User talk:Olwe
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Latest comment: 14 June 2023 by Olwe in topic Billett Potter
About Olwe
- Founder of the German Tolkien Society
- Co-Founder of Ring*Con
- Founder of the Tolkien Seminar, the annual academic conference of the German Tolkien Society
- Long-time editor of Der Flammifer von Westernis, the German Tolkien Society's club magazine
- Blogger at thetolkienist.com
- Administrator with the International Tolkien Fellowship
Billett Potter[edit source]
Hello, I recently created a page on Billett Potter. I saw he already had one on Ardapedia and that one of the sources was a blog post from 2008 by you that mentioned (among other things) that he had cancelled his appearance at the Tolkien Thing 2008. The sentence citing the blogpost included more information than the post itself, so I assume a lot is just oral history now. Could you tell me more about Potter's planned participation at the event? Vielen Dank im voraus, MallornTea (talk) 02:17, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for mentioning it - I might turn this into a Tolkien MeMe for my blog, tbh. It would have been wonderful to have him but he had a good reason not to come. The background for the invitation was that the German Tolkien Society was the only TS at the time in the world, afaik, to have a photo of the Professor on their info leaflets, a photo taken by Billett, of course. (At least, we had it legally and paid for it - I can't speak for groups that simply abuse photographers' rights). Olwe (talk) 14:07, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for the reply. Could you provide a link to your blog? I’m not very familiar with DTG-related sites as of yet. MallornTea (talk) 00:34, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Well, I will have to write that Tolkien MeMe first before I will be able to link to it - and this will be my own blog, thetolkienist.com. I was the chairman at the time and responsible for international contacts and invitations to the Thing so I was in contact with Billett... Olwe (talk) 11:28, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, I meant a link the blog itself, not to the unwritten blog post, that would be impossible haha. Thank you, I will keep an eye on your blog (and in the meantime check out past posts). MallornTea (talk) 15:26, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- https://thetolkienist.com Olwe (talk) 19:31, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, I meant a link the blog itself, not to the unwritten blog post, that would be impossible haha. Thank you, I will keep an eye on your blog (and in the meantime check out past posts). MallornTea (talk) 15:26, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Well, I will have to write that Tolkien MeMe first before I will be able to link to it - and this will be my own blog, thetolkienist.com. I was the chairman at the time and responsible for international contacts and invitations to the Thing so I was in contact with Billett... Olwe (talk) 11:28, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for the reply. Could you provide a link to your blog? I’m not very familiar with DTG-related sites as of yet. MallornTea (talk) 00:34, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
