Talk:R. A. Salvatore

message: What was the reason for the name change from R. A. Salvatore to Robert Anthony Salvatore? Wikipedia:Naming conventions seems to support R. A. Salvatore over Robert, as that is what he is best known as to my knowledge. Grey Shadow 12:45, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Change? 

message: I have been puzzled recently in reading this page I know the series goes Dark Elf Trilogy, Icewind Dale Trilogy, Legacy of the Drow, Paths of Darkness, and hunters Blade but where does the Cleric Quinteit and War of the Spider Queen fit in.?
Added the ficitonal dates --Fsdemir 21:24, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name the Books in Order 

message: this article is missing tons of information that *is* available and had a whole bunch of facts wrong. It seriously needs work 
and could someone find a picture to use?--66.203.178.71 20:45, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  this article is terrible 

message: I removed Trial by fire from the novel listing as it is not a novel by RAS, but rather a graphic novel based on the Demon Wars series. If anything it should be placed under a graphic novels section. I rewrote the Trial by Fire wiki and added it back under the Graphic novels section for the time being, until all the other ones can be found and listed. J E Oliver 03:00, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trial by Fire and other graphic novels. 

message: All the links under the subheading Legacy of the Drow redirect to the article Legacy of the Drow, which only mentions the plot for the first book in the series The Legacy (novel). -- TikiTDO Talk - 05:39, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Invalid Links 

message: Why is the series "War of the Spider Queen" listed? What hand did he play in these novels?
--24.166.172.214 (talk) 00:41, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the WotSQ page, he 'oversaw' the other writers as a veteran.  I guess that means he sort of collaberated with them, and maybe fed them ideas to work into the books?  Like, maybe an overall storyline to sort of work with?  I dunno, I've not read more about them, but that's what I guess he done.  -- Scar † Contributions † 00:08, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: ...Upon actually READING some of the article *Le gasp!*, I think he was overseeing them as a famous name, so they could get 'much needed exposure'.  Hm, sounds like a pretty nice guy.  *Smiles widely*  -- Scar † Contributions † 00:12, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bibliography 

message: I didn't make any move as yet, but shouldn't this template be on his page? As it is a useful source for other pages related to him.
:Done. -Drilnoth (talk) 01:51, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  R A Salvatore template 

message: I'm sure someone, somewhere has heard the author speak his own last name... can someone put the proper pronunciation into the article?  In listening to the audiobooks of his novels, I've heard the narrators pronounce it with both the last "e" voiced and with a silent "e" as well.  This is probably just a regional thing, since the name is Italian, but maybe it would be interesting to know how Mr. Salvatore says it himself.  *Vendetta* (whois talk edits) 19:45, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last name 

message: This article lacks in structure: all the information that is not bibliography is put in one section that includes choppy paragraphs (and should be expanded with structure) while the lead does not give a concise overview of the article but only mentions his profession and sales. Hekerui (talk) 19:23, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

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message: The claim that an "R.A. Salvatore Library" exists at Fitchburg State University is sourced to the Wizards of the Coast (his publisher's) website, which is not WP:INDEPENDENT. 
A quick Google search finds this claim repeated on WP mirror sites and non-RS, plus repeated in the bio page of most of his books. A search of Fitchburg State University's website fails to find any evidence that an "R.A. Salvatore Library" even exists. Specifically, there is no mention of the phrase "Salvatore Library" at the domain  fitchburgstate.edu, which seems highly unusual for a university not to mention a library it supposedly houses. Further, a search of Google News for the phrase "Salvatore Library" also finds nothing. Should this claim be removed? Chetsford (talk) 03:50, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with Chetsford above. The university should be able to tell you if they have such a named library, should be easy to source, but since we can't source it it seems that Chetsford's theory above is quite sound. It should go. Canterbury Tail talk 11:50, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a collection, not a library, and it's on the university website.  Simonm223 (talk) 13:42, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup. Definitely not a library. Canterbury Tail talk 13:46, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "RA Salvatore Library"