Talk:Tharbad

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Latest comment: 27 November 2023 by Akhorahil in topic Rewrite

Rewrite[edit source]

This very peculiar article is a tidied up version of a very old Wikipedia article (hence the peculiar number of quotes). It needs rewriting from scratch. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 10:25, 31 December 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Mith
I’ve referred to the article on Tharbad quite a few times in the past but it I always thought it wasn’t very well-written. I had a go at rewriting it recently, making improvements to the readability and correcting grammatical errors and typos. It wasn’t perfect but I meant to go back to it and add more robust citations later. In the meantime, a user named Akhorahil reverted it to the previous version. He then used the reverted version to write his own edit. Although the content of the article has improved (with the exception of a somewhat overly detailed account of the Battle of the Gwathló) he has reinstated the bad writing. He’s also added some more of his own.
I’m new to editing on TG and I was wondering if this kind of practice is commonplace. If not, I thought you might want to be made aware of it.
Thanks,
Cal Calardan (talk) 22:03, 26 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks so much for those improvements Calardan! Not sure if you saw Akhorahil's comments on your talk page, but I hope his feedback helped to convey what he was thinking, apologizes if it felt like he was stepping on your toes after all that progress you made. I agree with you in that he appears to have inadvertently reverted some of your corrections. As much as I wish each edit would universally propel us to a better article, because every contributor has a different mindset it can often be more like two steps forward, one step backward, but we'll get there in the end. :) His last edit indicates he is still finishing up something so we'll give him another day to see if he's able to fix the grammar, and if not feel free to jump in and make those corrections again. I really appreciate your patience! If you ever have any questions don't hesitate to reach out to me directly. --Hyarion (talk) 01:15, 27 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I provided feeback why I reverted your edits on the Tharbad page on the Discussion page of the Calardan user page. You can click on Calardan and then on Discussion to view the contents of the discussion page of your user page --Akhôrahil (talk) 10:45, 27 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]