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WikiProject on Comics

Hi! I've gotten the impression that you're interested in articles related to comics and sequential art. I've created a project called WikiProject on Comics in order to establish consensus on the organization and content of such articles, and I hope you'll join in. See the main project page and please leave comments on the Talk page. Thanks! -leigh (φθόγγος) 22:35, Dec 5, 2004 (UTC)

D&D copyediting

Waza, I've been really impressed with the work you're putting in to the Dungeons & Dragons article. I think your game-centric perspective is right on, and the reorganization you've done has made it flow a lot better. Thanks for spending so much time on it.

The one thing I've noticed is that there are a lot of typos, spelling errors, and a few grammar problems slipping in. I think some of that is natural given the size of the article; when you're making wholesale edits you're going to make mistakes. Nobody is perfect. But it's precisely because the article is so huge that I'm worried; typos and the like will "hide" more easily in a large article than a small one. So if you don't mind my being presumptious, I think there are a few things we could do to make it easier to maintain a uniformly high quality. One technique is to make your edits in smaller "chunks"; this lets other editors look at those chunks individually, which makes proofreading easier. But I know that that's not always possible, particularly when you're doing big reorgs like you've been doing. For those, maybe you could put the proposed changes on the talk page, and we can copyedit it there before it goes live? Don't feel like you have to do this -- it's just a thought. Let me know what you think on my talk page.

The one grammar thing I'll mention is that you have a slight tendency for run-on sentences, particularly when trying to list all the core D&D races and classes in one long breath :-). A good rule of thumb is: if a sentence would be too long to say in one breath, it's too long to read. In those cases, break the sentence up. Periods are free!

Thanks for listening, and I hope this advice isn't too unwelcome. Nandesuka 03:01, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to the Forgotten Realms project

Hi,

We are working on a Forgotten Realms Project to map Toril (mostly Faerûn, at the present). Since you contributed quite a lot on a Forgotten Realms-specific entry, we'ld like to invite you to join the project, so we could improve the “Mapping the Realms” project.

The goal is to create a sort of World Factbook for the Realms. This means:

A consistent content
Use of templates
Entries should be limited to “sovereign places”: states and free cities, as well a moderately-inhabited place such as the Western Highlands.

On top of this, we also plan to cover Lost Empires, such as Pelvuria or Imaskar and, of course, Netheril

The project is located here
The Geographical index of Toril is a good start to get a visual of had been done, as well as the Halruaa entry.

Main contributors are presently

David Latapie (founder)
Poulsen

If you know some other person who would be interested, feel free to forward the invitation!

Feel free to take a look. We hope to see you soon mapping the Realms with us!

Dyslexic insomniac agnostic

That's actually my cousin, likes to stay up all night... lol Dyslexic agnostic 05:31, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Story Teller Discretion

Could I ask for your help in making the Story Teller Discretion article sensible? I have almost no knowledge on RPGs, so I'm afraid I wouldn't be of much help. I've tagged this article twice (once for merge to D&D, and again after your comment for{{wikify}}), and left a message on the author's talk page. I don't want to submit it to AfD, because I think that there may actually be something to it, but without some attention, I don't think its of any value. Thanks, --Bugwit grunt 23:25, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth

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Opinion on renaming section of Dungeons & Dragons

Given all your great work on Dungeons & Dragons, I definately wanted to request your input on my proposal to rename the "Sources and Influences on the Development of D&D" section of the D&D article. — Alan De Smet | Talk 23:24, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uncategorized articles

Please be aware that putting a stub marker on an article, as you did with David "Zeb" Cook, isn't good enough - please put in an actual category. Stub categories are Wikipedia maintenance categories, not subject categories. Eli Falk 08:53, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for fixing typo's on Ravenloft (D&D module)

Just wanted to say thanks. These are exactly the type of errors that I particularly have problems seeing on something I have worked so long on. They are things easy to spot on somethign you are reading for the first time, but not somethign you have already read dozens of times. Appreciate the imput. -Waza 22:08, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Along those lines, it should be "typos", not "typo's" in the section header :-) Either way, I made those edits with AutoWikiBrowser, a great wiki editing too. You may want to try it out! —METS501 (talk) 23:37, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dragons of XXXXX

The only thing that appeared to be agreed upon by both sides was that redirecting was an acceptable solution, so that's how they were closed. However, history was not deleted, as there was no consensus to do so. Any merging of content is an editorial decision, if you feel a merge would be beneficial to any other article, please do! Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 01:18, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks mate

Just wanted to say thanks for your work on all the Dragonlance stuff. I know sometimes what I write might be inaccurate, but I'm working without gaming knowledge and used to be mostly alone in this. Your changes to Dragons of Autumn Twilight are massively appreciated, cause it's kind of my pet article. My first and (for now) only GA. So thanks for everything! Dooms Day349 21:00, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For your tireless work on Dungeons & Dragons with the noble goal of making it featured article quality. — Alan De Smet \| Talk 06:44, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jimbo is coming to Sydney

Sorry to spam you if you aren't interested. See Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney#April 25th for more info if you are interested. - Ta bu shi da yu 08:55, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

References

Hi! Thanks for your reference on the Cosmic Encounter page. Would it be possible for you to use inline references to show which parts of the article the reference is supporting? Thanks, Percy Snoodle 13:05, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unsigned edit from top of this Talk page

I am moving this unsigned edit down from top:
By user:Bmader (07:41, 21 April 2007)
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D&D wiki project consensus

A call to all members of the D&D wiki project. We are currently having a major dispute that needs to be settled by all members of the D&D wiki project. The dispute is as follows. 1. Should we put disambiguation tags on D&D articles preemptively or should we wait until there is an article conflict with some other Wikipedia article. Vote on preemptive or wait.

2. What should we label these tags? Example "child's play (module)", or "child's play (adventure)" and at this point we are taking all suggestions.

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GURPS

Hi! In the Talk:GURPS page you mentioned a review of GURPS published by White Dwarf. Now somebody asked for references to the GURPS article. Do you happen to have more details on thet review (author, title...)? Can you find other material supporting that article, especially about the less "factual" parts, as the relations with previous games, and so on? Thanks, Goochelaar 16:27, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

TfD nomination of Template:Cite newspaper

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Trinity (DC Comics)

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boardgame entry to Notre Dame

Hi, Waza. I have reverted your entry to this article per the manual of style for disambiguation pages at MOS:DAB. As the article Alea (game publisher) (which redirects to Ravensburger) contains no mention of Notre Dame, you added a non-article entry. Disambiguation pages are there to help users quickly find a specific article in wikipedia, not serve as mini-article for exploration of the ambiguous term. So, the board game should not be added until there is a wikipedia article specifically about it or until it has a significant mention in a closely related article that can be linked to. Best wishes and happy editing. -Gwguffey (talk)

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D&D articles for Wikipedia 0.7

Hi there! :)

As someone who's worked on D&D and/or RPG articles before, I'm inviting you to participate in our goal to both improve articles that have been selected to be placed in the next Wikipedia DVD release, as well as nominate more to be selected for this project. Please see the WikiProject D&D talk page for more details. :) BOZ (talk) 19:30, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms

Hello. :) If you hadn't heard, Gary Gygax and Wizards of the Coast have recently been promoted to "Good Article" status. I was also thinking of nominating Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms, and I figured I'd contact you since you've done some work on at least one of those. See the project talk page for discussion on that. BOZ (talk) 20:21, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ravenloft (D&D module)

Hey there. :) I notice that you've put some work into the "Good Article", Ravenloft (D&D module). On the heels of a successful bid to get Gary Gygax and Wizards of the Coast up to GA status, the Wikiproject D&D members are focusing on the Ravenloft module article, with the goal being to get it a few steps closer to FA status. Feel free to discuss on the article's talk page. BOZ (talk) 04:05, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiproject for Ultima related topics created. Please join us.

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