User talk:Artyom.pavlov

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— BadCatMan (talk) 14:22, August 12, 2019 (UTC)

Welcome & Advice
Hi! Welcome to the wiki. I've followed up on a number of your edits to fix things up and use our citation templates, such as Cite book/Plague of Spells/MMP. You can see how it works here. — BadCatMan (talk) 01:43, August 13, 2019 (UTC)


 * Hey, thanks. I saved the template. (i was using the "citation" function embedded in the edit window.) Do i need to cite the exact page or chapter for each? Artyom.pavlov (talk) 15:10, August 14, 2019 (UTC)


 * I don't know what citation function that is, but the Visual Editor is, frankly, absolutely useless for this wiki, especially with citation templates. Please have a look at the Source Editor, which will show you how all the wiki markup works, without breaking things. :)


 * For more information about citations, see Help:Citing sources.


 * Yes, please include the page number so others can find the information as well. Chapter numbers are also useful to include in novels.


 * Good night from me, and good luck with any more edits you make. The other admins will be available to help you if you have queries or issues. — BadCatMan (talk) 15:44, August 14, 2019 (UTC)


 * Yeah i've figured the source works much better (especially after I try to edit and accidentally delete half the work done, reset, and abandon the edit out of frustration). Thanks for being helpful and patient while I learn the engine. Artyom.pavlov (talk) 16:01, August 14, 2019 (UTC)

Warning on copied text
Hi. Thanks for your work, but please try to rephrase the text further away from the source material. While there has been some changes, it is still close enough to the original text that it can be seen as plagiarism. For example, from Damien Morienus, "They sucked the life energy from the mage, causing him to become an undead crypt thing." is little different from "The demons sucked the life energy from the mage, causing him to become an undead crypt thing." There are many lines like this. Perhaps you could consider more alternate words and phrases, restructuring how the information is presented, and changing the focus. For example, "Damien was attacked in his meditation chamber, with the demons draining his life until he became a crypt thing." — BadCatMan (talk) 08:41, November 26, 2019 (UTC)

Apologies, and it won't happen again. Will make sure to paraphrase going forward. Artyom.pavlov (talk) 14:58, November 26, 2019 (UTC)

Hey BacCatMan, just wanted to flag something for you that i caught. The edits that list page number in Plague of spells edits I've made are using ebook pages, which means they need to be changed as the page count changes with the font size. BUT! the chapter number is accurate. Apologies for the inconsistency. Unless someone wants to handle, i will take care of that once i get a moment (i do edits from that book while  at work), and probably once i am writing the synopsis of the book.

Artyom.pavlov (talk) 04:35, January 19, 2020 (UTC)

Edited Damien Moreinous page. please let me know if further rephrasing is needed. Artyom.pavlov (talk) 00:07, January 20, 2020 (UTC)

Rutterkin and Greetings
Heyo. A few things. One, as the guy whose been cleaning up most of the fiendish pages, thnks for adding and contributing (especially the dretch picture I always forgot about and finally adding a rutterkin page). The other thing was a brief bit of advice on the purpose of certain tabs. Description is physical description, not personality. You add personality for that. Abiltiies and Combat are typically separated. When you add in specific individuals you add a notable individuals, headline, rather than put them under society.

Cheers.Vegepygmy (talk) 03:15, January 19, 2020 (UTC)

Noted. yeah this is still WIP page, just adding and editing all the lore i can find the first step. Editing and making presentable after. I hate missing thing so i go book by book to get things added before diving into granularity (or letting someone who is good at editing making changes.) ... i think Rutterkin is done now, just needs some edits.

Artyom.pavlov (talk) 04:03, January 19, 2020 (UTC)

Outside of seperating ecology (half of it belongs in history) then no you're good.Vegepygmy (talk) 04:15, January 19, 2020 (UTC)

Does that work? There's not much to add really from what i could find... Artyom.pavlov (talk) 04:26, January 19, 2020 (UTC)

also i added Vorr page today, in care you need to add them to the fiends category.Artyom.pavlov (talk) 04:44, January 19, 2020 (UTC)

Image Uploads
Your last several images do not have the required Information template filled in, including mandatory source and licensing information. Please go back to all your images and provide the missing information and add categories or else the images may be deleted. See File:Anatomy of the dretch.jpg for an example of how it is supposed to be done, and let me know if you need any assistance. ~ Lhynard (talk) 20:09, January 19, 2020 (UTC)


 * Hiya, i updated the images with the info i knew. Artyom.pavlov (talk) 00:06, January 20, 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks for looking into this so quickly! For the The Accursed Tower ones, go ahead and use the Fairuse tag for licensing. ~ Lhynard (talk) 17:42, January 20, 2020 (UTC)
 * Done! Artyom.pavlov (talk) 20:03, January 20, 2020 (UTC)
 * Done! Artyom.pavlov (talk) 20:03, January 20, 2020 (UTC)

Novel Indices
It's exciting that you are going through and adding a synopsis and index to Plague of Spells. However, could you please follow the index format used on this page: Mistress of the Night (novel)? We have a special template (P) that automatically creates an alphabetical index with page numbers when  is used somewhere on the page. Also, use the  character so that the index does not take up so much space.

Thanks for the great work so far!

~ Lhynard (talk) 19:13, January 30, 2020 (UTC)

Got it. The index is complete so I will edit now!

Artyom.pavlov (talk) 19:20, January 30, 2020 (UTC)