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The '''Community Portal''' lists events related to Tolkien Gateway. For community discussion see [[Forum:Council]]
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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>
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*We're now on Twitter! You can follow us [http://twitter.com/TolkienGateway @TolkienGateway]!
*When [[Special:Upload|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.
*Tolkien Gateway's next [[Tolkien Gateway:Meetings|meeting]] is scheduled to take place on [[Tolkien Gateway:Meetings/{{#ifexpr:{{#time:d}}>{{MFS|{{#time:F}}|{{#time:Y}}}}| {{MFS|  {{#time:F| 15 {{#time:F Y}} +1month}}|{{#ifexpr:{{#time:m}}=11|{{#time:Y|+ 1 year}}|{{#time:Y}}}}}}  {{#time:F| 15 {{#time:F Y}} +1month}} {{#time:Y}} |{{MFS|{{#time:F}}|{{#time:Y}}}} {{#time:F Y}}}}|{{#ifexpr:{{#time:d}}>{{MFS|{{#time:F}}|{{#time:Y}}}}| {{MFS|  {{#time:F| 15 {{#time:F Y}} +1month}}|{{#ifexpr:{{#time:m}}=11|{{#time:Y|+ 1 year}}|{{#time:Y}}}}}}  {{#time:F| 15 {{#time:F Y}} +1month}} {{#time:Y}} |{{MFS|{{#time:F}}|{{#time:Y}}}} {{#time:F Y}}}}]]. Please note down any ideas for discussion and your intention to attend [[Tolkien Gateway talk:Meetings/{{#ifexpr:{{#time:d}}>{{MFS|{{#time:F}}|{{#time:Y}}}}| {{MFS|  {{#time:F| 15 {{#time:F Y}} +1month}}|{{#ifexpr:{{#time:m}}=11|{{#time:Y|+ 1 year}}|{{#time:Y}}}}}}  {{#time:F| 15 {{#time:F Y}} +1month}} {{#time:Y}} |{{MFS|{{#time:F}}|{{#time:Y}}}} {{#time:F Y}}}}|here]].
*Tolkien Gateway's previous [[Tolkien Gateway:Meetings|meeting]] took place on [[Tolkien Gateway:Meetings/{{#ifexpr:{{#time:d}}<{{MFS|{{#time:F}}|{{#time:Y}}}}| {{MFS|  {{#time:F| 15 {{#time:F Y}} -1month}}|{{#ifexpr:{{#time:m}}=11|{{#time:Y|- 1 year}}|{{#time:Y}}}}}}  {{#time:F| 15 {{#time:F Y}} -1month}} {{#time:Y}} |{{MFS|{{#time:F}}|{{#time:Y}}}} {{#time:F Y}}}}|{{#ifexpr:{{#time:d}}<{{MFS|{{#time:F}}|{{#time:Y}}}}| {{MFS|  {{#time:F| 15 {{#time:F Y}} -1month}}|{{#ifexpr:{{#time:m}}=11|{{#time:Y|- 1 year}}|{{#time:Y}}}}}}  {{#time:F| 15 {{#time:F Y}} -1month}} {{#time:Y}} |{{MFS|{{#time:F}}|{{#time:Y}}}} {{#time:F Y}}}}]].
*You can now join the Tolkien Gateway on Facebook! <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.facebook.com/shaungunner Mith] has set up a [http://www.facebook.com/tolkiengateway Facebook page for TG]</span> in order to advertise the wiki to Facebook users; do join and invite others.
*[[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!
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:''[[Tolkien Gateway:Updates|more updates]]''
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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]]
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Technical To-do|Technical 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]]


==Site Updates==
:'' see also [[:Category:Tolkien Gateway|Tolkien Gateway]]''
[[Image:Morgen Bell - The Palantir.jpg|thumb|250px|''The Palantir'' by [[Morgen Bell]]]]
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* I'm proud to announce '''Tolkien Gateway''' has just passed 3,000 unique visitors in one day. We have all of the dedicated contributors to thank and at this point I think it's just a matter of time before people realize the potential of the site.
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* Small skin changes. I've been playing around with the skin a lot of today so I'm sorry if anyone saw anything odd. I've added the A-Z links to the top center and removed them from the left where they were taking up way too much room. When we finalize some "Portal" pages such as the Gallery and maybe a Characters portal or something I'll throw those links on the left. Let me know what you guys think.
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* thrasher7 has provided us with a new extension, the [[Special:Editcount/TopEditors]] extension which lists the top editors. Hopefully this will give us an extra incentive to keep editing. You can include your total edits in your user page by using <nowiki>{{Special:Editcount/Hyarion}}</nowiki> for example. Let the race to #1 begin!
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* Kristine Kastle has written a [http://people.emich.edu/zgarrett/ColProject/3.html critique of Tolkien Gateway] for her class. We received 1.5 out of 4 rings.
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* The left navigational A-Z links have been fixed. Prior to the update they used Special:Allpages/A which would show a couple hundred pages starting with A but it might continue on through B and C. Now when you click A you will only see articlces starting with A.
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* The upgrade to 1.6.3 is now complete! [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Important_Release_Notes#MediaWiki_1.6.x New Features]. Please let me know if you see any bugs that I might have missed.
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:
* We have planned to upgrade from MediaWiki 1.5.4 to 1.6.3 today. This includes an added feature which forces people who edit anonymously and have a link in their edit, to type a random word. This should prevent pretty much all the vandalisms. If you find anything wrong after the upgrade, please let us know.
*Article Talk Pages
* If you haven't noticed we have converted our [[Tolkien_Gateway_talk:Community_Portal|Community Portal discussion]] to a forum-like atmosphere over on the [[Forum:Council|Council forums]] (a link is also present on the left navigation).
*User Talk Pages
* It seems we have surpassed over 200,000 page views as well as over 200 registered users. Congratulations everyone.
*[[Forum:Council|Forums]]
* Over 500 articles and a day later I've now completed the redirect pages. Searching or even making a [[Numenor]] link will redirect to the correct accented article.
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Chat|IRC Chat]]
* I'm still debating switching the main page to be simply a [http://tolkiengateway.net/search/ Search Page]. I like the idea of having a simplistic Google-like look, but I think the lack of news/information on the main page might not be liked. What do you guys think?
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Meetings|Meetings]]
* I think I've decided to go through ''every'' article that has an accent and create a non-accented redirect to it. Search results do not display the correct results for something like "Numenor" since there are technically accents on the word. Creating the redirects will allow someone to search for "Numenor" and simply be redirected to the correct page. I've whined to the MediaWiki staff about creating an extension but it's just going to be too much work to do it like Google and even Wikipedia uses the redirect idea.
 
* Congratulations everyone, we have now surpassed 10,000 edits!
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* I've altered the left navigation menu to display only alphabetical links. The old links were not fully completed even though the articles were written. I think this way people will be able to see how large our database is more efficiently. What do you guys think? Feel free to post on the discussion page.
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* Unfortunately the last couple days we've had some MySQL issues which has caused some downtime. This is not viewed lightly and we've done everyting possible to prevent anymore downtime in the future. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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* Congratulations to everyone who has worked on the Encyclopedia, we have now surpassed over 100,000 views.
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* We have founded our own [http://tolkiennews.net Tolkien News] website.
Here follows a list of policies which you should adhere to whilst editing:
* A [http://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&useskin=dusk new skin] has been added. To switch to that skin permanently just go into your preferences once you are logged in.
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Policy|General Site Policy]]
* I've added [[Tolkien_Gateway:Council|a page for editors to discuss Tolkien Gateway]].
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Manual of Style|Standards]]
* Tolkien Gateway is now offering free website hosting and IRC chat services to selected Tolkien websites, please email hyarion [at] hyarion [dot] net for more details.
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Duplicate articles|Duplicate articles]]
* After a bit of downtime we now have successfully relocated to the new server.
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Deletion policy|Deletion Policy]]
* You can now [[Special:Newimages|View recently uploaded images]]. If you have an account, feel free to [[Special:Upload|Upload your own images]].
*[[Tolkien Gateway:Canon|Canon policy]]
 
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:''Main Help Page: [[Help:Contents|Contents]]''
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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Revision as of 12:36, 29 August 2012

Community Portal

Current Events

  • We're now on Twitter! You can follow us @TolkienGateway!
  • 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.
  • Tolkien Gateway's next meeting is scheduled to take place on 7 April 2024. Please note down any ideas for discussion and your intention to attend here.
  • Tolkien Gateway's previous meeting took place on 3 March 2024.
  • You can now join the Tolkien Gateway on Facebook! Mith has set up a Facebook page for TG in order to advertise the wiki to Facebook users; do join and invite others.
  • Mith has been entrusted with the responsibility of adminship status. Good luck and congratulations, Mith!
  • After two years of dedicated service Ederchil has been awarded bureaucrat status. Congratulations, Ederchil!

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

Useful Links

see also Tolkien Gateway

Community

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:

Policy

Here follows a list of policies which you should adhere to whilst editing:

Help