Talk:List of Dragonlance novels

message: To try to make this a little easier, here are two lists.  The first is a list of articles with no independent sources yet.  The second is those with at least one.  Please move articles from the top to the bottom list as they get sourced.  That will make it more straightforward to merge completely unsourced articles and discuss the remaining ones, with hopefully less overall clutter.  It should also cut down on time wasted looking at already sourced articles. —<B>Torchiest</B> talkedits 20:03, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Articles lists

message: OK, I have been adding sources when I find them, and thinking about how to proceed.
*Dragons of the Dwarven Depths and The Legend of Huma have had their sources improved considerably, and I feel they should be kept as standalone articles
*Dragons of the Hourglass Mage also arguably has sufficient sourcing to be kept, although if anyone disagrees it would not be unreasonable to add  or other tags and then revisit later
I don't feel that any of those above should be redirected without consensus to do so.
As far as other merges go, I have been considering these.
*Merge The Dargonesti into the Lost Histories series.  That one has a source, and I have another review for another book in the series, so that is a good starting point
*Merge Conundrum (novel), The Lioness (novel), Dark Thane, and Prisoner of Haven into Age of Mortals
I am thinking about what else could be merged and where. BOZ (talk) 19:03, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: That nicely clumps together half a dozen articles, which puts us about halfway through the list. —<B>Torchiest</B> talkedits 19:11, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

text: We only have articles for the first two novels in that sextet right now though. —<B>Torchiest</B> talkedits 19:28, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

text: —<B>Torchiest</B> talkedits 19:34, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: What to do next

message: Types of mythological or fantastic beings in contemporary fiction is a page of, well, fantasy series (movie, TV, written, whatever) and the assorted mythological and/or fantastic critters they contain.  This series would qualify.  Anyone care to add it?  Tamtrible (talk) 00:53, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anyone familiar with these books care to add them to this list? 

message: Hello. 
My edit was reverted. One week ago, I wrote to the contributor who reverted it, but I received no answer. Let us talk about it here. 
It could be my mobile or the mobile browser I use, but I completely disagree on his/her statement "makes it more accessible (especially on mobile)".
Anyway, years ago I created a page titled "List of Dragonlance novels by author", because the books by the same author often have consistency (e.g. Richard Knaak is the author of all the stories of Kaz the Minotaur) and one author usually has a consistent writing style. The page was deleted when the main "List of Dragonlance novels" was turned into a sortable table. Indeed, if you can sort one, single table by author, the page "List of Dragonlance novels by author" becomes redundant.
On the other hand, splitting the table into decades means forcing a sorting order by publication year. In this case, the page "List of Dragonlance novels by author" should be restored.
(By the way, what does "rvt" mean? I found 27 meanings for it on abbreviations.com, and none fits.)
This is my point of view, I assure you I am in good faith, and I am sure your points of view take into account something that did not occur to me. I will gladly read your opinions.
If I get no answer in 10 days or so, I will restore my edit. --Abacos (talk) 14:26, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: rvt means revert. Your explanation certainly makes sense. I would go with the single sortable table unless someone comes up with strong counter agrument in the next 10 days. Deagol2 (talk) 19:58, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: You may want to discuss the revert with User:Sariel Xilo. BOZ (talk) 20:02, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

text: No need to apologize. 10 days is very reasonable. Deagol2 (talk) 12:18, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

text: Hello, Sariel Xilo. You are right about the dates, I got confused with something else. Sorry! Back to the subject, can you explain how splitting up this table (thus preventing sorting) makes the data more accessible? I do not see that. I agree that in some cases, chronological order is the only sensible order (e.g. a list of prime ministers), but the Dragonlance novels list is different. In my humble opinion, sorting by author is what is relevant (e.g. Michael Williams wrote a trilogy of Dragonlance novels featuring the same characters, but published in three different "series" over two different decades; same for many other Dragonlance authors). In general, a single sortable table of Dragonlance novels allows for more accessibility because it allows each reader to organize it according to his/her own current needs. Still in my personal opinion, Dragonlance "series" often are just umbrella-names for groups of unrelated novels that happened to be ready at the same time. --Abacos (talk) 08:54, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[List of Dragonlance novels#Novels]]