Talk:Rangers of the North

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[edit] Merge

How about moving all the assorted Chieftain info under their names, and making their articles all redirect here? There's too little info on them to warrant articles on their own. Same goes for Halbarad, and most of the Stewards of Gondor (in its own article of course). Uthanc 08:37, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

I most heartily agree. However, I think it might be best if we move it all under the article List of Chieftains of the Dúnedain or List of Chieftains of the Rangers of the North or simply, List of Dúnedain — and then if the size of the lists get too big, then we can split into two sublists: List of the Rangers of the North and List of the Rangers of Ithilien. This article is about the Rangers of the North as a group, so I think a list would be a better fit. (Same with the Stewards of Gondor.) —Mirlen 14:29, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Original research?

[edit] Scottish Connatations

Dúnedain could be a refernece to Dunedin, a historical name for Edinburgh. There is also an Dunedin in New Zealand, where the film trilogy were coincedentially filmed there. The Rangers of the North could also be reference to the Scots/Picts as they dress similar to historical Scottish barbarians with their long-flowing hair. Furthermore, J.R.R. Tolkien was a prominent Rangers F.C. fan and 'North' could refer to 'North of the border' (i.e. Scotland).

Well, I believe he coined Edain before he coined Dún-edain. "Dressing similar to Scottish barbarians" is obviously Viggo-inspired. And the Rangers F. C. thing - was he? Uthanc