Talk:Wings of Fire (novel series)
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Synopsis
I am fully aware that this is too long, and I wrote it. I will try and trim it down, and other people are welcome to help (although this page doesn't get much traffic, and for good reason) Also, I will add citations. I am new here, and just figured out how to cite a book, so please stop bothering me about it. (especially if you're not going to help) K1i2r3i4t5o (talk) 17:58, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
- Who bothered you? Argento Surfer (talk) 18:44, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
- I don't know, they didn't sign their name, and they have removed their comment, so I will give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they realized it wasn't very helpful and rescinded it. Maybe I misinterpreted it, and it was just constructive criticism. If that's the case, I apologize. As I said, I am new, and am editing this page to get some low-stakes practice. Sorry to take up your time. K1i2r3i4t5o (talk) 20:41, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
It's not to long. Queen Shore the SeaWing (talk) 14:39, 19 March 2020 (UTC)I is American English.
And why for good reason? This article SHOULD have the MOST traffic, because WoF is THE BEST
Kookie Cookie Knows What's Best (talk) 00:12, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
WoF IS THE BEST! WingsofFire2028 (talk) 16:47, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
It's not too long. It has three mini series, it should be long. 69.248.65.55 (talk) 15:03, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
Grammar and Spelling Errors
Whoever wrote the synopsis for the third book, please screen your work more carefully for errors. This content does not match Wikipedia's standards for adequacy. I'm uncreative. (talk) 05:51, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
Whoever it was, looking at their work, I doubt they were a regular user. I'll try and fix the errors, but I don't think it'll be much of a problem. K1i2r3i4t5o (talk) 06:01, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
- If you use the "view history" link at the top of the page (located near the edit button), you can review the contributors. The edit you're talking about came from User:Noodlejack. If you click on the "contribs" link next to an editor's name, you can see what else that editor has contributed. Adding a summary of book 3 is Noodlejack's sole contribution so far. In the future, it would be helpful for you to provide a link explaining Wikipedia standards when you criticize someone's efforts, such as Wikipedia:Basic copyediting. Argento Surfer (talk) 14:03, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
well I'll never contribute again then, Noodlejack 7/8/2018
Yep, thanks, I didn't know that. I'll keep that in mind for the future. I'm uncreative. (talk) 02:19, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
Summaries
I think the summaries are too long to put in one Wiki page. Here's some (kinda good) complete summary I found of the first book only: https://wingsoffire.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dragonet_Prophecy_(Book)
Maybe we should move the summaries of each book to the books respectively? Also, since the books are a series of novels (quite long), maybe we should look at 'Harry Potter' and copy see how they did it. Of course, this series is not as popular as the Harry Potter series, so we can't go as much in detail (too few sources). What ideas do you people have?
AltoStev Talk 16:09, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
Uh, reading it, and removing information unrelated to the title, like I did for the IceWing/NightWing War. --Queen Shore the SeaWing (talk) 05:15, 6 February 2020 (UTC)I is American English.
I removed the summaries altogether, because of spoilers. --Queen Shore the SeaWing (talk) 06:24, 6 February 2020 (UTC)I is American English.
They reappeared on the page, tho - Dragonlover21 (talk) 17:40, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
I think we should add summaries of all the books and make a separate chapter for summaries, so if people don’t want to look at the summaries because of spoilers, then they can skip it. WingsofFire2028 (talk) 12:47, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
Or we can make an article for each book. WingsofFire2028 (talk) 12:48, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
And leave this one for one that is about the whole series. WingsofFire2028 (talk) 12:49, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
Typos
Can people watch out for typos please as it's quite annoying to have to fix them.
Thanks,RedRussetFox
I fixed some. :3 --Queen Shore the SeaWing (talk) 05:23, 6 February 2020 (UTC)I is American English.
And THIS is the official way to spell the tribe names, in guide order! MudWing, SandWing, SkyWing, SeaWing, RainWing, IceWing NightWing, HiveWing, SilkWing, LeafWing. Spell them the way they're spelled in the books, like the list above! Queen Shore the SeaWing (talk) 14:45, 19 March 2020 (UTC)I am American English.
- ), I fixed some too!
TheDRagonFox
Help
I don't think that we should put all the stuff on there. If we can create separate pages for the books, we can get rid of the complicated plot summaries and instead move it to the page, and leave the blurbs. The point of views can go on the new pages as well Also i fixed the error where under tribes, there was Pyrriah, Pantala and BeetleWings. I removed BeetleWings for now, since we don't have enough information to describe them. Lots of citations are needed, though! Help! 203.221.56.24 (talk) 11:23, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
French version
Hello! I am a French contributor of Wikipedia, and I translated this page in French. But this page is withdrawing because it hasn't reliable sources. Can you give me a source for my article? Thank you very much. -- Overlord Kelmor audiences 09:49, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
Bonjour! (That's the only French I know oof. I know very little Espanõl, which is Spanish, in Spanish.) I fixed your punctuation, but unfortunately, I can't get you a source. I hope someone else who can reads, and responds to this though! --Queen Shore the SeaWing (talk) 05:22, 6 February 2020 (UTC)I is American English.
A rewrite is necessary
There is far too much detail on this page. It is classified as a low-level article. The books have frankly not sold as well as more renowned books which have less coverage on Wikipedia. It will be necessary to rewrite the article.Thanoscar21 (talk) 21:38, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
I agree. This is written in an in-universe style. Also, there are almost no sources past the "Books" section. MEisSCAMMER(talk) 22:43, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
Objections
No! Please don't rewrite! Dragonlover21 (talk) 16:52, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Please don't rewrite! 69.248.65.55 (talk) 15:19, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
Don't rewrite or delete! --Anonymous Pseudonymous 83 (talk) 15:36, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Notability
This article currently does not cite any independent sources at all, and has been tagged as needing sources for over a year. If sources cannot be found and added, the article should be reduced tpo a stub or simply deleted. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 04:16, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Objections
B-but, there are plenty of sources! Look over it again! Dragonlover21 (talk) 11:59, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
You can't delete it! You just can't! Dragonlover21 (talk) 12:01, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
DESeigel Dragonlover21 (talk) 12:02, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Oh. Dragonlover21 (talk) 12:03, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
- @Dragonlover21: It's not a matter of personal choice, it's just a matter of standards. Wikipedia articles are a summary of professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources. There need to be at least three sources that are independent of the subject to prove notability. Of the three sources, two are interviews (and so not independent) and are about upcoming graphic novels (things that might not happen generally are not notable), and one is only about the TV show -- there are no sources about Wings of Fire general. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:52, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Although I can't think of a way to incorporate them as of right now, here are some more independent sources related to the Wings of Fire book series:
- 'Wings of Fire' Flying High By Shannon Maughan
- Wings of Fire books 1-10 (reviews of the series)
- Book Review: Wings of Fire – The Dragonet Prophecy (Book 1)
There's also a Fandom wiki, but I doubt that's considered a proper source since they're almost certainly much worse at sourcing than you guys. --JumboDS64 (talk) 03:22, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
Don't delete! 69.248.65.55 (talk) 15:21, 3 September 2020 (UTC) DO NOT DELETE!!!!!!! WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER-MUCH BETTER — Preceding unsigned comment added by Retagirl (talk • contribs) 16:30, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
I agree that the article should stay. There are about 15 sources, and there could be several more on the way. We could make a separate page for each book, but that seems like a waste of time, and if there's 15 sources here, splitting them up would give us an average of 1 source per page. But we can make this page better, I'm sure.
Macadamia of the LeafWings | ROAR!! | Contribs |Sandbox 12:15, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, but only 3 of the sources are useful to the article. The rest are either pages from the books or pages about the books from the publisher. MEisSCAMMER(talk)Hello! 15:00, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
Stoping people who are intentionally writing false information.
Why are you doing this? Please stop. This will mislead others and it is not funny. WingsofFire2028 (talk) 16:45, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
Also, anyone who wants to help, please help me fix the article. WingsofFire2028 (talk) 16:48, 28 May
2020 (UTC)
I'll help but also still help other people. (Retagirl (talk) 15:07, 6 October 2020 (UTC))
- I'm sorry, but what in the article is false? Is this about an old revision? MEisSCAMMER(talk)Hello! 20:25, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
Book Pages?
Does anyone think it is a good idea to make an individual page for The Dragonet Prophecy? 2601:601:9080:5C30:CC72:5AFC:C937:6FA6 (talk) 22:39, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
- Are there multiple independent reliable sources that provide in-depth coverage about it and are specifically about that book and not just the series in general? Ian.thomson (talk) 22:51, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
Hmm, not really. 2601:601:9080:5C30:CC72:5AFC:C937:6FA6 (talk) 23:03, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
No. This is good, don't delete it. 69.248.65.55 (talk) 15:23, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
Delete what? The only thing I see you asking not to delete is the The Dragonet Prophecy page which doesn't even exist. 2601:601:9080:5C30:8CBB:FCA5:F646:3C3B (talk) 17:15, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
24toonenata (talk) 19:50, 24 October 2020 (UTC) I personally think this is a good idea. Also, whoever wrote the wings of fire series page wasn't too good at punctuation, lol I fixed most of it though
Requested move 9 August 2020
- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: move Wings of Fire to Wings of Fire (autobiography) with the disambiguation page Wings of Fire (disambiguation) moving to Wings of Fire. (non-admin closure) Steel1943 (talk) 22:03, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
– The novel series seems significantly more popular than the autobiography, so it should be the primary topic instead. In a Google search for "Wings of Fire", the first three pages of results are exclusively about this series. I think this is pretty clear-cut, but in the event that it's not, my second choice would be to say that there is no primary topic and move Wings of Fire (disambiguation) there instead. Jackmcbarn (talk) 17:50, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose 1st, support 2nd, move DAB to primary - disambiguate all per WP:NOPRIMARY. Google WP:HITS aren't a standard we should follow, due to inherent biases. Pageviews are quite equal for both topics. -- Netoholic @ 18:24, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
- Fair enough. I'm always a bit suspicious of pageviews when one of the pages is already at the primary location, though, since we don't know how many of the people who ended up on that one meant to end up on one of the others. Jackmcbarn (talk) 18:46, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
- Right, that's often a reason we disambiguate all. Once pageviews settle down after the move, we'll have a better picture, but I doubt the needle will move much on this one. -- Netoholic @ 01:20, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
- Fair enough. I'm always a bit suspicious of pageviews when one of the pages is already at the primary location, though, since we don't know how many of the people who ended up on that one meant to end up on one of the others. Jackmcbarn (talk) 18:46, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
- Support the second move -- it's probably best if we wait a few months and see if the page view stats become clear once the autobiography is no longer at the base name and then perhaps propose again.--Yaksar (let's chat) 20:11, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
- The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Plot Mistake
In the The Hidden Kingdom summary, it says Magnificent cheated for the camouflage contest. But that isn't really cheat. She was unethical, sure, but it wasn't against the rules or anything. Do you think this should be changed? 2601:601:9080:5C30:7095:469E:9A6B:4988 (talk) 03:45, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
No, I'm pretty sure it was cheating. Silver might be a sloth, but injuring people in the sidelines should be considered cheating. Ex-Borg Seven of Nine (talk) 22:16, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
But she didn't injure anyone. 2601:601:9080:5C30:7D79:CD6F:6C20:CEE (talk) 00:52, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
She injured Silver. Ex-Borg Seven of Nine (talk) 17:31, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
Darkstalker vs Peacemaker
Should Peacemaker have his own character analysis? Darkstalker already has one, but technicaly they're different dragons. If Peacemaker does, it should be put in the minor characters section. Ex-Borg Seven of Nine (talk) 01:00, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
I agree. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheDRagonFox (talk • contribs) 19:38, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
Okay, I'll add it in minor characters. Rosefeather of WindClan (Meow at me!) 01:17, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
Yes Ev666 (talk) 14:14, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
14th book
now that book fourteeen is out, can someone with it complete that part of this page because it is now out of date. that would be helpful, thanks24toonenata (talk) 15:01, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
- This comment has nothing to actually do with the discussion, I just want everyone to know I moved this from another section MEisSCAMMER(talk)Hello! 20:23, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
I noticed a discrepancy between two editors
@Truthseeker the Sky-Night and @Macadamia of the LeafWings: I noticed you are communicating with edit summaries, maybe you might want to do it here. MEisSCAMMER(talk)Hello! 17:00, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Thanks. Truthseeker, I personally think we should leave in the characters and the tribes. I feel it helps readers better understand the books if they know more about the tribes and characters, and it just doesn't seem right to take them out. Maybe someone started reading this article, got to the part where they meet Peril, and think "SkyWing? What on earth is a SkyWing?". I feel like it might be confusing if we're talking about the tribes, but there's no information about those tribes whatsoever. Macadamia of the LeafWings | ROAR!! | Contribs |Sandbox 19:57, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
- T: (not sure how to talk, do you just edit the thing here?) I personally believe that we should only list the names of the tribes, since only that is relevant to the summary. So if we say Peril is a “SkyWing,” a reader will know that SkyWings are one of the fictitious tribes of the in-universe continent Pyrrhia. That’s all they need to know. We do not need to do an in-depth dive into each tribe and their abilities and history in the series; that’s a task reserved for the fan wikis. Some of the problems with the article seem to be that the plot summary is unnecessarily long and detailed, and that the article is written primarily in an in-universe style. We’ll most likely have to rewrite the book summaries as well to be much shorter and to the point; the article will be a lot better once it’s cleaned up. Wikipedia strives for efficiency and brevity, and the article should be edited until it complies with Wikipedia standards. That’s all I have to say for now. If there’s anything I forgot to clarify, feel free to ask! 20:09, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
- @Truthseeker the Sky-Night: I wholeheartedly disagree! People should know what a SkyWing actually looks like, what a firescales is, and know more about Peril's personality! (Oh, and please remember to sign your comments by typing four tildes (~~~~)) Macadamia of the LeafWings | ROAR!! | Contribs |Sandbox 00:13, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
- @MEisSCAMMER: Um, MEisSCAMMER? Is there any chance Truth seeker and I are edit warring? Macadamia of the LeafWings | ROAR!! | Contribs |Sandbox 00:23, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
- If someone wants to know what a SkyWing looks like, they can look for information on the Wings of Fire fan wiki—it’s only a Google search away. We should avoid cluttering up space on Wikipedia. I love Wings of Fire as much as you do and understand your enthusiasm, but please remember that Wikipedia strives to be as professional as possible. This is a professional website, not a fan-run enterprise. Truthseeker the Sky-Night (talk) 00:48, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
- @Truthseeker the Sky-Night: I just think it's strange that you signed up half a week ago, and already you're deleting large amounts of information from one page, and you must have read many, many Wikipedia guidelines articles. Macadamia of the LeafWings | ROAR!! | Contribs |Sandbox 12:07, 6 April 2021 (UTC) (PS, NO ONE loves Wings of Fire as much as I do)
- @Macadamia of the LeafWings: I'm sorry, I seem to live in a different timezone than you, in answer to your question: maybe? I'm not sure whether one revert each counts as an edit war, but given Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle, any more reverting would probably turn into an edit war. Of course, if you mean the talk page, that's not an edit war. Also, I have taken the liberty of indenting the posts by adding colons (:) at the beginning of each message. Also, it's rude to judge them by their knowledge of Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Newbies aren't always clueless. MEisSCAMMER(talk)Hello! 12:25, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
- @Truthseeker the Sky-Night: I just think it's strange that you signed up half a week ago, and already you're deleting large amounts of information from one page, and you must have read many, many Wikipedia guidelines articles. Macadamia of the LeafWings | ROAR!! | Contribs |Sandbox 12:07, 6 April 2021 (UTC) (PS, NO ONE loves Wings of Fire as much as I do)
- Sorry, Truthseeker. I wasn't trying to be rude. Macadamia of the LeafWings | ROAR!! | Contribs |Sandbox 12:27, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
- Well, I suppose I should weigh in too. I want to keep the character descriptions, but not necessarily go into too much detail about it, and also remove the tribes and the year system. I might be open to keeping the tribes section if we could just put basic descriptions and remove the "scavengers". I also forgot to mention this, please don't press Enter before signing, a space will do. MEisSCAMMER(talk)Hello! 12:40, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
- @MEisSCAMMER: Ok, that's fine by me. Should I revert Truthseeker's edits and work from there, or just start from scratch?
- Feel free to do whatever’s more practical, although I’d prefer to start from scratch. The article’s a complete mess. Keep in mind that we have to fix up the article to adhere more closely to Wikipedia standards. While I’d like to point at the pages of Warrior Cats and Lord of the Rings as a reference for good editing and adherence to standards, they are extremely well known book series, often with separate pages detailing their universe, book plots, etc. Wings of Fire, being a very obscure series, needs to keep everything on one page. For good guides on determining what to include and what not to, see Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Writing_about_fiction and Wikipedia:How_to_write_a_plot_summary if you haven’t already. Truthseeker the Sky-Night (talk) 18:50, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
- @Truthseeker the Sky-Night: It's not allowing me to revert your edits, it says there are 'too many conflicting edits'. Can you try, please? Macadamia of the LeafWings | ROAR!! | Contribs |Sandbox 19:43, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
- @Macadamia of the LeafWings: When it says that, it means that other users have edited over it, so no one can do it. You'd need to manually add those sections back from the revision history. I'll do it.MEisSCAMMER(talk)(contribs) 21:49, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
- @Truthseeker the Sky-Night: It's not allowing me to revert your edits, it says there are 'too many conflicting edits'. Can you try, please? Macadamia of the LeafWings | ROAR!! | Contribs |Sandbox 19:43, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
Okay, here's the old Characters section:
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CharactersMain CharactersArc 1In the first arc, the main protagonists are the Dragonets of Destiny, who are part of a prophecy that states that they are destined to end The War of SandWing Succession and bring peace to the seven warring tribes. The dragonets are:
Arc 2The protagonists of Arc 2 are the Jade Winglet, who are students at Jade Mountain Academy.
Arc 3The main protagonists are dragonets from the Hives, who make an unlikely friendship.
Minor Characters
*So far, Chameleon is shown to have a SkyWing form named Soar, an IceWing form named Cirrus, a NightWing form named Shapeshifter, and a MudWing form named Bog.
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Hope it helps! MEisSCAMMER(talk)(contribs) 13:51, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
Idea for the plot summaries
I think we can all agree that the plot summaries are excessively detailed (there's even a maintenance tag), so why don't we just do summaries for each of the arcs instead of individual books? ♔MEisSCAMMERtalkcontribs 12:09, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
a lack of information
something really needs to be done about the articles for books seven, eight, and nine, as they are very undetailed and are missing entire chunks of the storyline. i do not have the books on me and have not read any of the three in over a year and am therefore not qualified to write each section, so could someone with the books please add more to them? 24toonenata (talk) 02:43, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi 24toonenata! Plot summaries should not cover every single detail about a story. Wizzito (talk) 20:12, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
i know i mean there are MAJOR bits of the plot missing that i feel are necessary in the summary. not small pieces. 24toonenata (talk) 15:06, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
scratch that, everything is gone now. -_- 24toonenata (talk) 15:08, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
Woah...
@Moneytrees: thanks for removing unnecessary content but the article does need a plot summary. And you've reduced it to a near-stub. Maybe we can work something out. ♔MEisSCAMMERtalkcontribs 13:19, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
Wiki-Quality Rewrite Draft
So, obviously neither the current stub nor the previous info wall is ideal. I've started a draft of a new version of the page here, based mainly on Seekers (novel series), a good article about another of Sutherland's (arguably less notable) series. Added is a basic selection of citations and removed is A LOT of text. However, I have not read all of these books, so I would appreciate if somebody who has writes a one to two paragraph summary of each arc. I have also included a 1-sentence description of each tribe in "Settings," but character descriptions should stick to the book descriptions as in the included Seekers example. The two interviews cited in the beginning have a lot more interesting info to work with, but I haven't been able to summarize it all. Once all the sections are fleshed out and copyedited/cited, we can talk about merging it back in.
Note! Just because the main article is protected does not mean that this draft is the place to pour all of your book play-by-plays. Please behave yourselves.
Pinging @MEisSCAMMER, Moneytrees, Macadamia of the LeafWings, and Truthseeker the Sky-Night:
Mooeena ● 💌 ● ✒️ ● ❓ 23:12, 29 May 2021 (UTC)