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{{quote|All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.|[[Gandalf]] to [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Shadow of the Past]]"}}
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==Daily To-do==
==Daily To-do==
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==About Me==
==About Me==
I'm '''Mith''' and I'm a 23-year-old [[Tolkienists|tolkienist]]/tolkienologist/Tolkien-enthusiast (whichever you like) from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sussex Sussex] in the UK, and I am an ''administrator'', ''community manager'', and ''dates supervisor'' here on the Tolkien Gateway (TG). I have a BA in Politics from the [http://www.sussex.ac.uk University of Sussex], and am working in [[wikipedia:Palace of Westminster|Westminster]]. I have been a member of this website and community for about five years now - although I was aware of it for some time before them - and although my contributions are only modest, I hope they go some way to making this wiki the best online Tolkien resource.
I'm '''Mith''' and I'm a 33-year-old Tolkien fan from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sussex Sussex] in the UK. The name ''Mith'' is a contraction of the name [[Gandalf|Mithrandir]] (the [[Sindarin]] name for [[Gandalf]]) which is the name I've used for myself on many Tolkien websites over the last twenty years.  


With regards to Tolkien, the areas which really interest me are: [[languages]], [[Tengwar]], genealogies, maps, calendars, and the history of the [[First Age]]. In fact, almost everything within the [[legendarium]]! Beyond TG, I am also a committee member of [[The Tolkien Society]] hoping to modernise its image, events and functions and introduce as many people as possible to the professor's works.
Here on Tolkien Gateway (TG), I am a ''bureaucrat'', ''administrator'', ''community manager'', and ''dates supervisor''. I have been a member of this website and community for over fourteen years, and as such am the number 1 editor of TG in terms of edits, as well as having provided much of the structure and templates of the wiki as it currently is; I also work with [[User:Hyarion]] on maintaining the website from a technical perspective, and the current theme/skin on TG is "Mithilien". Having said all that, I still regard my contributions as relatively modest, but I hope they go some way to making this wiki the best online Tolkien resource. You can contact me via email (right) or on [[User talk:Mith|my talk page]].


The name ''Mith'' is a contraction of the name [[Gandalf|Mithrandir]] (the [[Sindarin]] name for [[Gandalf]]) which is the name I've used for myself on many Tolkien websites over the last eleven years. I would, like other members, use the [[Quenya]] translation of my name (''Erufailon''), but I personally think it's a bit ugly.
Outside of TG, I am a very active member of [[The Tolkien Society]], and my main interests are: [[languages]], [[Tengwar]], genealogies, maps, calendars, and the history of the [[First Age]]. In fact, almost everything within the [[legendarium]] (so long as it isn't poetry)!


When I'm not here, I enjoy learning about everything in general (I'm a hoarder of useless information), but in particular I really like learning about language (in particular, English history, etymologies of words, etc.), politics (especially British government and politics), and British history. I'm also an avid fan of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo Nintendo], going to the cinema, and eating!
Outside of Tolkien, I chair two charities and am particularly interested in politics and British political history. I'm also an avid fan of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo Nintendo], and [[wikipedia:Lego|Lego]]; and enjoy reading a wide variety of works on language, (auto)biography, crime fiction, fantasy, political philosophy and theory.


==Current and Future Projects==
==Projects==
* [[Main Page/Development|Creating a new Main Page]]
===Future===
* <strike>Template for web citations (former {{redlink|[[Template:Hfd]]}})</strike>
 
* Infoboxes
* [[Timeline]] and years:
** Updating and standardisation existing ones
** Adding [[Template:Ardayearheader]] to every year article
** Adding pronunciation guides to them
** <strike>[[Template:Mallorn]], [[Template:Mallornnav]] and [[Template:Amonhen]]</strike>
** <strike>Audiobook infobox</strike>
** <strike>LOTRO infobox</strike>
** <strike>Extend [[T:Book]] (see [[wikipedia:Template:Infobox book|Wikipedia's]])</strike>
* <strike>Who; what?; when?; where? link etc.</strike>
* <strike>Redlink template</strike>
* [[Timeline]] and years:-
** Making sure that all date-related wanted-pages are created
** Making sure that all date-related wanted-pages are created
** <strike>Updating existing dates so they contain all relevant information</strike>
** <strike>Moving date articles to European date format</strike>
** Altering all the day articles so Shire Reckoning dates in "[[Appendix B|The Tale of Years]]" are ''correctly'' converted to the Gregorian calendar
** Altering all the day articles so Shire Reckoning dates in "[[Appendix B|The Tale of Years]]" are ''correctly'' converted to the Gregorian calendar
** Extending the information on [[:Category:Middle-earth Calendars|calendars]]
** Extending the information on [[:Category:Calendars|calendars]]
** <strike>Bibliographic information</strike>
*** <strike>See [http://www.forodrim.org/arda/tbchron.html here] (start with 1945) and [http://www.minastirith.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=print_topic;f=5;t=000211 here]</strike>
* Work on [[Durin's Folk]]
* To further, and expand, the articles on the <strike>[[Kings of Arnor|Arnorian]] and</strike> [[Kings of Gondor|Gondorian]] Kings
** Re-visit the Kings of Arnor as the bar I set for myself is now higher
* Creating templates for articles (along the lines of previous ones like [[Template:northernline|this]] - see my [[User:Mith/Sandbox|my sandbox]] for some in progress)
* [[Locations]] (especially those of [[The Shire]])
* [[Locations]] (especially those of [[The Shire]])
** <strike>[[Eriador]]</strike>, [[Rhûn]] and The Shire are all on my hit-list
** <strike>[[Eriador]]</strike>, [[Rhûn]] and The Shire are all on my hit-list
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* [[Constellations]], [[:Category:Cosmology|cosmology]] and astronomy
* [[Constellations]], [[:Category:Cosmology|cosmology]] and astronomy
** Start with [[Carnil]] (see [[Talk:Carnil|its talk page]])
** Start with [[Carnil]] (see [[Talk:Carnil|its talk page]])
* <strike>Anything [[:Category:Maps|map]]/[[Maps|map]]-related</strike>
* Work on [[Durin's Folk]]
* To further, and expand, the articles on the <strike>[[Kings of Arnor|Arnorian]] and</strike> [[Kings of Gondor|Gondorian]] Kings
** Re-visit the Kings of Arnor as the bar I set for myself is now higher
* [[Songs]] and [[:Category:Poems|poems]]
* [[Songs]] and [[:Category:Poems|poems]]
* [[Forum:TG Advent: 30 Improved pages for the New Year]]
* [[Forum:TG Advent: 30 Improved pages for the New Year]]
* [[Wizards]]
* [[Wizards]]
* <strike>Sorting out the mess that is [[:Category:Disambiguation|disambiguation]]</strike>
* [[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]
* [[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]
* [[:Category:Portals|Portals]]
 
* [[:Category:Tolkien Gateway|Policy]] and [[:Category:Help|Help]]
===Present===
* [[Structural references|Arda Structural Format]]
* Infoboxes
** Updating and standardisation existing ones
** Adding pronunciation guides to them
** <strike>[[Template:Mallorn]], [[Template:Mallornnav]] and [[Template:Amonhen]]</strike>
** <strike>Audiobook infobox</strike>
** <strike>LOTRO infobox</strike>
** <strike>Extend [[T:Book]] (see [[wikipedia:Template:Infobox book|Wikipedia's]])</strike>
* New skins for TG
* New skins for TG
** <strike>Fixing Ithilien to work with 1.17</strike>
** <strike>Fixing Ithilien to work with 1.17</strike>
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** Fixing Cavendish to work in 1.17
** Fixing Cavendish to work in 1.17
* Generally tidying and minor edits
* Generally tidying and minor edits
* [[:Category:Portals|Portals]]
* [[:Category:Tolkien Gateway|Policy]] and [[:Category:Help|Help]]
* Creating templates for articles (along the lines of previous ones like [[Template:northernline|this]] - see my [[User:Mith/Sandbox|my sandbox]] for some in progress)
===Past===
* <strike>[[Main Page|Creating a new Main Page]]</strike>
* <strike>New images for: [[Balin]], [[Dwalin]], [[Fíli]], [[Kíli]], [[Dori]], [[Nori]], [[Ori]], [[Óin]], [[Glóin]], [[Bifur]], [[Bofur]], [[Bombur]]</strike>
* <strike>Template for web citations (former {{redlink|[[Template:Hfd]]}})</strike>
* <strike>Who; what?; when?; where? link etc.</strike>
* <strike>Redlink template</strike>
* <strike>[[Timeline]] and years:-</strike>
** <strike>Updating existing dates so they contain all relevant information</strike>
** <strike>Moving date articles to European date format</strike>
** <strike>Bibliographic information</strike>
*** <strike>See [http://www.forodrim.org/arda/tbchron.html here] (start with 1945) and [http://www.minastirith.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=print_topic;f=5;t=000211 here]</strike>
* <strike>Anything [[:Category:Maps|map]]/[[Maps|map]]-related</strike>
* <strike>A template for dates in family trees</strike>
* <strike>Sorting out the mess that is [[:Category:Disambiguation|disambiguation]]</strike>


==Favourites==
==Favourites==
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'''Quote:''' ''see [[User:Mith#top|the top of the page]]<br/>
'''Quote:''' ''see [[User:Mith#top|the top of the page]]<br/>
'''Book:''' ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part One]]'' (forget, ''[[The Children of Húrin]]'', this should be edited and released in a separate book)<br/>
'''Book:''' ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part One]]'' (forget, ''[[The Children of Húrin]]'', this should be edited and released in a separate book)<br/>
'''Chapter:''' Not strictly chapters, but, the ''[[Ainulindalë (chapter)|Ainulindalë]]'' and the ''[[Valaquenta]]'' (in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' I'm rather keen on "[[The Council of Elrond]]" and "[[The Grey Havens]]")<br/>
'''Chapter:''' Not strictly chapters, but, the ''[[Ainulindalë]]'' and the ''[[Valaquenta]]'' (in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' I'm rather keen on "[[The Council of Elrond]]" and "[[The Grey Havens]]")<br/>
'''Era:''' [[First Age]]<br/>
'''Era:''' [[First Age]]<br/>
'''Film Scenes:''' "[[The Council of Elrond (scene)|The Council of Elrond]]", "[[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm (scene)|The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]" and "[[The Lighting of the Beacons]]"
'''Film Scenes:''' "[[The Council of Elrond (scene)|The Council of Elrond]]", "[[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm (scene)|The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]" and "[[The Lighting of the Beacons]]"

Revision as of 22:48, 8 May 2022

Mith
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Biographical Information
PositionBureaucrat, Administrator, Dates Project Supervisor, Community Manager
LanguageBritish English
LocationSussex, UK
Age33
Edit Count45,644
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GenderMale
Height6'0''
Hair colourBlack
Eye colourDark brown
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Talk pageMith
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"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
Gandalf to Frodo in The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Shadow of the Past"

Daily To-do

About Me

I'm Mith and I'm a 33-year-old Tolkien fan from Sussex in the UK. The name Mith is a contraction of the name Mithrandir (the Sindarin name for Gandalf) which is the name I've used for myself on many Tolkien websites over the last twenty years.

Here on Tolkien Gateway (TG), I am a bureaucrat, administrator, community manager, and dates supervisor. I have been a member of this website and community for over fourteen years, and as such am the number 1 editor of TG in terms of edits, as well as having provided much of the structure and templates of the wiki as it currently is; I also work with User:Hyarion on maintaining the website from a technical perspective, and the current theme/skin on TG is "Mithilien". Having said all that, I still regard my contributions as relatively modest, but I hope they go some way to making this wiki the best online Tolkien resource. You can contact me via email (right) or on my talk page.

Outside of TG, I am a very active member of The Tolkien Society, and my main interests are: languages, Tengwar, genealogies, maps, calendars, and the history of the First Age. In fact, almost everything within the legendarium (so long as it isn't poetry)!

Outside of Tolkien, I chair two charities and am particularly interested in politics and British political history. I'm also an avid fan of Nintendo, and Lego; and enjoy reading a wide variety of works on language, (auto)biography, crime fiction, fantasy, political philosophy and theory.

Projects

Future

Present

  • Infoboxes
  • New skins for TG
    • Fixing Ithilien to work with 1.17
      • Fixing <ul> and <ol> error with thumbnails
    • Fixing Cavendish to work in 1.17
  • Generally tidying and minor edits
  • Portals
  • Policy and Help
  • Creating templates for articles (along the lines of previous ones like this - see my my sandbox for some in progress)

Past

Favourites

Character: Gandalf (following very closely by Fingolfin)
Location: Gondolin (followed by Tirion)
Quote: see the top of the page
Book: The Book of Lost Tales Part One (forget, The Children of Húrin, this should be edited and released in a separate book)
Chapter: Not strictly chapters, but, the Ainulindalë and the Valaquenta (in The Lord of the Rings I'm rather keen on "The Council of Elrond" and "The Grey Havens")
Era: First Age
Film Scenes: "The Council of Elrond", "The Bridge of Khazad-dûm" and "The Lighting of the Beacons"

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