Talk:Sources and Influences on the Development of Dungeons & Dragons

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[edit] Citations badly needed! (original research / unattributed claims)

This is the basis for a good article, but it needs citations badly. In particular, it needs citations of people involved in the development in D&D confirming these things. Failing that, third parties making the claim would be okay. Citations showing parallels are an okay start, but they don't really show inspiration; it's possible that they were independent redevelopments. Furthermore, simply showing the parallels is borderline original research, which a strict no-no. It seems highly likely that these citations exist; much of D&D is pretty obviously drawn from fiction. We just need to find it and cite it. — Alan De Smet | Talk 21:06, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

A possible source for a few citations: [1]. "Col_Pladoh" is in fact Gary Gygax himself. — Alan De Smet | Talk 02:49, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article needs a new name

This is a valuable article, as tracking the sources for D&D is of great value to anyone tracking historical development of fantasy or role-playing games. As such it deserves a better title. It should more than just a simple list. The corresponding section of Dungeons & Dragons would suggest "Sources and Influences on the Development of Dungeons & Dragons," but that's quite a mouthful. Perhaps "Influences on the Development of Dungeons & Dragons," on the theory that sources are obviously influences? To minimize having a pile of redirects, I suggest we hash this out here before anyone boldly renames the article. — Alan De Smet | Talk 21:16, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

After further consideration (and since apparently no one else cares), I'm going to rename this article to match the corresponding section of Dungeons & Dragons "soonish". Currently that would be "Sources and Influences on the Development of Dungeons & Dragons." Before I rename it, it seems prudent to do a quick check to confirm that that name is reasonably stable in that article. See that article's talk page if you're interested. — Alan De Smet | Talk 23:23, 5 March 2007 (UTC)