User talk:ThunderBrine

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Plagiarism
It is illegal to copy information directly from a sourcebook. Adding a few extra words here and there is not enough; you must rewrite the entire article in your own words.

Also, the dragonnel is not related to the Forgotten Realms, so it does not belong on our wiki anyhow.

~ Lhynard (talk) 06:41, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Languages
Hi. I've blocked you so I can save you unnecessary effort and talk with you first. Your new categories on language pages seem to be unnecessary, erroneous, or speculative. Please discuss such widespread changes first. I've opened conversation on the Talk pages at Category_talk:Language_isolates and Category_talk:Languages_solely_used_by_monsters.

Furthermore, please reply here to show you got these messages and understand not to plagiarize text, before I lift your block. BadCatMan (talk) 09:57, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

I see your messages and I understand. I will discuss their contents whenever you or other users are available for discussion. ThunderBrine 10:04, 15 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you, I've unblocked you now. BadCatMan (talk) 10:06, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Dragon lair maps
Hey there Thunderbrine! We appreciate you wanting to help contribute to the wiki, but I am afraid that your uploads of "dragon lair" maps did not fall within our wiki's jurisdiction and had to be removed. If they were maps of specific locations in the Realms, that would be good, but I'm afraid that these are just generic example lairs for use by Dungeon Masters. SunderedShor (talk) January 18, 2022.

Sea Serpent
Hi. We've had this discussion before, but as we've said, this is a Forgotten Realms Wiki and we focus on Forgotten Realms lore. The sea serpent has no Realmslore attached, either in the 5e book Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, nor in previous editions – any mention would be to the earlier sea snake. Hence, the sea serpent should be rejected. I suggest you take your article to a more general D&D wiki, like the Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition Wiki or the D&D Lore Wiki. BadCatMan (talk) 06:49, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Furthermore, do not include links to copies of the books, even if they're for your personal reference. The wiki cannot host or link to any copyright-infringing material. BadCatMan (talk) 06:51, 18 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I understand. I will try to post it to a general D&D wiki. However, with that action, I have a couple of questions and concerns.
 * It should be noted that all other D&D wikis are heavily underdeveloped and do not have the resources that Forgotten Realms has. Also, what is supposed to be the D&D General wiki allows homebrew content, lowering the value of the wiki in its reliability, even if its tolerance on crunch is appreciated.
 * If it is allowed, I would like to ask if it is appropriate to transfer information from Forgotten Realms (and other D&D wikis) to the General wiki, or if such behavior is unacceptable. --ThunderBrine 09:06, 18 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I'd say the obvious solution to underdeveloped wikis... is to go develop those wikis. In my experience, wikis don't grow if no one adds, and if you build it, they will come. The FRW itself was underdeveloped and light on resources for a long, long time, and it took a long, long time to develop it to the standard it has now. But the work has to start somewhere. We encourage the development of other D&D wikis, for the various settings and editions and approaches, contribute to some of them, copy over pages we've removed from here, and share what templates and knowhow we can. So you're welcome to copy your unrelated pages over and any templates you like, to an appropriate wiki of your choosing. BadCatMan (talk) 10:04, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Templates
(Note to self: When making a D&D wiki, follow this order. Extensions, Modules, Templates, Pages concerning source material, Pages concerning other material.)

Which Extensions allow the wiki to do all the complicated things; And which modules and templates? I know that when you create a wiki, you have a default set of extensions, but which optional extensions are the most important to Forgotten Realms's functionality? I ask because Forgotten Realms Wiki is the most developed of all D&D wikis, so I would like to know what this wiki uses so I can develop other D&D wikis to the same degree of professionalism as Forgotten Realms. --ThunderBrine 07:16, 19 January 2022 (UTC)


 * You can see all the Extensions installed on the wiki on the Special:Version page. That said, there are already D&D wikis for just about every campaign setting, so I would recommend working on one of those rather than starting a new one. Fandom is trying to reduce the number of duplicate wikis and starting a wiki on a topic that is already covered elsewhere will probably get closed. You can see the list of D&D wikis at the bottom of the Main Page. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 17:04, 19 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Don't worry. I'm not trying to start a new wiki. Just trying to improve existing ones. --ThunderBrine 23:39, 19 January 2022 (UTC)