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I am wanting to merge Moria and Khazad-dum together, but I need your opinions and help remodeling this page. --[[User:Dwarf Lord|Dwarf Lord]] 13:09, 9 April 2008 (EDT)
I am wanting to merge Moria and Khazad-dum together, but I need your opinions and help remodeling this page. --[[User:Dwarf Lord|Dwarf Lord]] 13:09, 9 April 2008 (EDT)
==Rearrangement==
I think much of this article could be merged with [[Moria|Khazad-dûm]], and only the following essentials be left/mentioned here:
*Start with "the main article is at Kh-D"
*Intro
*Use of the term (after Durin's Bane)
**By Dwarves (did Khuzdul have a term for it? Balin's tomb calls it Kh-D, but Moria in Westron).
**In "Westron" (same as above:to what degree did Westron speakers refer to it, rather than translations?
**Appearance on the [[Doors of Durin]]: I've seen the following theories (doors pre-date name!)
***Error by JRRT?
***Emendation by Gandalf as he red up the text?
***Emendation by Frodo, who did not know Khuzdul?
***Emendation by some later Gondorian scribe ([[Findegil]]?) because the term Kh-D wasn't used in Gondor?
***Very unlikely: someone changed the writing on the doors
*mention the different translations:
**''Black Gulf'' (Return o/t shadow?)
**''Black Pit'' (?)
**''Black Chasm'' (Etym?)
*Inspiration of the name: somewhere in the Letters, JRRT mentions [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soria_Moria_Castle Soria Moria Castle]. Perhaps with a "History of the name", first mentioned in ''[[The Hobbit]]''
* a see also: [[Moria (computer game)]]
I'd love to do this myself, but I lack time at the moment. Maybe any of the Dwarf lovers here would like to do it? -- [[User:Ederchil|Ederchil]] 14:01, 15 April 2008 (EDT)


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::::::I feel that the linguistic editing of names, in which I'm often involved, calls for keeping articles on such names for which there is an etymology, evolution, or likewise. Such things would clutter up a main article for a concept which has many names in different languages. Another thing to consider is if such specialized linguistic info should be a part of TG or not, or if we should strive to be more focused on "events"; but since Tolkien ''was'' a linguist, and since his whole legendarium perhaps can be said to have evolved from linguistic invention, I think we shouldn't try to move linguistics away from TG.--[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 17:14, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
::::::I feel that the linguistic editing of names, in which I'm often involved, calls for keeping articles on such names for which there is an etymology, evolution, or likewise. Such things would clutter up a main article for a concept which has many names in different languages. Another thing to consider is if such specialized linguistic info should be a part of TG or not, or if we should strive to be more focused on "events"; but since Tolkien ''was'' a linguist, and since his whole legendarium perhaps can be said to have evolved from linguistic invention, I think we shouldn't try to move linguistics away from TG.--[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 17:14, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
:::::::I'm not going to get into this discussion now because I have debated this to death over the years. This discussion is about where the article on this place is located; what happens to all other names is something for another day. --{{User:Mith/sig}} 17:19, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
::::::::Certainly, I understand. Just wanted to make sure that it wouldn't be a catastrophy if I turned the Khazad-dûm redirect into a linguistic article. ;-) --[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 17:23, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::Why can't the Etymology section cover it? --{{User:Mith/sig}} 17:32, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::I agree with Mith here. I don't like multiple articles, even when used as 'linguistic articles'. The whole Silvertine, Caradhras, and Fanuidhol thing is what I'd called a catastrophe! Look: [[Silvertine]], and [[Celebdil]]; [[Caradhras]], and [[Baraz]]; [[Fanuidhol]], [[Cloudyhead]], [[Bundushathûr]], and [[Shathûr]]. It's absurd and confusing, and I just don't like it. Why have eight articles for three things? Also, Mith has brought up a very important question [[Talk:Silvertine|here]]. I'd actually prefer that Moria redirected to Khazad-dûm (and, incidentally, there's [[Hadhodrond]] too). --{{User:KingAragorn/sig}} 17:59, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::::I don't want to continue this discussion here (it should actually be continued on a forum), but where was it decided that we should make redirects of etymology/naming articles? I can't find any forum where it was discussed (except [http://www.tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Forum:Characters_with_multiple_names the one I mentioned earlier]) nor can I find it in the policy articles. --[[User:Amroth|Amroth]] 18:39, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
:To take a step further back: Ederchil has many thoughts on [[Talk:Moria]]. Since these thoughts are three years old, would it be okay with Ederchil to kill the Khazad-dûm article?
:And, in order to proceed (without getting to caught in larger discussions), how do we deal with the name/etymology isse? I'll make a quick suggestion in this article, which easily can be moved if we make "Moria" the main article later.--[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 21:11, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
::There are further Forum discussions [[Forum:English vs. Tolkien language entries|here]], [[Forum:Names and redirects|here]] and [[Forum:Multiple title redirects|here]], but they seem not to be much more recent than the one already mentioned. I also don’t see that they have actually settled the question. So I’m with Morgan here. I do also think that the main article should be under Moria. As to more general policy, I’ll give my considerations on that as and where a discussion on principles is reopened. — [[User:Mithrennaith|Mithrennaith]] 06:52, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
:::I was under the impression we had resolved this in a meeting but, admittedly, I can find no record of it (not that that means it never happened!); I've added it to the next meeting as an issue to be clarified. Are we safe to move this to Moria now? --{{User:Mith/sig}} 16:16, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
::::Yes!--[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 16:22, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
:::::I'm fine with it, though maybe we should wait untill KA's response (since he wanted that [[Moria]] was move to [[Moria|Khazad-dûm]]). --[[User:Amroth|Amroth]] 16:24, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
::::::I'm happy to be outvoted, but thanks for remembering me! --{{User:KingAragorn/sig}} 21:22, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
::::::::I agree with KA.  Khazad-dum should be the main page. --[[User:Dwarf Lord|Dwarf Lord]] 00:52, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::No, let's move it to Moria.--[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 05:19, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::I don't really care if the main pag e is Moria or Khazad-Dûm. There are probally more people that know (and search for) Moria, but Khazad-Dûm sounds more interessting (though that's not really an argument). --[[User:Amroth|Amroth]] 14:04, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::::Usually we settle this on the basis of how many instances of the naming we can find in the published works. Coincidentally I've just read ''[[A Journey in the Dark]]'', I believe that ''Khazad-dum'' appeared about two times and ''Moria'' appeared too many times for me to sit their and count. I only favoured ''Khazad-dum'' as a personal preference, but we should decide this based on procedures of precedent. Thus, ''Khazad-dum'' should be merged in ''[[Moria]]''. --{{User:KingAragorn/sig}} 15:07, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

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Could use some help

I am wanting to merge Moria and Khazad-dum together, but I need your opinions and help remodeling this page. --Dwarf Lord 13:09, 9 April 2008 (EDT)

Rearrangement

I think much of this article could be merged with Khazad-dûm, and only the following essentials be left/mentioned here:

  • Start with "the main article is at Kh-D"
  • Intro
  • Use of the term (after Durin's Bane)
    • By Dwarves (did Khuzdul have a term for it? Balin's tomb calls it Kh-D, but Moria in Westron).
    • In "Westron" (same as above:to what degree did Westron speakers refer to it, rather than translations?
    • Appearance on the Doors of Durin: I've seen the following theories (doors pre-date name!)
      • Error by JRRT?
      • Emendation by Gandalf as he red up the text?
      • Emendation by Frodo, who did not know Khuzdul?
      • Emendation by some later Gondorian scribe (Findegil?) because the term Kh-D wasn't used in Gondor?
      • Very unlikely: someone changed the writing on the doors
  • mention the different translations:
    • Black Gulf (Return o/t shadow?)
    • Black Pit (?)
    • Black Chasm (Etym?)
  • Inspiration of the name: somewhere in the Letters, JRRT mentions Soria Moria Castle. Perhaps with a "History of the name", first mentioned in The Hobbit
  • a see also: Moria (computer game)

I'd love to do this myself, but I lack time at the moment. Maybe any of the Dwarf lovers here would like to do it? -- Ederchil 14:01, 15 April 2008 (EDT)

Move

Why can't we move this to Moria? Surely the primary name of the place. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 13:20, 19 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I wouldn't mind.--Morgan 14:28, 19 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
If we keep Khazad-dûm as an article about the name Khazad-dûm, I'm in favour of that. --Amroth 14:56, 19 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Well, the policy is supposedly that we don't have multiple articles about alternative names for the same thing. So I will be killing either Moria or Khazad-dûm; I'd rather it were Khazad-dûm. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 16:25, 19 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
As far as I know~one of our goals is to create an article for every name of a character, which includes the etymology of the name and when and by who the name was used. --Amroth 16:55, 19 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
That was the policy (as you can see from the date-stamps that is five years old), but this has subsequently been changed.--Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 17:00, 19 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
But have we really decided to make redirects of all "name"-articles? Isn't the consensus more to remove everything but lingustic information from such name-articles?
I feel that the linguistic editing of names, in which I'm often involved, calls for keeping articles on such names for which there is an etymology, evolution, or likewise. Such things would clutter up a main article for a concept which has many names in different languages. Another thing to consider is if such specialized linguistic info should be a part of TG or not, or if we should strive to be more focused on "events"; but since Tolkien was a linguist, and since his whole legendarium perhaps can be said to have evolved from linguistic invention, I think we shouldn't try to move linguistics away from TG.--Morgan 17:14, 19 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I'm not going to get into this discussion now because I have debated this to death over the years. This discussion is about where the article on this place is located; what happens to all other names is something for another day. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 17:19, 19 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Certainly, I understand. Just wanted to make sure that it wouldn't be a catastrophy if I turned the Khazad-dûm redirect into a linguistic article. ;-) --Morgan 17:23, 19 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Why can't the Etymology section cover it? --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 17:32, 19 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I agree with Mith here. I don't like multiple articles, even when used as 'linguistic articles'. The whole Silvertine, Caradhras, and Fanuidhol thing is what I'd called a catastrophe! Look: Silvertine, and Celebdil; Caradhras, and Baraz; Fanuidhol, Cloudyhead, Bundushathûr, and Shathûr. It's absurd and confusing, and I just don't like it. Why have eight articles for three things? Also, Mith has brought up a very important question here. I'd actually prefer that Moria redirected to Khazad-dûm (and, incidentally, there's Hadhodrond too). -- KingAragorn  talk  contribs  edits  email  17:59, 19 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I don't want to continue this discussion here (it should actually be continued on a forum), but where was it decided that we should make redirects of etymology/naming articles? I can't find any forum where it was discussed (except the one I mentioned earlier) nor can I find it in the policy articles. --Amroth 18:39, 19 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
To take a step further back: Ederchil has many thoughts on Talk:Moria. Since these thoughts are three years old, would it be okay with Ederchil to kill the Khazad-dûm article?
And, in order to proceed (without getting to caught in larger discussions), how do we deal with the name/etymology isse? I'll make a quick suggestion in this article, which easily can be moved if we make "Moria" the main article later.--Morgan 21:11, 20 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
There are further Forum discussions here, here and here, but they seem not to be much more recent than the one already mentioned. I also don’t see that they have actually settled the question. So I’m with Morgan here. I do also think that the main article should be under Moria. As to more general policy, I’ll give my considerations on that as and where a discussion on principles is reopened. — Mithrennaith 06:52, 21 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I was under the impression we had resolved this in a meeting but, admittedly, I can find no record of it (not that that means it never happened!); I've added it to the next meeting as an issue to be clarified. Are we safe to move this to Moria now? --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 16:16, 21 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Yes!--Morgan 16:22, 21 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I'm fine with it, though maybe we should wait untill KA's response (since he wanted that Moria was move to Khazad-dûm). --Amroth 16:24, 21 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I'm happy to be outvoted, but thanks for remembering me! -- KingAragorn  talk  contribs  edits  email  21:22, 21 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I agree with KA. Khazad-dum should be the main page. --Dwarf Lord 00:52, 22 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
No, let's move it to Moria.--Morgan 05:19, 22 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I don't really care if the main pag e is Moria or Khazad-Dûm. There are probally more people that know (and search for) Moria, but Khazad-Dûm sounds more interessting (though that's not really an argument). --Amroth 14:04, 22 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Usually we settle this on the basis of how many instances of the naming we can find in the published works. Coincidentally I've just read A Journey in the Dark, I believe that Khazad-dum appeared about two times and Moria appeared too many times for me to sit their and count. I only favoured Khazad-dum as a personal preference, but we should decide this based on procedures of precedent. Thus, Khazad-dum should be merged in Moria. -- KingAragorn  talk  contribs  edits  email  15:07, 22 June 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]