Talk:The Icewind Dale Trilogy

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[edit] Merger

  • Merge Reviewing both articles that was suggested by the OP, I have to agree with the merger. The character article does not have enough info outside the book to warrent a seperate article on Wikipedia (on a FR specific wiki, though, that is a different story) Turlo Lomon 21:11, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge. Akar Kessel is a minor villain at best. Powers T 14:42, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:47, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] To Improve

I've started tidying up this article as well as The Dark Elf Trilogy.

More reviews & Sales History
I've added one review but more needs to be added. A couple more critical reviews should help establish notability. Also any sales history on the novels . . was Halfling's Gem the only one that made the NY Best Seller list?
Comic Reception & Sales History
Reviews of the comic and sales history. So far I have only added the Crystal Shard sales history.
Plot Tidy up
Plot needs some rework. Lines like "Later, our heroes get to Calimport . . ." needs rewriting.
Character Section
Basic list of characters in the trilogy.

That's all I can think of at this moment. Any help to fix up this article would be appreciated! Stextc (talk) 04:25, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reversion of Article After Posting Amazon.com Editorial Review

In the interest of heeding the notices at the top of the article, "focus on discussing the work rather than merely reiterating the plot" and "This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications", I posted the three-paragraph Amazon.com Editorial Review of The Icewind Dale Trilogy Collector's Edition[1]. This review is germaine to the subject, objective (in that it both commends and criticizes the work), and not abusive to either the work or the author. My post included a link to the above source.

The article was then reverted by a "JOHNathan", and I was given a message averring that my post was "unconstructive", and I was told to read the Wiki editorial tutorial. I did so, and then re-posted with an edit summary.

I was then messaged that my re-post was "vandalism". However, as said post was made in good faith, I do not understand how it constituted "vandalism" under Wiki guidelines, either.

Would someone please explain how an objective, unabusive review from a third party of this first work in a long-running series posted in good faith constitutes "unconstructive" "vandalism"?

Regards. 76.30.103.115 (talk) 18:49, 21 March 2008 (UTC) --BEAST

Due to copyright you can't just copy and paste a review verbatim into the article. I have added a skeleton of how the review should look in the article. Please feel free to expand or add more reviews if you can source them.Stextc (talk) 05:28, 31 March 2008 (UTC)