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<div style="text-align: center;font-size:175%;border:none;margin-top:+.4em;padding:.1em;color:#000">Welcome to [[Tolkien Gateway]]'s '''Community Portal'''</div>
<div style="top:+0.7em;margin-bottom:+.7em;font-size:115%;text-align:center;">''a one-stop shop for editors old and new''</div>
[[File:David T. Wenzel - Unexpected Party.jpg|right|175px]]Tolkien Gateway is an encyclopedia about [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] that [[Help:Editing|anyone can edit]]. Since our launch on [[3 June]] [[2005]], we have grown to include [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles and [[Special:Newimages|{{NUMBEROFFILES}}]] images on a range of Tolkien-related topics.
 
This Community Portal is designed to help editors find something to work on. It covers a range of ways you can share your Tolkien knowledge with the world including [[Special:WantedPages|creating wanted pages]], expanding [[:Category:Stubs|stub articles]], [[:Category:Cleanup|cleaning up poorly-written pages]] and added references to [[:Category:Articles needing citation|articles in need of citations]]. Some of the work might be a little tedious, but a little goes a long way in continuing to build the world's largest Tolkien encyclopedia.
 
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. You can ask a specific [[Tolkien Gateway:Administrators|staff member]] on their talk page - they're happy to help you out.
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! <h2 style="margin:0;background:#cef2e0;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</h2>
*'''[[Tolkien Gateway:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]], [[Help:Editing|Editing]], and [[Help:References|References]]'''<br/>Learn how to be an excellent editor of Tolkien Gateway.
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*[[Tolkien Gateway:Collaborations|Collaboration]] - '''[[Fingon]]'''<br/>Work with other editors to improve this important article.
*Tolkien Gateway successfully held its [[Tolkien Gateway:Meetings/27 June 2010|twelfth meeting]] on Sunday the 27<sup>th</sup> of June 2010. '''Our next [[Tolkien Gateway:Meetings|meeting]] will be on the [[Tolkien Gateway:Meetings/5 September 2010|Sunday the 5<sup>th</sup> of September 2010]].'''
 
*You can now join the Tolkien Gateway on Facebook! [http://www.facebook.com/shaungunner Mith] has set up a [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=133015453387353 Facebook group for TG] in order to advertise the wiki to Facebook users; do join and invite others.
*'''[http://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&days=7&namespace=1 Talk Pages]'''<br>Have your say on the issues affecting individual articles.
*[[User:Mith|Mith]] has been entrusted with the responsibility of adminship status. Good luck and congratulations, Mith!
 
*After two years of dedicated service [[User:Ederchil|Ederchil]] has been awarded bureaucrat status. Congratulations, Ederchil!
*'''[[Forum:Council|Forum]]'''<br/>For site-wide discussions about Tolkien Gateway that aren't limited to individual pages.
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*'''[[Special:RecentChanges|RecentChanges]]'''<br/>See what changes other editors are making and look out for any spam.
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:''[[Tolkien Gateway:Updates|more updates]]''
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*'''[[Tolkien Gateway:Featured articles|Featured articles]] and [[Tolkien Gateway:Featured quotes|featured quotes]]'''<br/>Nominate your favourite articles and quotes to be featured our the [[Main Page]].
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*[[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]]
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Featured articles|Featured articles]]
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Featured quotes|Featured quotes]]
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Projects|Projects]]
*[[Tolkien Gateway:To-do|To-do]]
*[[:Category:Templates]]
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Collaborations|Collaborations]]
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Requested articles|Requested articles]]
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Requests for adminship|Requests for adminship]]
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Administrators|Administrators]]
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Featured Gatekeepers|Featured Gatekeepers]]


:'' see also [[:Category:Tolkien Gateway|Tolkien Gateway]]''
*'''[[:Category:Templates]]'''<br/>Every editor's most useful resource. Whether it be [[Template:HM|easy citations]], [[Template:TA|automatic date formats]], or [[:Category:Infobox templates|infoboxes]], as an editor you will become well-acquainted with templates.
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It is important that the community of editors on this site contact each other. The Tolkien Gateway offers various ways to do this, these are listed below:
*Article Talk Pages
*User Talk Pages
*[[Forum:Council|Forums]]
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Chat|IRC Chat]]
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Meetings|Meetings]]


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*'''[[Tolkien Gateway:Chat|Chat]]'''<br/>Where, if you have an IRC client, you can get to know other editors.
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Here follows a list of policies which you should adhere to whilst editing:
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Policy|General Site Policy]]
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Standards|Standards]]
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Duplicate articles|Duplicate articles]]
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Deletion policy|Deletion Policy]]
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Spoilers|Spoiler Policy]]
*[[Canon]]


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If you are new here and don't really know how you can contribute to this site, then please see our help articles located [[Help:Contents|here]]. It is recommended that you [http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/w/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup create an account] although this is not required to edit pages. If you would like to test out our site, then please do so in our [[Tolkien Gateway:Sandbox|sandbox]]
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Welcome to Tolkien Gateway's Community Portal
a one-stop shop for editors old and new
David T. Wenzel - Unexpected Party.jpg
Tolkien Gateway is an encyclopedia about Tolkien that anyone can edit. Since our launch on 3 June 2005, we have grown to include 12,542 articles and 14,257 images on a range of Tolkien-related topics.

This Community Portal is designed to help editors find something to work on. It covers a range of ways you can share your Tolkien knowledge with the world including creating wanted pages, expanding stub articles, cleaning up poorly-written pages and added references to articles in need of citations. Some of the work might be a little tedious, but a little goes a long way in continuing to build the world's largest Tolkien encyclopedia.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. You can ask a specific staff member on their talk page - they're happy to help you out.

Help (EditingImagesReferences) • General Site Policy (Deletion policyImage policyNaming policyCanon policy) • Manual of StyleProjectsSandboxTo-do
Get involved
  • Talk Pages
    Have your say on the issues affecting individual articles.
  • Forum
    For site-wide discussions about Tolkien Gateway that aren't limited to individual pages.
  • RecentChanges
    See what changes other editors are making and look out for any spam.
  • Chat
    Where, if you have an IRC client, you can get to know other editors.
  • Userboxes
    Personalise your user page with userboxes.
Site Updates
  • 24-6-23 - We have configured a Maps extension into TG so we can now incorporate both real-world as well as legendarium-based maps into articles.
  • 19-6-23 - Hovering over a reference number in an article will now display a preview of the citation.
  • 1-6-23 - Talk pages have been modernized to support a much more friendly interface both for new topics and replies. You will also now receive a notification if someone replies to your comment.
  • 28-5-23 - You can now Thank individuals for their edit, the thank button is visible on the History tab of the respective article to the far right of their edit. A log of all "Thanks" events can be accessed via Special:Log/thanks
  • 24-5-23 - When hovering over links on a computer, a thumbnail image and brief description will now appear without having to click on the link.
  • 24-5-23 - Enabled wiki-syntax highlighting that can be toggled using the highlighter button in the edit toolbar.
  • 21-5-23 - Our "favicon" in web browsers was updated from the white tree to our red wax stamp.
  • 12-5-23 - Upgraded to MediaWiki version 1.39, which includes support for the Visual Editor.
more updates and Technical To-do
Needed Articles
The following articles don't currently exist. You can help Tolkien Gateway by creating these articles:


All wanted pages
Pages needing improvement
These articles have been identified as needing urgent attention in order to meet our standards. You can help Tolkien Gateway by tidying up these articles and rewriting them:

<DynamicPageList> category = Cleanup count = 5 ordermethod = lastedit mode = unordered namespace = 0 order = ascending </DynamicPageList>

Unsatisfactory articles
Articles needing expansion and Stub articles
Articles to be rewritten
Pages needing references
These require incline citations in order to make them more encyclopedic. You can help Tolkien Gateway by adding references to these articles:

<DynamicPageList> category = Articles needing citation mode = unordered count = 5 ordermethod = lastedit order = ascending </DynamicPageList>

Articles with no sources
Articles needing additional citations
Uploading images
When uploading an image be sure to use the appropriate copyright template by selecting it from the "Licensing" drop-down box. All you need do is provide a summary of the image and the category.

Remember: do not upload images to Tolkien Gateway without prior permission of the copyright-holder unless you believe it falls under fair-use.
Files without licensing templates
The following articles lack a licensing template and so should be investigated for copyright violation:

<DynamicPageList> namespace = file count = 10 notcategory = Files with a license template ordermethod = lastedit order = ascending mode = unordered

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