User talk:Regis87

Welcome!
Well met, Regis87, and welcome to the Forgotten Realms Wiki! Thank you for your edit to the Golden Cove page. We hope you like the place and decide to stay and explore the Forgotten Realms with us.

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Again, welcome! Happy scribing!

— Hashimashadoo (talk) 04:44, December 5, 2017 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hi, welcome to the FRW. Thanks for your additions. I hope you stay and develop our knowledge of the Realms further.

Some words of advice.

First, slow down! We see a lot of new editors come in, get excited, and pump out a flurry of work. However, it takes a lot of effort for the other editors to clean up and point out newbie mistakes, while the new editor gets burned out and leaves after a bit. So take it slow, do a little bit, see how we polish up your articles and additions, then take on board what changes you can for the next round until you're able to operate without the safety net.

Please look at how I've revised articles like M'Khiin Grubdoubler, Chogurugga, and Golden Cove. Their revision histories will illustrate this. In particular, use the full infoboxes such Person and Location and our citation templates.

For that, we recommend using the Source Editor or Rich-Text Editor, not the Visual Editor. The Visual Editor won't show any of the code and makes it very difficult to add templates, especially citations, and it won't give any of our helpful information on some screens. The Source Editor and Rich-Text Editor show you the wiki code, which is easy to learn by looking at it and is simpler than the average forum code.

Don't stop at stubs! They're just placeholders for others to develop. Try to tell the full story or description, to make the wiki more useful to gamers and fans.

When doing Dragon magazines, you only need to list the Forgotten Realms related articles. Because we're an FR wiki, we focus on the FR lore and relevant core material, and don't cover the other settings, so Dragon magazine 407 doesn't need to mention the Dark Sun or Eberron articles.

Finally, if you have any questions or problems, just ask! Any experienced editor will be able and willing to help you. — BadCatMan (talk) 00:39, December 6, 2017 (UTC)

Dragon magazine categories
Hello! I have seen that you have created lots of Dragon magazine article. Its great to have these here, thanks! I noticed that you manually put in the three usual categories "Dragon magazine issues", "Published in..." and "Magazines". These categories are actually automatically added when you use the Dragon magazine template, so you don't need to include them. Moreover, they are usually sorted differently, so it may be better not to add them manually. Happy scribing! Daranios (talk) 20:46, December 12, 2017 (UTC)

Use of the Appearances Section
Hey, thanks for all the great work that you are doing on this wiki!

I wanted to point out something about the Appearances section of the appendices of articles. You are adding a lot, but are misusing them in some cases. It is meant to be used for an appearance in a story or adventure, as opposed to a place where more can be learned about this person, place, or thing. That latter case should be listed in a Further Reading section.

Also, when listing an appearance in a magazine, it is important not just to link to the magazine but to indicate the story or adventure.

When listing further reading, provide the page number, just as you would a source.

For example, an article about the Foo monster might end like this:

Appearances

 * "The Forgotten Realms Is Foobar"

Standardized Sections
I just wanted to point out that we have a set of standard section headings and section order guidelines that were generally agreed upon a few years back. See Standardized Sections on most infobox template documentation pages. For example, a Gallery comes after the Appearances section. Note that those Further Reading sections you've been adding are the equivalent of the External Links section and should go just above the References section (which is always last). Thanks for all your contributions! &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 14:22, January 13, 2018 (UTC)