Talk:Misty Mountains

Infobox
I have added an infobox for the place.--Barnikel 04:23, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Wonderful. Do you think it is worth putting places like Rivendell and Fangorn and Moria and Mount Gundabad in the infobox? Carcharoth 13:37, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm, there already are infoboxes for Moria and Rivendell. And I can't find an article for Fangorn the forest! 'Fangorn' redirects to Treebeard. And if you are talking about inclusion Fangorn, Moria and Rivendell in the realms section in the infobox for this article, then I don't think so. Moria is within the Mountains; the Mountains are not located in Moria. Rivendell and Fangorn are realms in the vicinity, next door neighbours, if you will. And anyway, both are included in Eriador and Wilderland respectively. --Barnikel 14:41, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Hoom, Fangorn now redirects correctly to the forest203.6.146.5 (talk) 04:39, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

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Source
Where are the details of its length from? Cheers, Ferike333 (talk) 14:53, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

The above comment referred to the original article, which had the length as 795 miles. This seems rather too precise, and possibly fails to take into account the Misty Mountains north of Mount Gundabad (an error in the article which I hope to correct). I have replaced the length with "some 900" miles, which I have sourced from Karen Wynn Fonstad's Atlas. Cheers. 111.220.240.244 (talk) 02:51, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

Names in bold
I understand that bolding is essentially for the name of the article and alternative names.

At least twice now I've tried to convert the erroneous name Hithaiglin from bold to italics, and have placed the genuine alternative name Towers of Mist in bold. Every time my edit has been reversed. Perhaps someone can explain why the erroneous Hithaiglin should be promoted above the genuine alternative Towers of Mist?

Personally I don't think Hithaiglin should be in the introduction at all, except as a footnote.

BTW, in my opinion Mountains of Mist is not a true alternative name, but merely a rearrangement of the main name (Misty Mountains). Cheers. 203.6.146.5 (talk) 06:12, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * MOS:BOLD discusses when it's appropriate to use boldface; in this case only the name of the article and names that one could have been redirected from should be placed in bold. "Towers of Mist" does not currently exist as a redirect, though I suppose you could create one. The other items are in bold because they are redirects presently. Cheers. DonIago (talk) 13:38, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your prompt response & explanation. I hope to work out how to do redirects, but they are rather beyond my novice capabilities at present. Cheers 203.6.146.5 (talk) 07:11, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I've created the Redirect. I don't think you can create pages as an anon-user. but feel free to re-apply your boldings :) GimliDotNet ( Speak to me,  Stuff I've done )  10:42, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Misty Mountain Jump up & down
The reference to Misty Mountain Hop in the section Namesakes & Cultural references seems to have disappeared. Any reason? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.6.146.5 (talk) 02:17, 11 April 2014 (UTC) Sorry, now signed: 203.6.146.5 (talk) 02:18, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
 * My guess would be that it wasn't reliably sourced, but I haven't looked into it. DonIago (talk) 03:22, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Just looked at Misty Mountain Hop, and that article has sourcing problems of its own. It mentions the LotR connection, but no sources are provided there. DonIago (talk) 03:23, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for responding. I've done some digging. The article Robert Plant lists several LZ songs as having JRRT inspirations. There is likewise no citation there, although I'd imagine that LZ fans would be up in arms if this was incorrect. Furthermore, the several links are noted in detail in Amon Hen (the bulletin of The Tolkien Society) no. 122 (1993, p.24), and supported by an article by another well-respected member in AH 123 (p.5). The latter article states inter alia, "Robert Plant [now] speaks deprecatingly of his 'Tolkienesque stuff'..." and gives the source of this apparent quote ("Tolkienesque stuff") as "Robert Plant in Vox, May 1993". Would this be sufficient sourcing? Cheers.111.220.198.155 (talk) 14:51, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid sourcing isn't my strong suit (I usually limit my editorial interactions with it to "there or not there"), so it might be best to see what other editors have to say, but this sounds reasonable to me. I'm guessing Vox is a magazine of some sort? Hopefully a proper citation is available. DonIago (talk) 15:21, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes it is a magazine: Vox (magazine). I've now obtained a copy of the orginal article, and this confirms the quote. I shall therefore re-instate the Misty Mountain Hop reference, and I have also added citations in the articles on Robert Plant and Misty Mountain Hop. Cheers. 203.1.252.5 (talk) 03:23, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Cool. Thanks for your work on this! DonIago (talk) 12:50, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Removing original research
I just removed the unsourced speculation that the Misty Mountains were inspired specifically by works of E. R. Burroughs. Ideas do not float in the air, and we cannot speciulate that a chain of sourcing exists when we have no evidence of it.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:39, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

"Rushdown (Middle-earth)" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Rushdown (Middle-earth). Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Hog Farm (talk) 04:58, 17 February 2020 (UTC)