Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle-earth

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WikiProject Middle-earth

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Portal:	Middle-earth Portal
Parent project:	Literature
Project notice template:	{{ME-project}}
Participant userbox:	{{User WikiProject Middle-earth}}
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Welcome to the home page of Middle-earth WikiProject. This Wikiproject was created on 23 November 2005 and activated and merged with Silmarillion WikiProject on 1 March 2006 in an effort to start bringing order to all Tolkien-related articles.

If you are interested in joining, please sign your name in the participants section below and on the talk page. The current (active) participant count is 32.

Announcements for WikiProject Middle-earth
Edit • Watch	07 December – December role call is up.

Contents 1 Navigation 2 Scopes and goals 2.1 Mission statement 2.2 Scopes 2.3 Goals 3 Participants 3.1 Past participants 4 General guide 4.1 What you should do 4.2 What you should not do 4.3 Duties and tasks 4.4 Accomplishments 4.4.1 Featured Articles/Lists 4.4.2 Good Articles

[edit] Navigation

[edit] Scopes and goals

[edit] Mission statement

Our mission is to focus efforts and to promote interaction, cooperation, and communication in order to improve Wikipedia's encyclopedic coverage of Tolkien's legendarium.

[edit] Scopes

We cover articles that have anything to do with the following:

• Any articles concerning Tolkien's novels, the characters, the places, the plots, etc.
• Any articles concerning and affiliated with the films
• Any articles concerning other Tolkien-related books, resources, or media

[edit] Goals

Our goals include:

1. To discuss/contribute/improve as a group of editors anything dealing with Things to Do page
2. To standardize and have any Tolkien-related articles/lists/categories/etc. to follow this WikiProject's style guidelines
3. To follow Wikipedia's notability guidelines, to reduce and monitor anything that should not be done.
4. To improve Tolkien-related articles up to the high standards and quality of either Good Article, Featured Article/or Featured List

[edit] Participants

If you are interested, feel free to join. Please sign your name below in alphabetical order. Look out for monthly roll calls and watch for discussions and updates.

Alethiophile A.N.K. Barnikel Bill W. Smith, Jr. CaliMae Carcharoth CBDunkerson Destructo_087 dhawk1964 Dragon of Cavel Elistir Elurin Eruhildo Flower Sniffer Gil-galad1 GoldDragon Imperator Honorius jc37

Jor Kaobear Lokidoodle Mal Merond e Mirlen Pejorative.majeure Randalllin Radfan Smaug the Mighty SFGiants Sighter Goliant Ted87 Thu The Pink Panther Tiresias BC Uthanc

[edit] Past participants

Middle-earth WikiProject would like to thank our past participants for their contributions:

ASchmoo, Astrokey44, Bakasuprman, Barnikel, Bornagain4, Bryan, CCMichalZ, Chamberlian, Christopher Hanson, cubfanpgh, Cuivienen, Dineredhel Carantaraglar, Editor at Large, Elentirmo, Ellachor, Elmer92413, Eluchil404, False Prophet, Guðsþegn, GwydionM, Irongargoyle, Jason Dusek, jelsa_tris, Jordan Samuels, Judgesurreal777, Ifrit, Kyriakos, mbeyers, Melian, Migatu, Miriel Giltarma, Nitin, RashBold, Rochelle, Ronald Bennett, Sauron, Sapha, Savidan, Sdsouza, Skookum1, Sotakeit, SorryGuy, Splamo, superscienceman, UrbaneLegend, Thisisbossi, Thu, Wootking

[edit] General guide

WikiProject Middle-earth Open Tasks Here are some open tasks for WikiProject Middle-earth, an attempt to create and standardize articles related to Tolkien and his works. Feel free to help with any of the following tasks: Collaboration: Raise Faramir and Maedhros to Good Article status Cleanup: All articles, List of Hobbits, List of hobbit families, Samwise Gamgee, Saruman Copyedit/extensive work: Elf (Middle-earth), Peregrin Took, Meriadoc Brandybuck Create: Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion Stubs: Old Man Willow, White Council and Tolkien stubs Merge into: Minor places in Middle-earth, Minor places in Beleriand, Dwarf runes Other: See the Things to do page. edit | watch

[edit] What you should do

• As a participant, be active as you can!
• Take a look at the discussion links, including the things to do page and contribute what you can.
• Follow the Standards for this WikiProject, as well as the Wikipedia's Manual of Style page. Please cite your sources.
• Follow Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy. Avoid bias of any sort.
• As Wikipedia says, "Be bold in updating pages, but do not be reckless!" If there is anything in the articles you see that does not follow the style guidelines or if they have bias in them, please edit them.

[edit] What you should not do

• Anything that Wikipedia is not follows here as well. Which means...
  • No point-of-view, please!
  • No speculation, no assumptions, no fan theories, etc.
  • No original research and unsourced information/claims/statements/etc.
  • No vandalism, and no revert wars either!

[edit] Duties and tasks

• See the Things to do page or watch the {{ME-taskbox}} for more information.

[edit] Accomplishments

[edit] Featured Articles/Lists

Articles that has been a Featured Article/Featured List and/or is a F.A. candidate:

• J. R. R. Tolkien — Was featured on the front page on 15 November 2006
• The Lord of the Rings — Was featured on the front page on 5 October 2006

[edit] Good Articles

Articles with Good Article (G.A.) status:

• The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film)