User talk:Silvananthus

Welcome!
Well met, Silvananthus. Welcome to the Forgotten Realms Wiki! Thank you for your recent edit. We hope to see more great edits!

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 * 1) Use only official sources—no homebrew!
 * 2) Do not copy text from these sources; use your own words.
 * 3) Write everything in narrative tense (past tense), just like any novel.
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 * 5) Avoid using the Visual Editor; use the Source Editor instead.

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We hope that you enjoy editing here. Again, welcome! Happy scribing!

— Lhynard (talk) 15:28, May 15, 2020 (UTC)

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Copying content from sources
Thanks for your recent edits to the Brost article. However, please be aware that this wiki cannot host content that has been copied from published sources, since it is a copyright violation. This includes copying text and changing it to past tense. Please remove all the copied content from the Brost article and consider rewriting it with your own words. It is part of the joy of being a wiki contributor to see your own text being read by others.

Thank you, and feel free to let any of the admins know if you have any questions. ― Sirwhiteout (talk) 19:15, May 15, 2020 (UTC)


 * I am new to introducing materials to the forgotten realms wiki I have pulled material directly from the only source book on Brost. I am in the process of rewriting material into a form that would be original work to me. I am not trying to plargarize published information the article is a work in progress and had to start somewhere.  Do you have any suggestions as to how to best accomplish this or should I simply write the article offline and make the necessary changes so that it doesn't violate the plagarism regulations?


 * I have moved your reply to this page so it is easier to follow. You can reply directly on this thread instead of on my talk page (except if you want to start a new topic).


 * For help in our writing policies and best practices, take a look at the links in the section above. They are a good starting point. In short, write the text with your own words and do not copy anything, but stay consistent with the source material. That is, do not introduce speculation or claims that are not in the source or that alter the lore that is presented there. Also, always provide citations and references so readers can follow up.


 * As an additional note, we also strongly recommend using the Source Editor rather than the Visual Editor, since it gives you more control over the various features.


 * Also, do not forget to sign your posts in the talk page. See the above section for more details. ― Sirwhiteout (talk) 19:31, May 15, 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello, two more related things.


 * Yes, a lot of us write the articles in another editor off-line and then copy over the more-finished text from that. I actually just write everything in the editor itself, because the Source Editor has autocomplete features. You can constantly click the Preview button to see how things look.


 * The reason that it is not okay to first copy sourcebooks and then modify is because the edit history still contains the text that is a copyright violation and search engines still patrol the history for every article.


 * When you have finished removing all copied text, let us know, and I will delete all of the old edits from the history.


 * Thanks for your cooperation and welcome!


 * ~ Lhynard (talk) 19:40, May 15, 2020 (UTC)