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OK, I understand the applicability of WWI to Tolkien's life, but this seems like a slippery slope. Will we start including more real-world events because of a Tolkien connection? How about the Falklands War if one of Christopher's Tolkien kids fought there? Where do we draw the line on the o-o-u stuff? --{{User:Theoden1/sig}} 19:48, 26 August 2008 (UTC) | OK, I understand the applicability of WWI to Tolkien's life, but this seems like a slippery slope. Will we start including more real-world events because of a Tolkien connection? How about the Falklands War if one of Christopher's Tolkien kids fought there? Where do we draw the line on the o-o-u stuff? --{{User:Theoden1/sig}} 19:48, 26 August 2008 (UTC) | ||
:Well, this "timeline" is the timeline of Tolkien and the TCBS. I focused on them, and kept the causes etc. to the wikipedia article. -- {{User:Ederchil/sig}} 20:14, 26 August 2008 (UTC) |
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Out-of-Universe Materials
OK, I understand the applicability of WWI to Tolkien's life, but this seems like a slippery slope. Will we start including more real-world events because of a Tolkien connection? How about the Falklands War if one of Christopher's Tolkien kids fought there? Where do we draw the line on the o-o-u stuff? -- Theoden1 talk contribs edits 19:48, 26 August 2008 (UTC)