User talk:Mith/2011

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Happy Birthday

Just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday! --Hyarion 14:34, 12 September 2007 (EDT)

Tom Bombadil

Hey, I was just wondering about your Tom Bombadil edits. In the Fellowship of the Ring he certainly bore the ring, if only for about a minute. Does this not count for ring bearer status? If it doesn't then Deagol should probably be taken out too, as he had it for only a few minutes before being murdered. Ælfwine228 01:03, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

We actually had a discussion about this some weeks ago, last night I was only enacting changes which were long agreed by other members.

I personally do not see time or physical holding as the crucial deciding factor, but perceived ownership. Tom did not own the Ring, he borrowed it (and in fact he said, "Show me the precious Ring!" rather than "give"); Déagol, on the other hand, clearly was in ownership of the Ring albeit for a brief period - if Déagol did not own the Ring then Sméagol would not have needed to steal it from him. Déagol says "I found this, and I'm going to keep it" (according to Gandalf).

Furthermore, is physical holding or time is to be crucial deciding factor over whether someone is the Ring-bearer, Gandalf should be included also because he held the Ring in his hand.

Also, if Tom were a Ring-bearer why was he never mentioned as being considered - or even that it could be a possibility - for him to take the ship into the West?--Mith 10:03, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Nations

You should take a look at nationstates.net its fun/ I've moved my nation to Arnor, contact me my nation is breragor. Invite anyone you know to join my region also. And how do you get the things on your profile that say like the race you prefer and lore level?

Next Meeting

It is planned that we hold our next meeting on the 5^th of April 2009, please inform us if you can attend here.-- KingAragorn  talk  contribs  edits  email  18:44, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Next Meeting

Sorry to clutter up your talk page, but just informing you about the next meeting. It is planned that we hold our next meeting on Monday the 13^th of April 2009, please inform us if you can attend here. Remember that it's on Easter Monday, not Easter Sunday. Thanks!-- KingAragorn  talk  contribs  edits  email  13:21, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Who is "we"/"us" and who decides these dates? --Mith 15:22, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

"We" is the community, "us" is me and the community. Me and Ederchil decided about Easter Monday here; I've put the scheduling of the meetings on the agenda.-- KingAragorn  talk  contribs  edits  email  23:00, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I wouldn't really call it "decided", actually. TBF. -- Ederchil ^{(Talk/Contribs/Edits)} 23:04, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Apostrophes

Hello Mith! Since I'm not a native English speaker I'm a bit curious about the correct grammar of, e.g., 1920s/1920's. Initially I wrote "1920s", but Ederchil changed it to 1920's. Is it a question of American English and British English? I happened to watch the film Goodbye, and Good Luck, which featured an old commercial spelling "in the 1920's and 1930's". Are you able to shed any light on the issue? Cheers/--Morgan 22:20, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

I did? Far as I can find, it's 1920s in English. -- Ederchil ^{(Talk/Contribs/Edits)} 22:36, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Maybe it was a mistake ;-) I checked if I remembered wrong, but going through the revision history of "Books by year", you suggested the "...'s" in the revision as of 11:46, 18 April 2010. What I remembered wrong was that you didn't change it, just added the decades from the earlier year by year. Anyway, I'll google the issue and see what comes up. --Morgan 22:49, 22 May 2010 (UTC)