Talk:Legolas

The current links in this redirect lead to articles named "Legolas of Mirkwood" and "Legolas of Gondolin". Shouldn't it, in compliance with the standards, be "Legolas (Elf of Mirkwood)" and "Legolas (Elf of Gondolin)"? Also, I've noticed Legolas Greenleaf redirects to the Mirkwood one, but the Gondolin one was also called Greenleaf, so shouldn't that redirect here as well? -- Ederchil 09:26, 19 August 2008 (EDT)

"In this redirect" disambig, yes? (Making sure I understood you correctly) If so, it is the same situation in Ecthelion's case and for all the articles attached to it. Or Míriel's. And there are more like them. It seems that, whatever the standars may be in the case of same name articles, we have more examples against the rule, than following it... ~~ Þelma 10:49, 19 August 2008 (EDT)

Those don't break the (non-existent) rule. It's just that both Legolas'ses do have an epithet - but it's the same, and nowhere are they referred to as "Legolas of Mirkwood" (unless "Legolas of the Woodland Realm" qualifies) or "Legolas of Gondolin". Hence the renaming. -- Ederchil 11:14, 19 August 2008 (EDT)

Legolas' Age

The article lists a conjectural age for Legolas as 500-700 years old, and I quote, " It can be assumed despite his suggested age of 500-700 that he had never before come near to the Sea." Is there a reference for this? I've never seen a birth-date given for Legolas in canon. Corsair Caruso 05:47, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Nope, speculation. Removing it. --Ederchil ^{(Talk/Contribs/Edits)} 22:55, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

The first section's name

Currently, the first section is called "History". Why? Biography would make more sense... if the entire article wouldn't be it already. So what should it be?--Adûnâi 02:37, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Legolas possessive

It’s a little-known fact, but, in English, the possessive of singular proper nouns is formed by adding ‘s. Thus, the possessive of “Charles” should be “Charles’s”, not “Charles’”. The latter form would be the possessive of multiple people named Charles. However, there is an exception to this rule: some ancient proper names like Moses and Isis. So my question is: is “Legolas” among those ancient proper names that are exceptions, or should the possessive of his name be “Legolas’s”? Does anyone know how Tolkien wrote the possessive of his name? Thingol (talk) 21:08, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

I ask because I noticed a possessive version of his name in the page this talk is attached to, and realized it would be wrong (it’s “Legolas’”) if Legolas’s name wasn’t an exception to the rule. Thingol (talk) 21:09, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

In English it would be correct to write either Legolas's or Legolas' though the former is more common in English. I checked The Lord of the Rings and Legolas's is used once and Legolas' twice Éowyn (talk) 23:27, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Ahh so even Tolkien wrote it both ways oh no 😅 what do we do now? Thingol (talk) 00:04, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

I searched for all occurences of the term "s'" in an e-book of The Lord of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien frequently used "s'" as the possesive of the singular and "s's" only very rarely. As a consequence, there is no need for action. --Akhôrahil (talk) 15:38, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Legolas' main image

While I think the current infobox image is great, its frame isn't ideally suited for the infobox.

I vote we change the main image to this one, as per Discord discussion - so far 4 people (myself included) are in favor of it. - IvarTheBoneless (talk) 07:09, 4 March 2024 (UTC)