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Latest comment: 11 February 2013 by Morgan in topic Easterlings

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Rhûn[edit source]

We don't know how far Rhûn extends, so we don't speculate on it. --Ederchil (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 17:35, 5 February 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Actually, Rhun is EVERYTHING east of the borders of tolkiens original maps. So logically it has to have an end in an ocenean, if its ALL the lands. Unsigned comment by Carter938 (talk • contribs).


Source it. --Ederchil (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 20:57, 5 February 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Okay. Ill get the scources in a second. But first of all Rhun means East, and that constitutes everything east of Mordor and Rhovanion. Just as Harad is everything south of Harondor and Mordor.

Kindly look in the back of your LOTR novel. Mine has the ORIGINAL maps that were orignally drawn by Christopher Tolkien for the first published edition in 1954 after a drawing made by his father. Therefore it's cannon. See how Rhun is labled in all the spaces that are east of Mordor and Rhovanion? If not ill provide a picture. Someone sanned it from the back of his book and put it online.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mgd7I4vEgSY/UPD3h_QDaGI/AAAAAAAADM0/Wx8sw9wwx_E/s1600/Tolkien-Middle+Earth+Map+2.jpg

Continue this discussion on Talk:Rhûn. --Ederchil (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 21:09, 5 February 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Easterlings[edit source]

Hello Carter! Here are a few tips in order to provide some help on how to add information to articles here on Tolkien Gateway.

1) You must add a source for any fact (or theory) you add to a page. That is, a reader must know where s/he can be found the information you added about Easterlings being "tall and sallow-skinned", etc. If you are unsure about how to write the proper code for a reference, just add a parenthesis: for example "(The Lord of the Rings, Book X, Chapter X)", in which case a more experienced editor can easily transform it into a footnote reference.

2) Quotations should be used sparingly. Instead of just adding the long quote from The Peoples of Middle-earth, try to summarize what Tolkien wrote in your own words. Then feel free to include a shorter quote to emphasize something special.

3) How to code references: this can be tricky, especially in the beginning (I remember Ederchil was frustrated with my early attempts at adding references!). The basic code will often be <ref>{{HM| }}</ref>, where the blank space after HM| must be filled with signs (often appearing as abbreviations) found at Template:HM. For example: in order to make a footnote referring to The Peoples of Middle-earth, the code reads <ref>{{HM|PM}}</ref>. If the footnote then doesn't appear, the article might lack the necessary code {{References}} at the bottom of the page (right above the categories).

Let me know if you have any questions and don't despair if your edits get reverted in the beginning! --Morgan 17:42, 11 February 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]