Talk:Drizzt Do'Urden

message: Why is there the small Literature section under See Also, when there is already a much more in depth and larger section above? It serves no purpose.  --Nashaii 01:33, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redundant 

message: I just noticed that someone edited out Icewind Dale as Drizzt's homeland, and that brought up a good question. Where's Drizzt living now? Has he lived in Mithril Hall long enough to have it called his home? Mwsilvabreen 22:32, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Homeland 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:DrizztOmnibus.JPG

message: So.. He wears no pants? Seriously, I think you should break this up into two seperate parts: Appearance, and Wargear. Appearance would be him, and wargear would be his equipment. Just a suggestion to make it less confusing. Plus.. I'm pretty sure he wears pants. - NemFX (talk) 07:49, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Appearance

message: It seems Drizzt is being held to a different standard for a fictional character.  A quick check of Frodo Baggins, Bilbo Baggins, Count Dracula and Elric of Melniboné reveals that Drizzt has more reference's than all the theses other character’s combined.  Now I am no fan of the Drizzt books, but this is an obvious bias by a certain group of editors who ultimately are working to get this article deleted. Web Warlock (talk) 16:42, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added 8 independent reviews of the character himself and how he relates to the books and sales of those books.  I am removing tags. Web Warlock (talk) 17:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I have more to add, but I am out of time for today. Web Warlock (talk) 17:53, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Different Standard or Editor Bias?? 

message: More than half of the article is written from a real world perspective, consisting of a list of publications the character has appeared. I don't think the consensus here agrees that the amount of in-universe perspective in this article is excessive. If someone disagrees, then this is the place to discuss it. Rray (talk) 14:52, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I also edited out some of the excessively detailed sections of the article. If someone wants to discuss reincluding that information in a possibly more abbreviated form, this would be a good place to discuss that too. Rray (talk) 15:05, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that the in universe template is highly appropriate as the bulk of this article comprises of in universe plot summaries of the games and books in which this fictional character features. The sections entitled Appearance, Personality, Magical items, Combat/tactics, Biography, Relationships, and Drizzt's Spoken Languages are not about a real-world person, they describe aspects of this fictional universe. Please restore the template.--Gavin Collins (talk) 15:10, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The article also includes significant amounts of information about the publication history of the character, which is real-world perspective. This makes the in-universe tag inappropriate, so I'll not be restoring it unless a consensus on the talk page demonstrates that they agree it should be re-added. Also, I've removed the sections regarding Magical items, Relationship, and Drizzt's Spoken Languages. Some in-universe description is fine in an article about a fictional character as long as it isn't excessive. Rray (talk) 15:14, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no concensus, unless you are refering to your own opinion in isolation. Please restore the template. --Gavin Collins (talk) 15:17, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: So far only two of us have participated in the discussion, so no, there is no consensus. Your sole opinion in isolation is no more valid than mine. But I've actually edited the article  to improve it by removing some of the in-universe trivia. (While you've done nothing more than add tags and issue instructions on the talk page here.) You might also find that you'll have an easier time of collaborating with other editors here if you'll drop the instruction-giving. You don't have any authority to tell me to restore a template I've removed. And telling other editors what to do is a poor way to build a consensus toward your way of thinking. Rray (talk) 15:23, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've also removed the plot template, as I've edited out over half the plot-related content. Rray (talk) 15:25, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to be clear, I'm *not* advocating a restoration of the in-universe or "plot summary" tags.  I would, however, advocate cutting the "biography" section in half (or more). There seems to be a lot of stuff that could be removed and still be a biography.  (We also don't need to know what kind of clothes he wears, for example.)  Given some more free time, I'd consider doing this, and will perhaps do some later.  --Craw-daddy | T | 15:42, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed over half of the in-universe content in the article already, but I'm not opposed to additional edits to the article. Perhaps Gavin might be willing to actually help edit the article and remove some of the in-universe content? I don't know that I'll have much more time to spend on it today. Rray (talk) 15:46, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I would just like the in universe template to be restored in the first instance. I think we are agreed that there is a WP:WAF issue to be addressed here. I can concede that the extent of the issue is a matter of opinion, but I think that this article has a problem with in universe content is a matter of fact.--Gavin Collins (talk) 15:59, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree. I don't think the amount of in-universe content is a problem, and I don't think any of this is a matter of fact (as opposed to opinion). And I don't see any urgency to re-adding the tag. I'd suggest we wait to see what other editors think here on the talk page. Rray (talk) 16:08, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I think the biography thing can be heavily chopped down. It's overly flowery in a lot of places. This article could use a lot of work, mainly just condensing the prose. Until that's done, I support reinstating the tag, to remind editors of this need. Howa0082 (talk) 18:27, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This article does focus too heavily on in-universe content. The Biography section is all in-universe. The Literature section is a glorified list, and even here, much of the text is plot summary. This article needs secondary sources and real-world content. For example, who created the character; how the character was developed during creation; what inspired the character; how critics judged the character; what impact the character has had on other role-playing games, movies, video games, etc.; merchandise related to the character. Pagrashtak 18:50, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: While the article itself is long, it is not overly long compared to other fictional biographies.  AT THIS point I think it needs copyedited and the language tightened up a bit more. Kudos to Rray for doing so much already. Web Warlock (talk) 19:04, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

text:  ETA - the article could be a little less fanish and more non-biased. Personally, I can't stand the character myself but I do know the following he has as well as the significance he has brought to the game.  For example, maybe we could find a link somewhere that details how Rangers in 3.5 were re-worked to be more "Drizzt" like?  Web Warlock (talk) 19:08, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I added a cleanup tag which I don't think will be controversial at all, considering that everyone here thinks the article can be better written. There is still some disagreement about whether or not the amount of in-universe content is too extensive though, so I'm not re-adding that tag yet. 21:39, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm dropping out of this discussion and won't be working on any more RPG articles for a while. Best of luck to everyone here interested in improving the article. Rray (talk) 20:44, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal of in universe tag

message: anyone know why Drizzt's Scimitars aren't drawn as scimitars? I'm reading the books for the first time, and I'm on the Legacy, and I can't take the horribly done pictures of Drizzt's scimitars anymore. i think lockwood's art is pretty good, except his stupidity kinda got me pissed. Only an idiot wouldn't be able to tell that those aren't scimitars. I mean, I don't know what kinda swords those are on the covers in Drizzt's hands, but they are definitely not scimitars. So 1st question: what kinda swords are they? and 2nd: what is Lockwood's IQ?         
--216.125.51.144 (talk) 17:54, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd reference you to the Wikipedia page on scimitar. It's pretty obvious that that's a scimitar, and looks almost exactly like Lockwood's art. The problem here is your preconception of the scimitar as a short, curved blade with a point on the rear edge, like the swords in Disney's Aladdin. This representation of a scimitar also appeared on some of the earlier cover arts of the Drizzt books, particularly the Dark Elf Trilogy compilation cover (artwork by Jeff Easley). This is probably closer to a falchion or some other version of a stylized Middle-Eastern-derived sword. I'd also like to note that it's poor form to insult an author or an artist, so I have to wonder why you're bothering to discuss this page if you have an obvious bias against its subject. Wikipedia is, in theory, an unbiased source of information, so reconsider your responses before you make them. Mnemosyne126 (talk) 19:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 1. Disney's Aladdin can't teach you anything except to not fear arabs, and other false information. 2. even with the pictures in the links that you gave, if you look at the swords in drizzt's hands, you'd realize that they are way too straight to be any of the scimitar family. and, more than their straightness, they also don't have guards, which is another characteristic that seems to be common in all of the scimitar family of swords. i would refer you to go see alladin, however, and figure out how you could learn anything from it. they changed a friggin' song, for god's sakes, just so people wouldn't get the correct idea about things, like the cutting off your ears if they don't like your face. and, as to the insulting the artist, i had said that his art was really very good, but he didn't have high intelligence. those two are not mutual inclusive, and you can have one without the other  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.125.51.145 (talk) 18:50, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, way to take comments out of context. I was referencing a movie that most people have seen at one point in their lifetime, not a source of unimpeachable fact. As well, since you got me so wrapped up in the art itself, I went and took a look (http://www.o-love.net/realms/covers_large/pic_hun1.jpg), and do these scimitars looks like they don't have crossguards on them, or am I just confused? As well, the phrase you were looking for was "mutually exclusive." And before you make the "grammar doesn't matter" argument, how do you expect to convince people of a point without getting what you mean across correctly. Sorry if this seems like a bit overboard, but as an artist myself, I take offense when the peanut gallery heckles the talent. Also, sign your posts, that's just not classy. Mnemosyne126 (talk) 09:29, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  illustrating drizzt's scimitars 

message: Says Ranger/Fighter, but he's also Barbarian. Full stats can be found here: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=fr/fx20010117d  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.114.169.168 (talk) 18:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Class 

message: For the description of the first transitions book, The Orc King, its explains that the book is "the unification of the orcs and the rest of the goodly races" with a citattion, i'll admit. But the citation isn't a link. Also if the user that had done this had the read the book then, not just the preview, they would understand that this is not what is about. Really it's is about the continuation of the war, the internal waring or the Orcs, and then finally at the end after all the trouble between the 2 sides, the RELUCTANTLY unify ON PAPER! There is still a long way to go in terms of full unification. I am reverting to my change to the summary. Cheers Drizzt Jamo 23:36, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I had misread it as removal of a legitimate citation; I apologize. -Jéské (Blah v^_^v) 01:44, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Why... Just why?

message: Article should probably note that the graphic novels are very abridged versions of each book.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by ForeverFreeSpeech (talk • contribs) 18:29, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Graphic novels 

message: haha yeah, the BRC one ElisaEXPLOSiONtalk. 12:49, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Re:Pic

message: since i can't, could somebody please add 
hr:Drizzt Do'Urden
thanks :)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.61.147.29 (talk) 23:40, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  add 

message: I know that the Legend of Drizzt was written after R. A. Salvatore's AD&D game, but which version? First or second? 68.55.33.112 (talk) 22:53, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The first version of Drizzt that had published game mechanics was 2nd edition (Heroes Lorebook).  The information used to be in the article, but the "community consensus" decided that the level of detail the article used to have was no longer wanted. Turlo Lomon (talk) 15:05, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which version of AD&D was this written in? 

message: Silly as this might seem, the word fictional is not mentioned. There might be an S.O.P. for where to mention that, but it should be mentioned. MrESaulved! (talk) 16:30, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The setting itself is fictional, making the word "fictional" redundant. -Jéské  (v^_^v Kacheek!) 18:30, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fictional 

message: as an avid dnd player and a member of wikiproject: dungeons and dragons, i am concerned with the fact that, as mentioned in many posts above, there is no section here on Drizzt's impact in the real world.  if i were to say, "he is the single most well-known character created for a dungeons and dragons related project," i think everyone here would be hard-pressed to prove me wrong.  as far as i know, only Elminster and maybe a character from the godawful D&D movie (Jeremy Irons, for instance) could possibly compete.  perhaps the old saturday morning cartoon would be in the running as well, but if you create a character for a popular mmo and try to name them with several variations on "Presto the Magician", you won't have much trouble, whereas everything from "Drtsss" to "Truzt" is already a name in WoW, and then some.  
in my experience, only Sephiroth has nearly as many names based on him.  That's the trouble, though, I only know this from what Wikipedia would call, "personal research."  does anyone know of any decent sources that have commented on this phenomenon?  do you think that this sort of thing should go in the reception section, along with critics' reviews of the books, or some rarer type of section? What makes a man turn neutral? (talk) 19:41, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reception section or something like it? 

message: OK, per discussion on the D&D Wikiproject talk page, we'd like to try to get this article to Good Article status. For an idea of what it may take to improve this one, have a look at this list of articles on fictional subjects which have already been there.
Peregrine Fisher has already done some good work just recently, by adding the Creation and Publication History sections. Anything we can reasonably add in there from a good source would be great. Another good thing would be an impact/reception section detailing more on how fans and writers and other people have reacted to the character. Sales data could appear in that part as well, or be its own section.
It may not be necessary to cut out a large amount of the in-universe text from this version, and I have an idea how. Rather than having a bio, I think it would be good to have a brief plot summary of every novel (or in some cases, series of novels, depending on how heavily he is featured) going into how he relates to important plot points, what happens to him, etc. The entirety of the biography could be cannibalized for this purpose and the literature section merged into it, as well as moving out some parts of the "appearance/personality", and "weapons/abilities" sections as necessary (although there's nothing wrong with sourcing those two sections and keeping them) into the bio/history.
Other thoughts...
Make sure there's nothing in the lead that's not somewhere else in the article, and make sure that the lead does a good job of summarizing the article's content.
There are a bunch of citations in the lead which are not used elsewhere in the article. If possible, we should be using these sources in the article as well, because they probably contain useful info.
The "other appearances" section should be expanded.  I'm planning to write something about how he appears in the D&D game, since technically his primary media is the novels, so appearing in the RPG and video games would be "other media".
BOZ (talk) 04:08, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good in general.  The easiest thing, if we just want a GA, will be to remove a bunch of stuff.  The later sections in Biography can be cut and merged into one Biography section.  The Literature section could be turned into a short list linking to the books.  They already have articles.  We could explain stuff book by book, but it doesn't sound like any of us have read all (or most) of them, and it would be a lot of work.  I can make a reception section pretty easily, I saw refs for it when I was looking for production refs.  Anyways, we should decide if we want to make a small, easy GA, or an awesome but difficult GA. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 04:17, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Somewhere in between?  ;) Drilnoth says he is familiar with the novel, so that's at least one of us. I added a section for RPG info; feel free to add anything significant that I missed. BOZ (talk) 05:01, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That's fine.  I've read a few comics about Drizzt, and I think the current biography is about the first novel, or first three novels, so there may be a lot more ground to cover. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 07:59, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I can focus on fixing up some of the in-universe stuff while you work on finding more out-of-universe info on development, etc., if that works for you. I'll probably be splitting my time between this and the Dungeons & Dragons cleaning, but when I'm done with the later I'll more fully focus on this. -Drilnoth (talk) 16:05, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: And the biography does, indeed, appear to focus mainly on books 1-3; I can work on cropping, expanding, and reformatting it as appropriate. -Drilnoth (talk) 16:10, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you think there's some merit in turning the bio into a by-book (and/or by-series) plot summary?  For example, instead of "Drizzt did this, but he later Drizzt did that instead," We'd say "In book one, Drizzt is shown doing this... In book two he is depicted as doing this instead... In the second series, Drizzt was changed back to doing this." That brings it out of universe, and establishes a better chronology. We wouldn't necessarily need to remove any info which is currently there unless it is superfluous or overdetailed or unverifiable.BOZ (talk) 16:53, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good; that would also clean up the list of books that looks a bit out of place. -Drilnoth (talk) 16:54, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: We can summarize the book pages for the ones that no ones read. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 19:31, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

text: Yeah, I'm not too fond of it in list form, so either prose or a chart would be better. BOZ (talk) 02:38, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I just started rewriting the in-universe stuff... it'll take awhile, so I'll probably do it one trilogy at a time. What do you think of the The Dark Elf Trilogy section? -Drilnoth (talk) 02:55, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks pretty good so far. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 03:03, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I like it! This is exactly what we should be doing for fictional characters. The publication history should make it clear in what order the books were actually published (as that is essential to understanding the history of the character from an out-of-universe perspective), and the FCB should make it clear in what order events actually happened in the character's life. BOZ (talk) 04:44, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I nominated the article at WP:GAN.  It's not quite ready, but it usually takes a few weeks before someone comes to review it.  There's a slight chance we'll have to scramble, but I doubt it. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 05:08, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Umm... okay. I'll try and redouble my efforts to get this done fast so that it's ready in time. -Drilnoth (talk) 14:20, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Just don't remove the underconstruction template in the meantime. :) BOZ (talk) 17:08, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  with rewriting the in-universe stuff. Please trim as appropriate... I also took out all of the plotlines from the Transitions series, since the trilogy has yet to be completed. -Drilnoth (talk) 16:28, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improving this article 

message: OK, I added some info for a reception section.  It's very choppy, but I did it that way because things may change drastically change depending on the book-by-book plot sections and whatnot.  The NYT bestseller refs are not all the highest rankings, but they were the highest I could find with the NYT's search function.  Each could be added to its book section, or I can put them into prose form. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 21:21, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I'm not too fond of it in list form, so either prose or a chart would be better. BOZ (talk) 02:38, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I just started rewriting the in-universe stuff... it'll take awhile, so I'll probably do it one trilogy at a time. What do you think of the The Dark Elf Trilogy section? -Drilnoth (talk) 02:55, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks pretty good so far. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 03:03, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I like it! This is exactly what we should be doing for fictional characters. The publication history should make it clear in what order the books were actually published (as that is essential to understanding the history of the character from an out-of-universe perspective), and the FCB should make it clear in what order events actually happened in the character's life. BOZ (talk) 04:44, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I nominated the article at WP:GAN.  It's not quite ready, but it usually takes a few weeks before someone comes to review it.  There's a slight chance we'll have to scramble, but I doubt it. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 05:08, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Umm... okay. I'll try and redouble my efforts to get this done fast so that it's ready in time. -Drilnoth (talk) 14:20, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Just don't remove the underconstruction template in the meantime. :) BOZ (talk) 17:08, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  with rewriting the in-universe stuff. Please trim as appropriate... I also took out all of the plotlines from the Transitions series, since the trilogy has yet to be completed. -Drilnoth (talk) 16:28, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Arb break

message: Salvatore interviewMaybe good for EL DragonsIcewind review - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 08:05, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Awesome find! :) Why didn't we have any of this stuff previously? BOZ (talk) 13:27, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed this ref, but we may want it later. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 04:05, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

text: I think I have an idea on how to add these in appropriately, and I'll do so after I finish with the reformatting. -Drilnoth (talk) 14:31, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  -Drilnoth (talk) 22:46, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Future refs 

message: Most of this isn't very encyclopedic, but maybe it can be used later.  There is a lot of it! - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 00:46, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Understood. Hopefully we can use some of it. :) BOZ (talk) 00:55, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed sections

message: Change to active voice. Grammatical voice - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 07:23, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The in-universe stuff needs to be present-tense (per WP:WAF). -Drilnoth (talk) 14:12, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reminder 

message: The FCB is in in-universe chronology now.  Is that now we want it?  I notice a lot of other WP pages are organized that way.  Over in the comics area we're trying to move to an out-of-universe chronology.  I'm fine either way, but we should specify it at the top of the FCB, whichever we choose. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 02:47, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm fine either way; it seems quite clear that the origin story is told in prequel books published after the original trilogy, so that's good. It would be simple enough to switch it around if desired, to "Drizzt's origin is then revealed in..." after describing the events of the original series. I'm more concerned that it's well-written and a compelling read, than what order the information is presented in. BOZ (talk) 02:55, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chronologically 

message: Congrats!  Good job, especially to Peregrine Fisher and Drilnoth. :) This one passed so quickly that it might even have FA potential, if we can improve the sourcing and other things down the line. BOZ (talk) 01:01, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Copy that! Once you find a good source of research, you can really write a great article. FA is difficult to get to, but I highly recommend you try. (Twice.) You guys have done a great job. Randomran (talk) 21:46, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: FA is not an unreasonable goal for a character like this. I posted some thoughts on this subject at the Wikiproject Comics talk page as well. BOZ (talk) 22:27, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Should we put it up for peer review?  Maybe just go for FA.  It seems like PRs languish, and FAs get a lot of responses.  Other than some copyediting, and summarizing the most recent two books, I think we've done everything it is possible to do.  Maybe look through our sources and make sure we gleaned every bit we could.  It's close to as good as it can ever get, at which point they may just pass it, you never know. ;-) - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 23:23, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey, if you don't mind doing (a whole lot) more work, you can take it straight for FAC rather than waiting for a PR. I don't know if there's some kind of arbitrary waiting period needed between getting a GA and applying for FA, but if there isn't, and you're ready to go, then why wait? :) BOZ (talk) 02:57, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There is not. But you better have your ducks in a row, as FAC is nothing like GAN! Read their criteria and  have support willing to weigh in on the FAC. —Mattisse (Talk) 03:10, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I went through it unsuccessfully with Jackie Robinson.  Some wanted more copyediting, and some wanted online sources replaced with book sources, which would make copyediting the current info obsolete.  I couldn't decide which to do, and it failed.  This article is pretty small, though.  We'll see, I've got to think about it.  FAC can be kind of brutal.  I'm not a big fan of FAC or RfA for that reason. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 03:57, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think a Peer Review would be a better first step... FACs are tough, and I think that waiting for it to get reviewed will also let us think about it a bit more to try and figure out more improvements. -Drilnoth (talk) 19:04, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Excellent work! 

message: "The character has been a steady source of income for Salvatore, appearing in his novels for 20 years."
I think the line above sounds wrong. Maybe steady source of creativeness but income sounds like a critique. Just wondering if it was just me. 168.234.230.220 (talk) 00:37, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's how he made a his money, so I think income is correct. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 00:51, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that it's okay as "steady source of income". Without Drizzt, who knows where Salvatore would be at? –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 14:36, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yet another starving artist! 71.194.32.252 (talk) 14:49, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  minor correction 

message: How is it that a Good Article on Drizzt doesn't so much as mention the word "scimitar"?  Powers T 23:59, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Heh... I think the problem came in that we were trying to rewrite the article using WP:RS and weren't sure where to put the scimitars. If you can find a way, it's probably a good idea to get them back in. :) BOZ (talk) 02:17, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

text: Maybe those parts were unsourced? How long ago was that removed? 2601:241:4280:161:C03A:7EE:6362:F5B1 (talk) 11:37, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Glaring omissions 

message: I can't quote your weird "wikispeach", but has anyone with half a brain ever read through this article/entry?
Dear please sweet baby jesus, a bit of due diligence for sentence structure and grammar.
Please. You make everyone who likes d20 and D&D look like a shit-wit. 184.59.24.99 (talk) 03:44, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: How eloquent! Another dissatisfied customer...  Well, if you think you can do a better job, why not give it a shot yourself instead of just complaining vaguely and anonymously? BOZ (talk) 04:38, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  This reads retarded 

message: would some one with a login please fix the series listing. i cant speak for neverwinter , and transitions is the same but they are as follows.     The Legend of Drizzt: Homeland, Exile, Sojourn, The Crystal Shard, Streams of Silver, The Halfling's Gem, The Legacy, Starless Night, Siega of Darkness, Passage to Dawn, The Silent Blade, The Spine of the World, Sea of swords. Also the Cleric Quintet is left out.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.142.77.128 (talk) 00:25, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  change to series grouping 

message: I think that there should be a section on this page about the pronunciation of Drizzt.
There has been much debate among fans as to the pronunciation, and in this interview with RA Salvatore, he says that he's aware of, and even enjoys this debate.
In this other interview, Salvatore himself is heard pronouncing the character's name (and it sounds like "Dritst" with a soft t at the end).
At any rate, the pronunciation given at the top of this page is incorrect. 204.77.151.201 (talk) 03:59, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you provide any reliable sources for any of this? 99.126.204.164 (talk) 11:46, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  pronounciation 

message: No one mentioned Drizzt coming back in the Baldurs Gate Remake (Enhanced Edition).  Majinsnake (talk) 05:27, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition 

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message: This is particularly clear with the placement of the Dark Elf books before the Icewind Dale books -- it's not a publication history it's not written in publication order -- but the fact that the section includes virtually no "real world" information except publication dates (which could be included in a table) is another sign of this.
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Also, as written, the photo of Salvatore looks really out of place -- the author is barely mentioned in that whole section, his name only appearing in the last paragraph to clarify that he wrote other books in which Drizzt was mentioned but did not appear. The image would be more at home literally anywhere else in the article except the lead.
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thread_title:  "Publication history" reads more like a "Fictional character biography 

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message: R.A. Salvator posted a Tweet that says that his inspiration to give Drizzt two weapons was Unearthed Arcana:
: "@seankreynolds Sean, I got it now - the two weapon idea for Drizzt came from Unearthed Arcana (1985). Dan from @wanderingdms just mentioned it to me.
: Forgot drow were even in there."
I'm not quite sure where to put this, but I know there is a lot of talk about Drizzt having two swords in the D&D community, so the origin is notable. Big Mac (talk) 11:24, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Great find, thanks! 2601:249:8B80:4050:88E6:CA3B:978E:468A (talk) 12:35, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unearthed Arcana inspiration Tweet from R.A. Salvator