User talk:Malte Martin

&mdash;Moviesign (talk) 01:35, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Please write in your own words
Thanks for adding Brakkis Elspaar to the wiki! Your first paragraph was in pretty good shape but your description was copied almost word for word from the source. This is a copyright violation and is not allowed on the wiki. I rewrote it a bit and used our standard sections (which can be found on the documentation page for most of the infobox templates, like Person, the one that I added to your article). We recommend you use one of the Source editors to make it easier to work with these templates. Feel free to ask one of the regular editors or staff for help. Good luck and have fun! &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 01:42, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Any tips for new members?
Hello Malte Martin, You are the one of the first non-administration Wiki members I have seen editing. Being new here (my first edit done on the 5th of March) do you have any tips to give me about the FR Wiki in general or editing?

Also, ToA and CoS are my top two favorite D&D campaigns. I was fortunate enough to play through CoS as a player, but had a ton of fun DMing ToA. - Erdan the Ranger (talk) 15:57, 9 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi Erdan, welcome to the FR Wiki! I'm not the most active member here (I've created and edited some articles here and there over the past few months) but I'm happy to help you if I can! When I was new, my biggest mistake was probably sticking too closely to the source description instead of rephrasing it. So a tip from me would be to always try to write in your own words. Other than that, you should always cite the source for what you write. And if you have questions you shouldn't hesitate to ask - the admin team is very helpful.


 * If you don't know what to write I would recommend to just poke around lore you're familiar with or interested in. You will certainly find incomplete articles that you can add or even completely missing articles that you can create. For example, when I started writing here, many creatures and locations from the D&D Essentials Kit (that I'm currently DMing) didn't have articles so I started working on that. There is always something to do on this Wiki.


 * I agree with you - ToA and CoS are two of the best adventures in fifth edition. The Fane of the Night Serpent and the final confrontation with Acererak were two of my most memorable D&D experiences. I only recently started playing CoS (as a player), we just arrived in Vallaki. I'm excited to see how the story continues. Malte Martin (talk) 22:02, 9 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much for your tips, I have been trying to edit and create pages only about lore I am familiar with, primarily ToA and WBtW which I started DMing a week ago. I am very glad I found another ToA and CoS enthusiast!


 * Thank you very much for your time to replying to my questions.


 * Note: My personal favor location in CoS is the Amber Temple, I believe that the FR wiki does not have a page for it because it is not related to FR lore. But its a cool place none-the-less. I hope you will have a lot of fun exploring the Mists of Barovia.


 * - Erdan the Ranger (talk) 14:35, 11 March 2022 (UTC)