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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) | :Well, this "timeline" is the timeline of Tolkien and the TCBS. I focused on them, and kept the causes etc. to the wikipedia article. I for one don't think WWII should have an article - Tolkien was an Air Warden - and the Falklands even less. But if we could expand this article with "Influence on Tolkien", that would be good. As for the "real-world" - I usually draw the line at JRRT; several entries in this timeline don't appear on their corresponding dates, because they belong to Gilson or Wiseman. -- {{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)
- Well, this "timeline" is the timeline of Tolkien and the TCBS. I focused on them, and kept the causes etc. to the wikipedia article. I for one don't think WWII should have an article - Tolkien was an Air Warden - and the Falklands even less. But if we could expand this article with "Influence on Tolkien", that would be good. As for the "real-world" - I usually draw the line at JRRT; several entries in this timeline don't appear on their corresponding dates, because they belong to Gilson or Wiseman. -- Ederchil (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 20:14, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
