User talk:Myfatson

Welcome to Wikibooks, Myfatson!  First steps tutorial Wikibooks is for freely-licensed collaboratively-developed textbooks. You don't need technical skills in order to contribute here. Be bold contributing and assume good faith about the intentions of others. Remember, this is a wiki, so you're allowed to change just about anything, and changes can be made easily. Come introduce yourself to everyone, and let us know what interests you.

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Please don't create empty pages as a "joke", like ROLE. These have been deleted as having no meaningful content. Thanks QU TalkQu 22:05, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello!
Hi there,

I came to your talk page after seeing your book stubs, Role Playing Games and Print (command). Please don't be scared by the deletion warnings! I think I understand what you want to write, and it makes sense. The warnings and messages are just because we got a little confused by the formatting and organization of the text and pages. For that reason, it would be nice if you explained in more detail what are your plans for the books you intend to write, so that we can clear any misunderstandings and help you to sort out the rough edges and technical details of a Wikibook. You can reply directly here, on my talk page (link at the sig) or just post a more public question at Reading_room/Assistance. See you, Duplode (talk) 03:27, 25 May 2010 (UTC)


 * (cross-replying from my talk page) No need to apologize, everyone must start as a newbie :) A couple general suggestions to get you started:


 * First of all, familiarize yourself with the basics of markup - things like wiki links, section headers and such. There are a couple good links on the "Welcome" box above; Using Wikibooks in particular should make for a good read. Another approach is taking advantage of the fact that all pages here use the same syntax, so if you want to see how something was done in a page just click "Edit" and check the source.


 * Name the pages within your book hierarchically. For instance, you might want to create pages like Role Playing Games/Introduction or Role Playing Games/Dungeons and Dragons.


 * Arguably the most important thing to keep in mind for creating a book is structure. Think of the subjects you want to cover (History of RPGs, pen-and-paper game systems, typical fantasy settings, or whatever else you'd like) and arrange them in a logical, nice-flowing order. Then, convert each topic into a new chapter (which could be one or a few pages), and link these from a table of contents in the main page (you can even link to non-existing pages, just to remind yourself and others that there is a gap in the book that should be covered eventually).


 * Be careful with writing style, too. Avoid speculation, wild/unsupported claims or writing in an excessively personal point of view. Also, for your particular book one thing that could become problematic would be diving too deep into particular games/series (say, by writing character guides).


 * Don't be afraid to ask more questions! A good place to go is the reading room, where you are certain to find nice people willing to help.


 * Good luck! --Duplode (talk) 03:22, 1 June 2010 (UTC)