brehobit
Explorer
Hi folks,
I'm going to be coming here now and again asking for some help with wikipedia article references. Expect to see these requests a 2-4 times a week.
What I'm looking for:
Ideally third party (non-WoTC/TSR) articles on a topic or that heavily use that topic.
Less ideally, but useful: articles from WoTC/TSR that discuss the topic rather than just use it.
Examples of highly useful things:
* A third party source book on the topic.
* An "ecology of" type article in a "reliable source"
* Any third party source in a "reliable source"
* third party modules/adventures that heavily use the thing.
* Interviews of people who know things (Gary)
Examples moderately useful things:
* WoTC modules/adventures/books where the idea/monster is the main BBG or topic or otherwise plays a significant role.
* WoTC references in general (where "thing" first occurred or example, or where the idea was first "spun" a certain way).
A "Reliable source" is generally a printed magazine or edited website (where submissions are requested, some taken, some not, and those that are taken are often edited). If the writer gets paid, that's a good sign. Self-published things (say via lulu) aren't generally useful unless it can be shown the work was somehow highly important. Discussion boards don't generally work (but Gary's comments here are probably helpful.) Staff reviews can be reliable sources sometimes...
What I'd like is a summary of what's going on in the source and ideally a sentence or two quote from the reference that does a good job of summing up how the material is relevant to the topic.
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OK, and today's topic is "dinosaurs in D&D" !
I'm going to be coming here now and again asking for some help with wikipedia article references. Expect to see these requests a 2-4 times a week.
What I'm looking for:
Ideally third party (non-WoTC/TSR) articles on a topic or that heavily use that topic.
Less ideally, but useful: articles from WoTC/TSR that discuss the topic rather than just use it.
Examples of highly useful things:
* A third party source book on the topic.
* An "ecology of" type article in a "reliable source"
* Any third party source in a "reliable source"
* third party modules/adventures that heavily use the thing.
* Interviews of people who know things (Gary)
Examples moderately useful things:
* WoTC modules/adventures/books where the idea/monster is the main BBG or topic or otherwise plays a significant role.
* WoTC references in general (where "thing" first occurred or example, or where the idea was first "spun" a certain way).
A "Reliable source" is generally a printed magazine or edited website (where submissions are requested, some taken, some not, and those that are taken are often edited). If the writer gets paid, that's a good sign. Self-published things (say via lulu) aren't generally useful unless it can be shown the work was somehow highly important. Discussion boards don't generally work (but Gary's comments here are probably helpful.) Staff reviews can be reliable sources sometimes...
What I'd like is a summary of what's going on in the source and ideally a sentence or two quote from the reference that does a good job of summing up how the material is relevant to the topic.
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OK, and today's topic is "dinosaurs in D&D" !
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