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Would this make a useful source for monster articles? :) [1] BOZ ( talk) 01:49, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shadzar/TSR_Games
i have started an article with the information being present in my user area, but this needs some attention to work out and figure out what is going on and I have been away so long its best if someone else takes this and runs with it. shadzar- talk 02:42, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
If you can add any additional sources to Raistlin Majere and Goldmoon, please do so. The merge/unmerge discussion is located on this talk page. Thank you. BOZ ( talk) 18:49, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
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Doniago (
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18:21, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Could someone please check this series of edits? This is a Good Article, so we need to make sure to maintain quality. 129.33.19.254 ( talk) 15:07, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
Just to let you know... {{ Forgotten Realms Wikia}} is up for deletion. ( here)
Is this something you as a project are planning to use, or is its sole transclusion all it is good for?
- J Greb ( talk) 00:12, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
I have proposed a way to preserve content about D&D-related characters, items, monster, etc. at the sha' ir article. I would be interested to get some input from other project members as to whether this could be a viable way forward. We could have a more centralized discussion here if that would work better for the general case. — Torchiest talk edits 00:07, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Could someone check to see if this is an appropriate addition to this article? 129.33.19.254 ( talk) 21:46, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Apparently game designer Lynn Willis passed away today. This article could use a ton of cleanup, and much better sourcing. BOZ ( talk) 00:25, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
The last stages of a discussion if Caramon Majere should have its own article has led to another discussion, if independent sources that provide ONLY plot summary count as secondary sources with regard to establishing notability or not. I fear that the authors that have contributed there so far want to tighten the possibilities of establishing notablity for fictional topics further. Maybe anyone has ideas to contribute there? Thanks a lot. Daranios ( talk) 22:02, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
Great news, everyone - it has been over a year since our last Good Article nomination, so let's see what we can do to make sure this one passes - Talk:Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn/GA1 BOZ ( talk) 13:14, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Great news, everyone - we actually have two Good Article nominations at the moment, so let's see what we can do to make sure this one passes as well - Talk:Dwarf (Dungeons & Dragons)/GA1 :) BOZ ( talk) 15:14, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
The new web-comic, Table Titans, has been endorsed by Dungeons & Dragons, and will feature official D&D products. Therefore, the article falls under this project's scope. Feel free to help expand it. JDDJS ( talk) 16:48, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
We have a new editor apparently experimenting with this article by removing large pieces of Drizzt Do'Urden. I could use some help there. 129.33.19.254 ( talk) 00:05, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
I just heard that, since working at TSR since 1979 and staying through the purchase by Wizards of the Coast, Kim Mohan has just retired. Wow, what a good, long career. BOZ ( talk) 03:07, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
IMO Wikipedia:WikiProject Dungeons & Dragons/References could use some more online sources. The Escapist looks like it would be a good option, it's been around since 1995, and it's been averaging about two or three D&D-related articles per month this year. IMO RPGnet's regular columns would probably count as reliable sources, but we should probably include a big warning that this presumption of reliability doesn't extend to the reviews or the forums. EN World's doesn't appear to accept unsolicited third-party columns or reviews, but I didn't spot any specific information on their editorial policy (the front page news section is run by Morrus, the editor-in-chief / webmaster / site owner). Does anyone else have any suggestions for reliable online sources which regularly cover D&D or tabletop roleplaying games in general? -- Gordon Ecker ( talk) 09:06, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Don't know if any of these qualify as RS's, or if there is any reason to mention any of this on any Wikipedia articles at this point, but I'm noting it here all the same:
BOZ ( talk) 17:21, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
I just wanted to give a big shout out to Torchiest. He has helped out in a big way over most of the past year by adding links from HighBeam to D&D articles and other articles. He added info to a whole lot of articles related to our project – see a sampling below – in some cases it was just a sentence or two, but in some cases it was quite a bit; he even used HighBeam to help get Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn up to Good Article status. Several of the articles he worked on had no sources at all before he added to them, and many other articles had very little in the way of sourcing. He really went the extra mile to help out, so I want to say a big thank you to Torchiest! :)
BOZ ( talk) 14:30, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
I think the decisions by Hasbro-owned WOTC to keep multiple lines of D&D products for sale at once demonstrates that the logic I put forward here is more accurate than the comments at that time would indicate. I'm not sure there is anything to be done with this assertion at the present, but I want to point out that when one company publishes multiple varieties of a game at once, there's much to be said for categorizing each 'edition' as a separate game. Can anyone think of another game company that publishes multiple editions of a game, excluding the overlap while stock of the previous edition is on clearance? I'm unable to think of one. Jclemens ( talk) 06:03, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
The treatment of Living Campaigns is woefully inadequate. We had a long discussion at Gencon 2013 about this, and many are not editors. I am not longer an active editor, maybe this takes me out of my hiatus. It really needs work, and one person on there is conducting a revert to every change. Dominick (TALK) 01:21, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
Given the current stream of non-notable articles being taken to AfD with the standard predictable outcomes for content that does not have third party coverage, does anyone have a clean up proposal that they would like to offer instead so that we can stop cutting and pasting our responses and have the project take responsibility for the articles under its banner? -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 20:45, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
Just found a relatively recent independent source dealing with D&D: Of Dice and Men (Google books has an excerpt). Maybe this can be of help for some articles in the future. Daranios ( talk) 09:06, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
For Satyr I found this in an archive on the ref, the page itself 404ed and the RS was a review of the article, but it points to "The Ecology of the Satyr: Taking a light look at Mr. Fun himself", by Gordon R. Menzies, an article for the AD&D role-playing game which appeared in Dragon magazine #155 (March 1990), pages 42-45". ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 03:42, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
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Archive 30 | ← | Archive 33 | Archive 34 | Archive 35 | Archive 36 | Archive 37 | → | Archive 40 |
Would this make a useful source for monster articles? :) [1] BOZ ( talk) 01:49, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shadzar/TSR_Games
i have started an article with the information being present in my user area, but this needs some attention to work out and figure out what is going on and I have been away so long its best if someone else takes this and runs with it. shadzar- talk 02:42, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
If you can add any additional sources to Raistlin Majere and Goldmoon, please do so. The merge/unmerge discussion is located on this talk page. Thank you. BOZ ( talk) 18:49, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
The article Pool of Radiance (novel) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}}
notice, but please explain why in your
edit summary or on
the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}}
will stop the
proposed deletion process, but other
deletion processes exist. In particular, the
speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and
articles for deletion allows discussion to reach
consensus for deletion.
Doniago (
talk)
18:21, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Could someone please check this series of edits? This is a Good Article, so we need to make sure to maintain quality. 129.33.19.254 ( talk) 15:07, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
Just to let you know... {{ Forgotten Realms Wikia}} is up for deletion. ( here)
Is this something you as a project are planning to use, or is its sole transclusion all it is good for?
- J Greb ( talk) 00:12, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
I have proposed a way to preserve content about D&D-related characters, items, monster, etc. at the sha' ir article. I would be interested to get some input from other project members as to whether this could be a viable way forward. We could have a more centralized discussion here if that would work better for the general case. — Torchiest talk edits 00:07, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Could someone check to see if this is an appropriate addition to this article? 129.33.19.254 ( talk) 21:46, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Apparently game designer Lynn Willis passed away today. This article could use a ton of cleanup, and much better sourcing. BOZ ( talk) 00:25, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
The last stages of a discussion if Caramon Majere should have its own article has led to another discussion, if independent sources that provide ONLY plot summary count as secondary sources with regard to establishing notability or not. I fear that the authors that have contributed there so far want to tighten the possibilities of establishing notablity for fictional topics further. Maybe anyone has ideas to contribute there? Thanks a lot. Daranios ( talk) 22:02, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
Great news, everyone - it has been over a year since our last Good Article nomination, so let's see what we can do to make sure this one passes - Talk:Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn/GA1 BOZ ( talk) 13:14, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Great news, everyone - we actually have two Good Article nominations at the moment, so let's see what we can do to make sure this one passes as well - Talk:Dwarf (Dungeons & Dragons)/GA1 :) BOZ ( talk) 15:14, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
The new web-comic, Table Titans, has been endorsed by Dungeons & Dragons, and will feature official D&D products. Therefore, the article falls under this project's scope. Feel free to help expand it. JDDJS ( talk) 16:48, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
We have a new editor apparently experimenting with this article by removing large pieces of Drizzt Do'Urden. I could use some help there. 129.33.19.254 ( talk) 00:05, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
I just heard that, since working at TSR since 1979 and staying through the purchase by Wizards of the Coast, Kim Mohan has just retired. Wow, what a good, long career. BOZ ( talk) 03:07, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
IMO Wikipedia:WikiProject Dungeons & Dragons/References could use some more online sources. The Escapist looks like it would be a good option, it's been around since 1995, and it's been averaging about two or three D&D-related articles per month this year. IMO RPGnet's regular columns would probably count as reliable sources, but we should probably include a big warning that this presumption of reliability doesn't extend to the reviews or the forums. EN World's doesn't appear to accept unsolicited third-party columns or reviews, but I didn't spot any specific information on their editorial policy (the front page news section is run by Morrus, the editor-in-chief / webmaster / site owner). Does anyone else have any suggestions for reliable online sources which regularly cover D&D or tabletop roleplaying games in general? -- Gordon Ecker ( talk) 09:06, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Don't know if any of these qualify as RS's, or if there is any reason to mention any of this on any Wikipedia articles at this point, but I'm noting it here all the same:
BOZ ( talk) 17:21, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
I just wanted to give a big shout out to Torchiest. He has helped out in a big way over most of the past year by adding links from HighBeam to D&D articles and other articles. He added info to a whole lot of articles related to our project – see a sampling below – in some cases it was just a sentence or two, but in some cases it was quite a bit; he even used HighBeam to help get Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn up to Good Article status. Several of the articles he worked on had no sources at all before he added to them, and many other articles had very little in the way of sourcing. He really went the extra mile to help out, so I want to say a big thank you to Torchiest! :)
BOZ ( talk) 14:30, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
I think the decisions by Hasbro-owned WOTC to keep multiple lines of D&D products for sale at once demonstrates that the logic I put forward here is more accurate than the comments at that time would indicate. I'm not sure there is anything to be done with this assertion at the present, but I want to point out that when one company publishes multiple varieties of a game at once, there's much to be said for categorizing each 'edition' as a separate game. Can anyone think of another game company that publishes multiple editions of a game, excluding the overlap while stock of the previous edition is on clearance? I'm unable to think of one. Jclemens ( talk) 06:03, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
The treatment of Living Campaigns is woefully inadequate. We had a long discussion at Gencon 2013 about this, and many are not editors. I am not longer an active editor, maybe this takes me out of my hiatus. It really needs work, and one person on there is conducting a revert to every change. Dominick (TALK) 01:21, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
Given the current stream of non-notable articles being taken to AfD with the standard predictable outcomes for content that does not have third party coverage, does anyone have a clean up proposal that they would like to offer instead so that we can stop cutting and pasting our responses and have the project take responsibility for the articles under its banner? -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 20:45, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
Just found a relatively recent independent source dealing with D&D: Of Dice and Men (Google books has an excerpt). Maybe this can be of help for some articles in the future. Daranios ( talk) 09:06, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
For Satyr I found this in an archive on the ref, the page itself 404ed and the RS was a review of the article, but it points to "The Ecology of the Satyr: Taking a light look at Mr. Fun himself", by Gordon R. Menzies, an article for the AD&D role-playing game which appeared in Dragon magazine #155 (March 1990), pages 42-45". ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 03:42, 9 October 2013 (UTC)