User talk:EriPls

Welcome!
Well met, EriPls. 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.
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We hope that you enjoy editing here. Again, welcome! Happy scribing!

— Sirwhiteout (talk) 20:14, September 18, 2020 (UTC)

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Dogma Sections
Hello, EriPls,

Please do not undo the edits of a admin on a wiki unless you have good reason to.

In this case, the text was removed because it violates our policies. Our wiki should not include copied text. All text must be rewritten in a wiki author's own words. Placing something in quotes does not excuse this rule, unless the quote can be argued as illustrating something under fair-use principles. A copied dogma section from a sourcebook does not fall under this special case. If the dogma section were actually a supposed quote from a fictional Realm's holy text, this would be different, but that is not the case here either.

A proper Dogma section should not be written in the imperative mood; it should be written in the narrative voice just like the rest of our wiki. It should explain the believes of the deity, not provide instruction.

We have had a good number of violations of this on our deity pages for a while. This was a problem that I finally got around to fixing today. I think that I got them all. Please do not reintroduce the problem.

I only blocked you to make sure that I had a chance to explain this before you undid any other changes. I'll go unblock you now, trusting that you understand.

~ Lhynard (talk) 20:34, September 18, 2020 (UTC)