User talk:Litlbear

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— Hashimashadoo (talk) 22:57, August 26, 2018 (UTC)

Changes to Hruggek
I have reverted your change to Hruggek because no source that I checked across all 5 editions mentioned strength or bravery as being part of his sphere of influence. Quite the opposite, it says he prefers his followers to use stealth and trickery to ambush smaller groups. If you can provide a canon source (book and page number) where it says he is their god of strength and bravery in the Forgotten Realms, then your edit can stand. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 00:59, September 26, 2018 (UTC)

Demon Lords
Greetings.

As you go through the minor demon lords, I'd suggest checking the Layers of the Abyss article for additional sources: it generally gives the information under a lord's layer.SilverTiger (talk) 21:44, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Realms Connections?
Hi, Litlbear,

Please note that we are a Forgotton Realms wiki, which means that our articles are supposed to be related, at least somehow, to the Forgotten Realms. Please only add new articles if you can describe how they relate to the Realms. If there is no such connection, they do not belong on our wiki.

It looks like you have done well adding things, but they might not belong here, so please try to find connections for whatever you add. thanks!

~ Lhynard (talk) 22:17, 20 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I'm unsure of how to properly respond, so I'll put my edit here. I'm creating pages for demon lords of the Abyss, which exists within the Forgotten Realms as a plane.  I'm not sure what you mean by them not being related. -litlbear


 * Thank you for communicating quickly with us here! That is very helpful. :)


 * I know that you understand now what we mean by "connections to the Realms", and while I prefer that you did not add any unconnected articles at all, it is not against the policies, only strongly discouraged. However, if you do choose to add such articles, you need to always add the tag  at the top of the page so that readers understand that they have nothing to do with the Realms really. Please do not forget to do this. Thanks!


 * Please also go back and add this tag to the pages that you have already added, not just new ones. Otherwise, you are giving the rest of us extra work.


 * ~ Lhynard (talk) 21:06, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Reference Copy/Pasting
You have conflicting page numbers on your references for the Iron Wastes page. Make sure when copy/pasting the references that you change the page numbers as needed. Also the first time a reference is mentioned is should be in the full format, but an abbreviated format can be used for each additional use of the same reference. Artemaz (talk) 19:23, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

I edited the page numbers to be uniform, I no longer see the error at the bottom of the page. What are you referencing with the abbreviation mention? Litlbear (talk) 19:31, 21 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Here is a sample from the very first reference found in the infobox:


 * < ref name="FC13e-p139-142" >


 * I added spaces inside of the reference so the text would appear here but you can see the page numbers on this one are 139-142 in the front of the reference and 135-136 at the end of the reference. The page numbers need to match. Artemaz (talk) 19:41, 21 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I see, I totally missed that. I'll go and take a look at it now. Litlbear (talk) 19:45, 21 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Litlbear, you still have not followed up on Artemaz's comments and are still creating pages with these errors. Please fix your pages before making any new ones. I left a comment on the Iron Wastes edit I just made|here, so you can see how to change the code correctly. Cheers! ~ Possessed Priest (talk) 20:53, 21 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I fixed the reference numbers at the beginning that were off, but it was never explained what the 'abbreviated format' reference was. I see it now through your edit, and I'll try my hand at it.  Litlbear (talk) 20:58, 21 October 2020 (UTC)


 * To use the reference I pasted above here is an example of the abbreviated format:


 * Full reference: < ref name="FC13e-p139-142" >


 * Abbreviated reference : < ref name="FC13e-p139-142" />


 * You can see it's pretty much just the first portion of the reference with a / added at the end. Artemaz (talk) 21:05, 21 October 2020 (UTC)


 * just tried my hand at it editing the Mavawhan page. I think I got it right this time.  I just need to remove the overuse of the citation itself, and instead reference the one citation afterwards.Litlbear (talk) 21:09, 21 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Yeh, you pretty much got it. I made some corrections over at the Mavawhan page. Thanks for your patience! ~ Possessed Priest (talk) 21:14, 21 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for yours :) I have no coding experience, so this is all foreign to me - I just have some free time and wanted to try to contribute in some small part since the wiki has been a super helpful tool to me for a while.  I'll get to fixing up the other pages Litlbear (talk) 21:17, 21 October 2020 (UTC)


 * You seem to be learning quickly, too. :) ~ Lhynard (talk) 21:21, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

I work well under pressure lol. I'll keep doing my best to populate the Abyss and make sure it's all marked and tagged properly Litlbear (talk) 21:24, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Images
Hey Litlbear, I decided to start a new thread here as the other one is getting quite long! When you upload images, please use the Information template, as found at the top of Special:Upload. If you fill in fields, such as the author (providing you know it), it will automatically generate most categories for you. Take a look at my edit. Cheers! ~ Possessed Priest (talk) 21:46, 21 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks again for all of your help - I've gone ahead and fixed the mavawhan with the proper artist and everything else you provided.Litlbear (talk) 21:53, 21 October 2020 (UTC)


 * No problem! The changes look great, thank you for making them. ~ Possessed Priest (talk) 21:56, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Dhergoloths
Um, Litlbear, you might actually need to slow down a bit. Derghodemons are already a page (they're a type of daemon but 4e shifted them into demons like they did all the yugoloths). Before you plop down a type of demon try and check if it appeared anywhere else first (maybe under a different name).Vegepygmy (talk) 02:44, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

I had no other names to go by - so far most of the demon pages I've made were removed 8 years ago for being copy-pasted from the book.Litlbear (talk) 02:50, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Well here's a short list. Mezzoloths, dhergoloths, piscoloths, hydroloths, yagnoloths, nycaloths and ultroloths (replace suffix with demon as needed) are already there.Vegepygmy (talk) 02:54, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, I'll focus on ones without the suffix demon.Litlbear (talk) 02:56, 23 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I will turn the pages into redirects, which ideally should've been done when they got their alternate names. BadCatMan (talk) 03:06, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks BadCat, I was wondering how I should go about flagging them for deletion but that's a nice alternative. Litlbear (talk) 03:08, 23 October 2020 (UTC)