Muchness 02:22, 1 February 2006 (UTC) Reply I think a good rule of thumb would be to use "In many campaign settings." for unique individuals & items that may appear in more than one setting (such as Demogorgon, the Wand of Orcus, etc), but likely aren't universal. "In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, subject is."Īnd address campaign settings as needed in the body of the article. I don't know that it's useful to mention campaign settings in articles on Orcus or Demogorgon, for example, since these characters are almost universal in D&D campaign settings. My feeling is that this kind of intro is useful only for subjects that appear in certain campaign settings, and in articles where we're going to specify different campaign setting implementations of the subject. "In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, subject is." Ec5618 14:32, 19 January 2006 (UTC) Reply įurther to this suggestion, Robbstrd suggested on my talk page that we use a standard intro, something along the lines of: In a way, this means that these articles are a subset within Wikipedia, linked internally, but rarely externally. Note that most articles refering to druids, for example, will need to link to a specific game definition of druid, not to a general desciption. It will also make it clear for the start that the article deals with a fictional world, making disclaimers such as 'magic doesn't exist, ofcourse, but it does with the game setting' unnecessary. This will make it clear that the articles are in a way disconnected from the whole of Wikipedia, and will give all articles a common identity. In the Dungeons & Dragons Eberron campaign setting, Khorvaire is one of the larger continents of the world. Suggestion: Articles referring to a certain fictional setting, game or even in general should start with a standardised line, along the line of : (moved from main page Percy Snoodle 12:30, 6 February 2006 (UTC)) Reply
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |