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==About Me==
==About Me==
I'm '''Mith''' and I'm a 22-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 graduated with a BA in Politics from the [http://www.sussex.ac.uk University of Sussex], and hope to find a job in [[wikipedia:Palace of Westminster|Westminster]] soon. I have been a member of this website and community for about four 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 35-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]]!
Here on Tolkien Gateway (TG), I am a ''bureaucrat'' and ''administrator''. I have been a member of this website and community for seventeen 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 have also worked with [[User:Hyarion]] on maintaining the website from a technical perspective, and the previous 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 [[Mithrandir]] (the [[Sindarin]] name for [[Gandalf]]) which is the name I've used for myself on many Tolkien websites over the last eight years. I would, like other members, use the [[Quenya]] translation of my name (''Erufailon''), but I personally think it's a bit ugly, and everyone knows me as Mith anyway!
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 have chaired 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==
*Template for web citations (former [[Template:Hfd]])
===Future===
*Infoboxes
 
**Audiobook infobox
* [[Timeline]] and years:
*Who; what?; when?; where? link etc.
** Adding [[Template:Ardayearheader]] to every year article
*[[Timeline]] and years:- '''<span style="color:red;">On hold due to need for [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions/Extended Extended ParserFunctions]</span>'''
** Making sure that all date-related wanted-pages are created
**Making sure that all date-related wanted-pages are created
** 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:Calendars|calendars]]
**Extending the information on [[:Category:Middle-earth_Calendars|calendars]]
* [[Locations]] (especially those of [[The Shire]])
*Work on [[Durin's Folk]]
** <strike>[[Eriador]]</strike>, [[Rhûn]] and The Shire are all on my hit-list
*To further, and expand, the articles on the <s>[[Kings of Arnor|Arnorian]] and</s> [[Kings of Gondor|Gondorian]] Kings
* [[Hobbits]] (continue with [[Took Family|Tooks]] first)
**Re-visit the Kings of Arnor as the bar I set for myself is now higher
* [[Constellations]], [[:Category:Cosmology|cosmology]] and astronomy
*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)
** Start with [[Carnil]] (see [[Talk:Carnil|its talk page]])
*[[Locations]] (especially those of [[The Shire]])
* Work on [[Durin's Folk]]
**[[Eriador]], [[Rhûn]] and The Shire are all on my hit-list
* To further, and expand, the articles on the <strike>[[Kings of Arnor|Arnorian]] and</strike> [[Kings of Gondor|Gondorian]] Kings
*[[Hobbits]] (continue with [[Took Family|Tooks]] first)
** Re-visit the Kings of Arnor as the bar I set for myself is now higher
*[[Constellations]], [[:Category:Cosmology|cosmology]] and astronomy
* [[Songs]] and [[:Category:Poems|poems]]
**Start with [[Carnil]] (see [[Talk:Carnil|its talk page]])
* [[Forums:TG Advent: 30 Improved pages for the New Year]]
*Anything [[:Category:Maps|map]]/[[Maps|map]]-related
* [[Wizards]]
*[[Songs]] and [[:Category:Poems|poems]]
* [[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]
*[[Forum:TG Advent: 30 Improved pages for the New Year]]
 
*[[Wizards]]
===Present===
*<s>Sorting out the mess that is [[:Category:Disambiguation|disambiguation]]</s>
* Infoboxes
*[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]
** Updating and standardisation existing ones
*[[:Category:Portals|Portals]]
** Adding pronunciation guides to them
*[[:Category:Tolkien Gateway|Policy]] and [[:Category:Help|Help]]
** <strike>[[Template:Mallorn]], [[Template:Mallornnav]] and [[Template:Amonhen]]</strike>
*[[Structural references|Arda Structural Format]]
** <strike>Audiobook infobox</strike>
*New skins for TG
** <strike>LOTRO infobox</strike>
*Generally tidying and minor edits
** <strike>Extend [[T:Book]] (see [[wikipedia:Template:Infobox book|Wikipedia's]])</strike>
* New skins for TG
** <strike>Fixing Ithilien to work with 1.17</strike>
*** Fixing <nowiki><ul> and <ol></nowiki> error with thumbnails
** Fixing Cavendish to work in 1.17
* 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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'''Location:''' [[Gondolin]] (followed by [[Tirion]])<br/>
'''Location:''' [[Gondolin]] (followed by [[Tirion]])<br/>
'''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 1|The Book of Lost Tales]]'' (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]]"
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**[[User:Mithbot/Scripts|Mithbot's Scripts]]
**[[User:Mithbot/Scripts|Mithbot's Scripts]]
**Mithbot's Talk Page is located at [[User talk: Mith|my talk page]] instead
**Mithbot's Talk Page is located at [[User talk: Mith|my talk page]] instead
[[Category:IRC users|Mith]]
[[Category:Tolkien Society members|Mith]]
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Latest revision as of 09:53, 6 July 2023

Mith
Gatekeeper
Biographical Information
PositionBureaucrat, Administrator
LanguageBritish English
LocationSussex, UK
Age35
Edit Count45,644
Physical Description
GenderMale
Height6'0''
Hair colourBlack
Eye colourDark brown
Contact Information
Talk pageMith
E-mailmith12px-nospam.svg.pngtolkiengateway.net
Infoboxes
This user is an administrator.

25k This Gatekeeper has over 25000 edits on Tolkien Gateway.

17y This Gatekeeper has contributed to Tolkien Gateway for over 17 years.

lore-3 This user has an advanced understanding of J.R.R. Tolkien's works.

en-N This person is a native user of English.

<ref> This user recognises the importance of citing sources.

RC This user patrols recent changes.

RP This user frequently presses the Random page button to find interesting articles to edit.

FirefoxLogo.png This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox.

The Tolkien Society - logo.png This user is a proud member of The Tolkien Society.

Istari This user supports Wizards over any other race.

Jan Drenovec - Túrin vs Morgoth.jpg This user believes the Dagor Dagorath is canonical.

Balrog.png This user believes Balrogs don't have wings, but wishes that they did.

Ents.png This user believes the Entwives are lost forever.

United Kingdom.png This user is from the United Kingdom.
"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 35-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 and administrator. I have been a member of this website and community for seventeen 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 have also worked with User:Hyarion on maintaining the website from a technical perspective, and the previous 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 have chaired 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"

Pages