feel free to ask! Zerak talk 01:15, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

When did this website start up? It is sort of a random question, but I stumbled upon it when looking up something on Wookiepedia. I saw in the "Wikia Spotlight" it said "Forgotten realms Wikia" and I was very excited. And we don't have to be absolute experts, you know, 100 edits per day or anything, roght, because I've been an editor on other sites like Wikipedia for six months. And I don't even have one hundred edits there! User:Cell4 Visit my page if you want but please don't turn it into a huge wreck. Thank you.
 * The wiki was started in October 2005 I believe, but was inactive for long periods of time. We're only a handful of regular contributors (Hash, Fw and myself being admins) as well as some new faces like Perikles etc. Still trying to attract mor editors, and seems like the spotlight did a little bit :) (By the way, please sign your posts by adding four tiddles ( ~ ) at the end of your comments, this will sign with both name and time+date, thanks:)) Zerak talk 01:54, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * This is yet another question. I am not ignorant... most of the time. But there is the Sword Coast, so there must be another coast as well. I just need to check. Is it the Dragon Coast or what? Thank you! User:Cell4
 * There's the Sword Coast, and then there's the Sword Coast North (north of Waterdeep) Zerak talk 01:54, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Do you have a full list of users? Cell4 01:56, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

What the heck is Ches? Cell4 01:58, 31 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Ches is a month in the Faerûnian calendar, and the only list of users available is one for all of Wikia, which is really little use at all. Zerak talk 02:03, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

One, are there any Forgotten Realms movies, and another thing, I'm a videogame loving geek, so you'll understand my next question. I guess. Do you have a list available of Forgotten Realms videogames that lists what platforms they are made for? I have not played any of the videogames yet, but I know what I know about them because of a whole lot of interviews that I've seen. Like the Drew Karpyshyn interview told me a lot about the second, or third, I think, Baldur's Gate videogame. Check out his site, by the way, drewkarpyshyn.com. DrizztTheSlayer 02:35, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

I know, my new nickname sucks. It's still me, Cell4, in my heart. OK, bad joke.


 * If you type "video games" into the search box on the left, the first result is List of computer and video games which contains a fairly accurate... I'll let you guess what it contains! To date there have been two D&D movies, neither of which were very good. No movies have been set in the Forgotten Realms but most fans, judging by this thread and many others on the Wizards boards, feel that a movie would ruin the Realms. Imagination is part of the joy of the campaign setting, and the Realms, despite having a huge amount of source material, are very much open to personal interpretation, not what some big- (or small-) budget movie decides they should be like. By the way, welcome to the wiki! Fw190a8 22:02, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Can you get promoted here? And one other thing, can we name this site, like the way the SW wikia is called Wookieepedia, couldn't this be something like that? Cell4 01:37, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

What is Alturiak? Cell4 01:51, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Another month on the Calander of Harptos. --Perikles 15:33, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Has anyone here read all of the FR novels, yeah, sounds crazy, but I am very curious. I want to try to find out if there are any huge experts here. And just a question, is it recommended that we are above a certain age before we become users on this wikia? Cell4 01:51, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think that there is an age restriction here. This site is supposed to deal with canon FR material, which means it's basicly collation, reproduction and discussion of already published material. It is unlikely that anything so published will have much of an age restriction to it.--Perikles 15:33, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * As to experts, I doubt anyone is a authoriative expert on all areas of the Realms. You will probably find that some people tend toward certain areas of interest, while others may be more expert in other areas.--Perikles 15:33, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Another question, can we personalize our userpages? Say, put something up like "this user spends 5 hours of his or her day playing Forgotten Realms video games" or "this user hates the Eberron campaign setting"? Cell4 01:51, 1 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Personalize away :) Zerak talk 15:56, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Drizzt was the founder of the wiki, but he could not maintain it, so he let Hash take it over, but he remained as an admin - I doubt he's coming back, but we've left him as an admin for now, as it does no harm. Zerak talk 15:56, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Template for Novels
If you could, use Template:Book (Example page: The Summoning) Thanks :) Zerak talk 16:19, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you Guys
I hope this wiki keeps running. But I would prefer it if we had less redlinks. Oh, and a question. Every night I come online and I see that none of my articles have been deleted. What a relief!!!!!! So I guess I'm just thinking like a Wikipedian. They delete every single article that has less than two lines. And they also say things like "you did this wrong, but you were new so.." I definitely prefer it here. And as my thank you, to all of you, try reading Homeland and tell me what you think of it. It's great. When you muscle your way through acres of blood and gore, it's a good book. Cell4 01:07, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * No need to thank us for not deleting articles, we value all contributions that are made in good faith, no matter how small! It would help us out if you would use the   template on pages you have created that are only a few lines long, so that people know it needs more details added later. Fw190a8 00:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

OK, guys, I am having a problem. You said I could personalize my userpage however much I wanted, right? Well, how do you exactly do that? How do you get little panels that say, "this user is..." "this user hates..." and all the rest? Is there a thing of text you are supposed to copy onto your page, or what, exactly? Cell4 23:29, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * You can use the   template for that. If you click that link, you will see there is a usage guide in a blue dotted border on that page. You can just copy that to your user page, and fill in the blanks with whatever information you want. Fw190a8 00:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * As for the User Boxes, (This user is interested in the "Forgotten Realms") and such, they are templates used on Wikipedia, you'd have to make your own templates here to have such ones on your user page. Zerak talk 21:37, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

About the Time: How do you keep track?
Forgotten Realms, it's a big place and their are 200+ novels. Is there a timeline for even a small portion of the series? It would really come in handy. And is their a complete map available for Faerun? That would also be helpful, because even books as good as the Drizzt novels don't give you a sense of where the heck you are. Thank you! And when I created an account i told you my real first name, right? Thank you again. And if I did give it to you, I'd prefer to be called that. Cell4 00:45, 7 February 2007 (UTC)


 * If you chose to give your real name when signing up for a Wikia account, it's more for contact purposes. All we can see is your nickname. We can't even see your email address!


 * For the timeline, I strongly recommend A Grand History of the Forgotten Realms because it's pretty complete. The articles on years here at the wiki will also be an excellent resource eventually, but there is much yet still to do. Fw190a8 02:43, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Map
For a map, try the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting map gallery – I recommend the 150dpi large map for maximum detail. Fw190a8 02:43, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Becoming a DM
I used to DM, many years ago. Now I just stick to reading about the Realms. My biggest tip for being a DM is that you should remember you need to spend about 4 hours preparing your campaign for every one hour you spend with your players, so it takes a lot of time! Fw190a8 02:44, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Fw190a8, and I've been DMing since 2005 but only about five games, none of them very long. Thanks for the tips. Each game however averaged 45 minutes to an hour. Cell4 01:01, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Another something where it says "we have ____ articles" on the main page is it just counting articles about the Realms or our userpages and talk pages as well? Cell4 02:19, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * If you click the number you'll end up at Special:Statistics, and it says:

"There are 3,707 total pages in the database. This includes "talk" pages, pages about Forgotten Realms Wiki, minimal "stub" pages, redirects, and others that probably don't qualify as content pages. Excluding those, there are 866 pages that are probably legitimate content pages"
 * Zerak talk 16:39, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

A Comment on Comments
Hi Eli, when leaving comments on article/user talk pages, please leave them at the bottom of the page, makes them far easier to find, thanks :) Zerak talk 16:35, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Userboxes
Hi Eli, I have created a few userboxes for you and added them to your user page underneath the member template. I hope you like them, but if you don't want them there, just revert the page to an earlier edit! Fw190a8 23:50, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Games
Fw190a8, I know this should be a question on your talk page, but just one question. When you play the videogamesfor FR, do you use PC, Mac, Xbox, PS2 or other? If you played a lot of the games like you said, what platforms were they for? I'm trying to find out specifically what game systems would be like a four letter word to Forgotten Realms game designers and what consoles they make most of their games for. Cell4 02:04, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


 * There is only one way to play role-playing games: on a PC. Anything else just isn't gaming. Consoles are great for platformers and sports games. Macs are just horrible for gaming. I highly recommend the Baldur's Gate series and I know that there is a complete collection (both games, plus both expansion packs) for $20. Beyond that, I loved the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, even though it's not set in the Realms, but it needs a pretty good computer. Fw190a8 05:33, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


 * With regard to your question about obtaining BGII online, try this on amazon.com. Fw190a8 02:31, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Endless wastes
It's a pretty boring place. That's why there isn't much written about it. Kind of like Antarctica I guess. There is stuff beyond the wastes though, you just don't see it on that map because it doesn't extend far enough. Fw190a8 05:37, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikia admin
If you need help regarding Wikia itself, you can click the "Live wiki help" in the menu on the left of every page! Fw190a8 05:37, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Same Country
Well, I'm danish, not sure if that qualifies as "same country, as you're from the states, heh : ) Zerak talk 21:11, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Help, please
Okay. This is a very minor question, but is there any class besides "stub"? Like say, "gargantuan class" with something that says, say, "this article has been rated gargantuan class" or something like that? Cell4 03:11, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * There are many categories. You can have a look at Special:Categories to see a list. Have a look at articles similar to the one you're writing to see what category/categories you might put the article in. Fw190a8 13:53, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Cell4 00:19, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

We don't have a specific policy for welcoming newcomers to the wiki. We generally use Special:Recent changes to see who has made recent contributions, and use that to discover new contributors. Fw190a8 13:53, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Hello, as you can see, my talk and userpages have changed because I think my userpage should not be so much of a dump and idle chat is really the point of THIS pages, the talk page. Yeah. Hope you like it. But I do have one question. there are templates for novels, of course, but are there templates for characters or would we have to make those? I'd just think that the Sheila Kree page I created about five minutes ago would look more attractive with a box that told a bit about her off to the side just like with Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun's page. And how eactly do we make our own templates? And one more thing, how do we put captions under images? Please respond here instead of on my userpage like before, because I'd like it neat there. Thank you very much. Cell4 02:40, 15 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Please use the Person template for characters. Making templates is a very complicated process that takes a lot of practice, but there are already templates for many things. Fw190a8 04:20, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah, trouble. How do you obtain BGII for a Mac? Cell4 03:17, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Is there a template for articles that may not have clear content? Because if there is I would think that putting it on the Naga page would be a good idea, O.K.? That might just be the "cleanup" template, but I'd like to know for certain. And one more thing. How long does a user have to not edit to qualify as "inactive?" Oh, actually, it was two more things: When was this wiki inactive? Will it be inactive again? I'd hope not. I'm trying to edit until at least the turn of the decade. Cell4 00:23, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * For articles that lack clear content, you would be better off using the Cleanup template. Just put that on the article, then go to the article's talk page, create a "Cleanup" heading, and write down why you think it needs a bit of work, so that everyone else knows how to improve it. There is no real "official" amount of time before a user becomes inactive, but I would think that a user who hasn't contributed in a month would be inactive. The wiki itself has been through periods where there were very few changes. Sometimes nobody made any changes for days and days, but in 2007, there have been more users, and the number of articles has soared from 500 to over 1000. Fw190a8 04:20, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Edits
No Problem. It was a simple wikipedia 'edit-and-paste'. Cheers, and keep up the good work! Johnnyriot999 08:13, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Recommended Reading
Personally, the best FR novels I've read so far have been the books of the Return of the Archwizards trilogy by Troy Denning. I highly enjoy Dennings writing (have read Waterdeep (novel) and Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad by him as well. Return of the Archwizards is set in 1371/1372 DR, so the events are quite recent and I really liked the story. As for age restrictions - I think most of Wizards products is pretty 'PG', they're owned by Hasbro who primarily caters to the child market, so they can't really afford offending anybody :) Zerak talk 15:47, 20 February 2007 (UTC)