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[[Hyarion]], as it necessary for this article to have two (virtually identical) maps? I'm asking you, 'cause you placed the second one last night. --[[User:Earendilyon|Earendilyon]] 01:59, 2 May 2006 (EDT) | [[Hyarion]], as it necessary for this article to have two (virtually identical) maps? I'm asking you, 'cause you placed the second one last night. --[[User:Earendilyon|Earendilyon]] 01:59, 2 May 2006 (EDT) | ||
:Virtually identical to the untrained eye! I suppose we could look for some different maps, I was just on my uploading spree and that happened to be one of the images so I threw it in there. I know [[Tolkien Enterprises]] has a thing for maps but I wonder if [[John Howe]]'s violates whatever they dislike about them... --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] 10:36, 2 May 2006 (EDT) | :Virtually identical to the untrained eye! I suppose we could look for some different maps, I was just on my uploading spree and that happened to be one of the images so I threw it in there. I know [[Middle-earth Enterprises|Tolkien Enterprises]] has a thing for maps but I wonder if [[John Howe]]'s violates whatever they dislike about them... --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] 10:36, 2 May 2006 (EDT) | ||
::Actually, it’s not Tolkien Enterprises (now Middle-earth Enterprises) that keeps pursuing maps, but [[Tolkien Estate|the Estate]]. — [[User:Mithrennaith|Mithrennaith]] 00:54, 5 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
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A realm, is as Earendilyon said a kingdom not a region as it should be classified as. Dwarf Lord | A realm, is as Earendilyon said a kingdom not a region as it should be classified as. Dwarf Lord | ||
*Look Gondor is a Realm; Itilien is a Region. iddle-earth has been placed in the Realm category because it is effectievly one large realm. it has been left with a <niwiki>*</nowiki> which donates a uniqueness in the article. [[User:Jasca Ducato|Jasca Ducato]] 05:04, 5 September 2006 (EDT) | *Look Gondor is a Realm; Itilien is a Region. iddle-earth has been placed in the Realm category because it is effectievly one large realm. it has been left with a <niwiki>*</nowiki> which donates a uniqueness in the article. [[User:Jasca Ducato|Jasca Ducato]] 05:04, 5 September 2006 (EDT) | ||
Whatever, dude. Do as you wish. Dwarf Lord | |||
== a map!! == | |||
I have saved this old timeline-map from Wikipedia, which is however removed. [http://img411.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thirdagesp4.gif] Perhaps we could include it here? It's too good to be left obsolete. [[User:Sage|Sage]] 08:07, 10 August 2008 (EDT) | |||
:I remember this map.. good one. As for inclusion, that depends. Why was it removed from Wikipedia? If it violated any copyright, we can't use it here. -- [[User:Ederchil|Ederchil]] 08:32, 10 August 2008 (EDT) | |||
::What this article needs is an image link to many maps of Middle Earth. Did Tolkien ever make a full map of the continent?--[[User:Galdor of the Havens|Galdor of the Havens]] 00:44, 6 December 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::Tolkien made a sketch of all Arda, the basis of which was used to make http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/a/arda.html this image]. The large continent with the label HITHER LANDS is Middle-earth. [[User:Sage|Sage]] 09:37, 6 December 2009 (UTC) | |||
== Rewrite == | |||
After discussing such thing in [[Talk:Esgaroth]], I think it's time to decide the future of this ultra-essential article which has been in limbo for quite some time. I am afraid the article's topic is so obvious that it passes unnoticed. | |||
So, somebody please tell what's wrong with the article and what would make it better. [[User:Sage|Sage]] 18:13, 26 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
Revision as of 18:13, 26 January 2011
I've deleted the reference to the Mediterranean, as 'mediterraneus' in Latin doesn't mean 'Middle-earth', but "midland, inland, remote from the sea". So, Mare Mediterraneum means 'inland sea'.
- Earendilyon
Major Overhaul
I've deleted much infor from the article, which shouldn't have been in it in the first place. Perhaps some of it could be put in seperate articles, if those aren't written yet. --Earendilyon 02:48, 6 March 2006 (EST)
- One thing I'm still debating in instances such as this is creating 'sub articles', such as Middle-earth/History or creating a page like Middle-earth History. But I do think separation into more detailed articles is a must. --Hyarion 10:44, 6 March 2006 (EST)
Two Maps
Hyarion, as it necessary for this article to have two (virtually identical) maps? I'm asking you, 'cause you placed the second one last night. --Earendilyon 01:59, 2 May 2006 (EDT)
- Virtually identical to the untrained eye! I suppose we could look for some different maps, I was just on my uploading spree and that happened to be one of the images so I threw it in there. I know Tolkien Enterprises has a thing for maps but I wonder if John Howe's violates whatever they dislike about them... --Hyarion 10:36, 2 May 2006 (EDT)
- Actually, it’s not Tolkien Enterprises (now Middle-earth Enterprises) that keeps pursuing maps, but the Estate. — Mithrennaith 00:54, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
Region or Realm?
I think we hardly can call Middle-earth a Realm. Realm means Kingdom, and M-e never had a King, as far as I can tell. Peoples in it did, and certain parts of it did, but not the whole. So, why change the Category:Regions to Category:Realms? --Earendilyon 16:55, 4 September 2006 (EDT)
- If you check the information correctly you will notice i have written [[Category:Realm|*]]. The * donates that is is not a region or realm but is heavily associated with them. Jasca Ducato 16:58, 4 September 2006 (EDT)
- Well, I didn't know that was the meaning of the asterisk. But it isn't seen on the page anyway, only in the source code, so I still think it's incorrect, or (at best) giving an incorrect impression. --Earendilyon 17:06, 4 September 2006 (EDT)
- It is not incorrect. I know how to use wiki codes! 17:10, 4 September 2006 (EDT)
- In my opinion, the suggestion it gives the reader is incorrect: it suggests that Middle-earth is some kind of Realm, whereas it isn't. The reader doesn't see the asterisk, so doesn't know Middle-earth "is heavily associated with" Realms. --Earendilyon 17:20, 4 September 2006 (EDT)
- Well your name doesn't "suggest" alot. I would have to follow the link to find out more, wouldn't I? Clicking on the link and reading would provide adequate explanation. Jasca Ducato 17:22, 4 September 2006 (EDT)
- In my opinion, the suggestion it gives the reader is incorrect: it suggests that Middle-earth is some kind of Realm, whereas it isn't. The reader doesn't see the asterisk, so doesn't know Middle-earth "is heavily associated with" Realms. --Earendilyon 17:20, 4 September 2006 (EDT)
A realm, is as Earendilyon said a kingdom not a region as it should be classified as. Dwarf Lord
- Look Gondor is a Realm; Itilien is a Region. iddle-earth has been placed in the Realm category because it is effectievly one large realm. it has been left with a <niwiki>*</nowiki> which donates a uniqueness in the article. Jasca Ducato 05:04, 5 September 2006 (EDT)
Whatever, dude. Do as you wish. Dwarf Lord
a map!!
I have saved this old timeline-map from Wikipedia, which is however removed. [1] Perhaps we could include it here? It's too good to be left obsolete. Sage 08:07, 10 August 2008 (EDT)
- I remember this map.. good one. As for inclusion, that depends. Why was it removed from Wikipedia? If it violated any copyright, we can't use it here. -- Ederchil 08:32, 10 August 2008 (EDT)
- What this article needs is an image link to many maps of Middle Earth. Did Tolkien ever make a full map of the continent?--Galdor of the Havens 00:44, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
- Tolkien made a sketch of all Arda, the basis of which was used to make http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/a/arda.html this image]. The large continent with the label HITHER LANDS is Middle-earth. Sage 09:37, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
- What this article needs is an image link to many maps of Middle Earth. Did Tolkien ever make a full map of the continent?--Galdor of the Havens 00:44, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
Rewrite
After discussing such thing in Talk:Esgaroth, I think it's time to decide the future of this ultra-essential article which has been in limbo for quite some time. I am afraid the article's topic is so obvious that it passes unnoticed.
So, somebody please tell what's wrong with the article and what would make it better. Sage 18:13, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
