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===Who he is===
'''Hyarion''' is a fan of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s works. If there was a specific type of "fan" he would equate to, it would probably be one of those big wind machines film studios use. He has decided to dedicate his time to spreading the word about the Professor's masterpieces and to working with the community in developing media and content related to the myths. He is by no means advanced in the Lore of Tolkien's works but only wishes to contribute to the community the only way he knows how; through technology. If you have anything web/technology related to J.R.R. Tolkien you need help with please let him know and he would be happy to help.
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===Contact information===
* '''Email:''' {{nospam|hyarion|gmail.com}}
* '''IRC:''' Hyarion on irc.tolkiengateway.net
* Or always on his [[User_talk:Hyarion|talk page]].
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Hyarion is my online alias. As well as my [[Quenya]] equivalent, translated from my birth name, Benjamin. I currently am a freelance Web Consultant / Designer, check out [http://hyarion.net hyarion.net] for more information and my portfolio. I also work with [http://www.futurepoint.com Future Point] in their technical support department. I'm also going to college full time, studying Computer Information Systems.
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===What he does here===
Mainly maintenance and behind the scenes work. I leave the real work to the scholars out there.
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===Current projects===
* See [[Tolkien Gateway:Projects]]
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===His subpages===
* [[User:Hyarion/Reviews|Reviews]]
* [[User:Hyarion/Reviews|Reviews]]
* [[User:Hyarion/Collection|Collection]]
* [[User:Hyarion/Collection|Collection]]
** [[User:Hyarion/Collection/Books|Books]]
* [[User:Hyarion/For Sale|For Sale]]
* [[User:Hyarion/For Sale|For Sale]]
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|death=A ways away
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==Contact==
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* '''Email:''' hyarion.at.tolkiengateway.dot.net
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* '''MSN:''' srekal86.at.hotmail.dot.com
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* '''IRC:''' Hyarion on irc.tolkiengateway.net
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* Convince Weird Al to do a Lord of the Rings parody. (This is more of a reminder to check for a response as I just sent an email to him)
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* Scene by scene summary of [[The Lord of the Rings]].
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* Scene by scene analysis of PJ's films, Bakshi's film, and Rankin/Bass films, as well as the books.
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* Finish uploading Nasmith images. Still need to do his Hobbit, FotR, TTT, and RotK sketch sections. (Trying not to think about Howe, Lee, Hildebrandt, etc, etc, etc)
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* Go through all the Lord of the Rings news websites and gather any news of events and put them into articles.
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* Create a geographical navigation system. For instance [[Harondor]] would have a compass, a visitor could click the North symbol to be directed to [[Lebennin]], they could click the West symbol to be directed to [[Bay of Belfalas]], etc. The system would have tiers. You could navigate continents such as [[Middle-earth]], [[Numenor]], etc. then there would be a level of navigation for major regions like [[Gondor]] and [[Eriador]], then another level for cities.
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* A [[Fellowship of the Ring]] route which allows one to follow the region articles linearlly just as the Fellowship of the Ring did.
* Create an article for ''every'' year of every [[Ages|Age]] on [[Arda]], as well as for every year in the real world, starting from at least [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s birth.
* Decide on a slogan for [http://tolkiennews.net TolkienNews.net]. And maybe a new title? ''Tolkien Times''?
* Fix any broken links
** Down to around 2,000 [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted pages]]
* Add any books relating written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] or about his works.
* Add any games relating to [[Middle-earth]] and [[Arda]].
** Naming standard?
* Add more descriptions and standardize all the encyclopedia entries
* Add templates to all the pages
* Add quotes and references to back up facts
* Add any song or band relating to Tolkien and his works.
* Upload at least one image per article
* Write a halfway readable [[Help:Contents|Help]] section.
* Stream mp3s of Tolkien reading the one ring poem for instance.
* Code a better style to hide the generic wiki format
** I've added a couple of skins but still not happy with any of them
* Add how to pronounce articles
** Uploaded all of [[User:Ardamir|Ardamir]]'s which covered a few hundred pronunciations.
* Add links to forum threads
* Elvish names?
* Migrate from mod_rewrite to alias and fix & problem (Ex: Allen & Unwin)
* Calendars which are merely variants should be merged.
* Double check Calendars published by Minotauro and are Italian (should be Spanish?)
* Install [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Frantik/Winter Winter extension] and configure journals to display previous/next issues dynamically
* Get more visitors!


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===Quotes===
{{quote|People who quote themselves are arrogant idiots|[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]]}}
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[[Category:IRC users|Hyarion]]
[[Category:IRC users|Hyarion]]
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[[Category:Heren Istarion members]]

Revision as of 02:29, 14 April 2011

Who he is

Hyarion is a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien's works. If there was a specific type of "fan" he would equate to, it would probably be one of those big wind machines film studios use. He has decided to dedicate his time to spreading the word about the Professor's masterpieces and to working with the community in developing media and content related to the myths. He is by no means advanced in the Lore of Tolkien's works but only wishes to contribute to the community the only way he knows how; through technology. If you have anything web/technology related to J.R.R. Tolkien you need help with please let him know and he would be happy to help.

Contact information

  • Email: hyarion12px-nospam.svg.pnggmail.com
  • IRC: Hyarion on irc.tolkiengateway.net
  • Or always on his talk page.

What he does here

Mainly maintenance and behind the scenes work. I leave the real work to the scholars out there.

Current projects

His subpages
Hyarion
Man
Hyarion.jpg
Biographical Information
Other namesHyarion Underhill
BirthFebruary 9th, 1986
DeathA ways away
Physical Description
GenderMale
Height6'0"
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorBlue
Userboxes
lore-2 This user has an intermediate understanding of J.R.R. Tolkien's works.
27,631 This user thinks quality of edits is more important than the number of edits.

Quotes

"People who quote themselves are arrogant idiots"
― Hyarion
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