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Middle-earth
Self nomination (I worked on it a bit, and a lot on other Middle-earth articles). A good starting page for Wikipedian Tolkienists. Ausir 20:57, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * It's a good article, but too much of it is lists, really. Oh, and there is too much text before the TOC.  Morwen - Talk 21:16, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Way, way, way, way too much list - that's 80% of the article. &rarr;Raul654 21:18, Jul 4, 2004 (UTC)
 * I agree, much of it reads as though it's trying to perform the role of a Category. Oppose, for now, at least. &mdash; OwenBlacker 11:11, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)
 * these objections are now irrelevant ;) Morwen - Talk 11:12, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * I've moved the whole list to List of Middle-earth articles by category. Ausir 11:42, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Well, thats sort of an improvement I suppose. However now its rather shorter.  It needs a detailed summary of the whole creation myth; the Ages; who the principal races are - that sort of thing.  Summaries of the plots of the Hobbit and LOTR perhaps.   Morwen - Talk 14:50, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * Object. The map image is copyrighted, per the website from which it was taken. Jeronimo 17:55, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * The website's conditions of use indicate that items can be used for non-commercial purposes, under certain conditions, which are, in this case, met. See Snowspinner 18:10, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)


 * I'll support. Could use another image. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 18:24, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Specifically, it could use an image of Middle-earth as a whole- at the moment there are only parts. Markalexander100 07:03, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * There's an image of the whole world of Arda in "The world" section. The action of the books never takes place in other areas of Middle-earth than the north-western part, so there is not much info about the east of Middle-earth. Ausir 07:39, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I've added a wodge of summary of history. Support.  Morwen - Talk 22:08, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Object. Needs a lead section. &mdash; Matt 23:43, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * How is that? Morwen - Talk 18:20, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Support (partial self-nomination). I have helped put in a bit of work coping with concerns raised above and believe they have now been addressed. Anarion 08:40, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Support - excellent article, informative. --[[User:OldakQuill|Oldak Quill]] 13:55, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Hmm, can you throw some bones to the LotR movie fans who'll be reading? - David Gerard 23:22, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Object - overwhelming TOC and article triggers a page size warning. I suggest summarizing the history and moving the detail to a separate article. Also does not follow MoS by having links in headings. --mav 06:18, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Bah. Do you realise how hard it was to get the history that short already?   Morwen - Talk 10:49, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Better now? I don't think it can be made any shorter and still make sense. Ausir 11:04, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I've also done some removal of headers so the TOC is not so bad now.. Morwen - Talk 18:20, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Great work - support. --mav 05:24, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)