Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle-earth

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 roll call in the talk page. The current (active) participant count is 32. Template:ME-Announce

Scopes and goals

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.

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

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

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.

Adanadhel Alataristarion Alethiophile Ameratsu A.N.K. Barnikel Bdb79 Bill W. Smith, Jr. Bossi Carcharoth Carl Sixsmith CBDunkerson Chr.K. dan_crook54 davemon Destructo_087 dhawk1964 Dragon of Cavel Editus Reloaded Eiyuu Kou Elistir Eruhildo Fang Aili Flower Sniffer Folic Acid Frosty King | Gil-galad1 GoldDragon Grey Wanderer Heru Elladan Iakd87 Imperator Honorius Irongargoyle Jammi568 jc37 Jedi feline Kyriakos Linus M. Lokidoodle LotR Mal

Madhava 1947 MatthewMM Merond e Mirlen Monasticknight Monkeymox Nimfaelin Oldbus OliverWKim Pejorative.majeure PKM Quesoman Radfan Randalllin Ramandu Rosseloh RoyRedersn17 Scholarus SFGiants Sighter Goliant Silmathulie Simpsone4 Sith Penguin Lord Smaug the Mighty Soarhead77 StarWarsGirl Steinvik1 Suriel1981 Taosein Ted87 Thu The Lilac Pilgrim The Pink Panther The Superteapot Tiresias BC Tommy9281 Tttom Uthanc Valaruselinux Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici YLSS Zroberts

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, Jason Dusek, jelsa_tris, Jordan Samuels, [[User:lotrfinatic14 Hannah kruman Judgesurreal777, Kaobear, User:Kdsoccer409 Ifrit, mbeyers, Melian, Migatu, user:NHel, Miriel Giltarma, Nitin, RashBold, Rochelle, Ronald Bennett, Sauron, Sapha, Savidan, Sdsouza, Skookum1, Sotakeit, SorryGuy, Splamo, UrbaneLegend, Thu, Wootking

General guide

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.

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!

Duties and tasks

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

Accomplishments

Featured Articles/Lists

Articles that are/have been a Featured Article/Featured List and/or are F.A. candidates:

• 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
• The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)

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)