User talk:Lancey34

Hey, you've done a great job prettying up the Hero Infobox. Thanks for that, looks great. :D RJackson 06:46, 21 August 2011 (CDT)

PlayDota copyright
I'm one of the parties guilty of coping data straight from PlayDota. Sorry. I thought copying lore and statistics about heroes and items was acceptable, because I thought PlayDota was the only definitive source. I'll be better about citations from now on, but can you clarify what we are and are not allowed to more-or-less straight copy from PlayDota?


 * 1) Hero statistics ("Kunkka's armor is 1.96")
 * 2) Hero introductions ("Daelin Proudmoore is a fearsome opponent in nearly any situation...")
 * 3) Hero background stories ("Of all the allies in the Sentinel's ranks, only one, is known by as many names and is feared in as many lands...")
 * 4) Skill descriptions ("Using his unparalleled knowledge of the sea, Daelin is able to summon a blast of water at a targeted area...")
 * 5) Skill statistics ("120 damage, 30% slow")
 * 6) Skill notes ("Units tossed in the air will be paused and still able to be attacked.")
 * 7) Item statistics ("Heals 250 HP and gives +2 armor in 750 AoE")
 * 8) Item lore ("A glowing jewel formed out of assorted parts that somehow fit together perfectly, Mekansm protects its bearer from danger.")

I'm most curious about lore. If we don't get the lore from PlayDota, what other sources are there? (Other than a few snippets here and there from the Dota 2 Blog, etc.) Should we dance the Academic Bullshit Tango where we pretend that running a paragraph through a thesauruses is more scholastic than quoting it? :-D --Kroocsiogsi 06:04, 14 November 2011 (UTC)