User talk:Thatdavidhopkins

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

The FR Wiki aims to be a valuable resource for all Realms fans, players, and DMs. As you edit, please keep in mind these five important rules:
 * 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.
 * 4) Add citations for any statements that you make—at least one per paragraph.
 * 5) Avoid using the Visual Editor; use the Source Editor instead.

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 * General help • Editing articles • Referencing and citing • Policies • Canon • Copyrights

…Or leave a message on my talk page or ask any of the other administrators about things.

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

— Lhynard (talk) 14:33, November 5, 2019 (UTC)

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Plagiarism Warning
Hi. Welcome to the wiki and thanks for your additions, but please note that the FRW does not accept plagiarized or copyrighted material, as per our Plagiarism policy. That is, do not copy directly from the sourcebooks, novels, and other works. All text should be rewritten in your own words to accurately reflect the source material. I removed the text you added to the Vilhon Reach article, as seen here and I rewrote many of the identical sentences and phrases in House Shadowdusk, seen here.

Because of this, I've blocked you until you respond here to acknowledge you understand this. I'll lift it when you do, but please note repeated offenses will see longer or permanent blocks.

April 27, 2020 (UTC)

In addition, please note the wiki uses past tense and how to use a cite template, such as Template:Cite book/Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage. — BadCatMan (talk)


 * Thank you for your helpful notes. I will review everything carefully and make the correct changes going forward. I am still new to wiki, so it's a bit of a learning curve. (I don't even know if I'm responding correctly.) Regarding "plagiarism," I have a journalism background; plagiarism is an important issue to me. It was my understanding that if I cite and quote, it is fine. But now, I know that's not wiki policy. So, consider this acknowledgment and understanding.


 * Thatdavidhopkins (talk) 16:16, 11:54, April 27, 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the quick response. I unblocked you. I am responding because BadCatMan lives in Australia.


 * Yes, you responded properly to a message, although folks often indent, nesting-style, using colons, which you can see in the wiki "code" if you use the "source editor".


 * Regarding quotations: Even in journalism, there are limits to the use of quotations. You cannot quote large passages from books, for example, without special permission from the publisher. It is okay to have small quotes here on our wiki from sources, but we also have a rule about writing things in an "in-universe" style, so a quote from a sourcebook usually doesn't make any sense. The sourcebook doesn't exist in the world of the Realms. We often do pull direct quotes from the sourcebooks, if they themselves are supposed quotes from Realm's characters, but we even have a special template for that: Quote.


 * I hope that this clarifies things for you. Welcome, and happy editing! And feel free to ask any of us for help with syntax, etc.


 * ~ Lhynard (talk) 17:46, April 27, 2020 (UTC)