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**WikiProject Middle-earth**
This WikiProject is about Tolkien's works and related articles.
Shortcuts:	WP:ARDA WP:M-E WP:Me WP:RINGS WP:TOLKIEN
Portal:	Middle-earth Portal
Parent project:	Literature
Project notice template:	{{ME-project}}
Participant userbox:	{{User WikiProject Middle-earth}}
Has goals	Yes
Subpages

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 roll call in the talk page. The current (active) participant count is 32.

Announcements for WikiProject Middle-earth
Edit • Watch	16 March – January-March roll call is up.

1 Navigation
2 Scope and goals
3 Participants
- 3.1 Past participants
4 General guide

[edit] Navigation

v • d • e WikiProject Middle-earth subpages

Project: Front page · Main discussion · Standards · Things to do · Assessment · Templates · Images · Topics (Recent changes) Other: Middle-earth Portal · Watchlist (Recent changes)

[edit] Scope 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] Scope

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:

To discuss/contribute/improve as a group of editors anything dealing with Things to Do page
To standardize and have any Tolkien-related articles/lists/categories/etc. to follow this WikiProject's style guidelines
To follow Wikipedia's notability guidelines, to reduce and monitor anything that should not be done.
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 and on the roll call on the talk page. Look out for these monthly roll calls and watch for discussions and updates.

[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, Drkarthi, Editor at Large, Elentirmo, Ellachor, Elmer92413, Eluchil404, False Prophet, [[User:Frodo777[Frodo777]], Guðsþegn, GwydionM, Jsnx, jelsa_tris, Jordan Samuels, lotrfinatic14, Hannah kruman, Judgesurreal777, Kaobear, Kdsoccer409 Ifrit, mbeyers, Melian, Migatu, User:NeroSzandor, NHel, Miriel Giltarma, Nitin.viswanthan, User:Panic!out, RashBold, Rochelle, Ronald Bennett, Richard Moran, Sapha, Savidan, Sdsouza, Skookum1, Sotakeit, SorryGuy, Splamo, sweetpeajlf Urbane Legend, Thu, Wootking

[edit] General guide

WikiProject Middle-earth Open Tasks

Here are some open tasks for WikiProject Middle-earth. Feel free to help with any of the following tasks:

Collaboration: Return Middle-earth to featured status
Cleanup: Anglachel, List of Hobbits, List of hobbit families, Samwise Gamgee, Saruman, Yearbook of Tuckborough
Copyedit/extensive work: Círdan, Elf (Middle-earth), Peregrin Took, Meriadoc Brandybuck
Create: J. R. R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography, Horus Engels, Inger Edelfeldt, Kay Miner
Expand to separate pages/list entries: Alliterative verse by J. R. R. Tolkien, Art inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien, Nellas
Stubs: Old Man Willow, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, Tolkien Studies, Images of Middle-Earth
Add secondary sources: Númenor, Moria (Middle-earth)
Articles on current topics (may need updating): The History of The Hobbit, The Hobbit (2009 film)
Merge into: Minor places in Middle-earth, Minor places in Beleriand
Other: See the Things to do page, update a Random article (reset) , or review recent Middle-earth changes

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[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!