Talk:Khazad-dûm
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Latest comment: 19 June 2011 by KingAragorn in topic Move
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)
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)
- I wouldn't mind.--Morgan 14:28, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
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