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Thank you to Possesed Priest from Cerin Beren
Apologies if this is too intrusive, but this seems like the appropriate place to put this. Editing a wiki isn't as intuitive as I thought it'd be.

Thank you for welcoming me to the wiki. Thank you also for telling me about the past tense ruling, even though it does seem strange in some places.

Historical events and things that no longer exist should, of course, be referred to in the past tense, but something that a creature will always do or a building that probably won't change for some time doesn't seem to be the place to put past tense.

Take, for example, the line "Like most elementals, chwingas did not eat, drink, or breathe, but unusually they did sleep." I think it sounds very strange to say that the chwingas did not eat, drink, or breathe. It sounds like they've gone extinct. Unless there's a major lore change, I think that it's likely that elementals will never require food, liquid, or air, so it would make more sense to me to put it as "...chwingas do not eat, drink, or breathe". I don't really know how to start a wiki-wide debate on this topic, nor do I really want to create conflict where there needn't be any.

Nevertheless, I will respect the wiki's rules and do my best to make all my future writings past tense. Again, thank you for taking the time to send me that welcome paragraph and changing all my incorrect edits.

Cerin Beren (talk) 06:32, 5 January 2021 (UTC)


 * It isn't intrusive at all! Thanks for responding, I'm more than happy to welcome you and correct edits. I understand the argument about using current tense in some articles, however, this largely increases the workload of the wiki. For example, let us say that there is a cataclysmic event in the Realms (like the Spellplague) tied to all elemental creatures. All the elemental creatures break down into their primal energies, ceasing to exist. The editors would have to change the entire chwinga page (and all other elemental pages on the wiki) to past tense, which is incredibly time-consuming. Always using past tense means there is no need for tense revisions. Read the past tense policy for a more in-depth explanation and further reasoning. Cheers! ~ Possessed Priest (talk) 14:42, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the wizards
Hello Possessed Priest! Thanks for adding all those Netherese (and Oerthly) spell-inventors! I've made a lot of their spells by developer categories as part of Lhynard's Spell Invention Project. Great to see them get their own articles now! Daranios (talk) 12:15, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem, I'm glad you approve! It is an enjoyable project. :) ~ Possessed Priest (talk) 17:16, 18 January 2021 (UTC)