User talk:Woolly Mammoth

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Images

Please only upload images if you include artist information and we have permission from said artist. See here for a full list. --Ederchil ^{(Talk/Contribs/Edits)} 11:04, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Sources

When you change data, always include a source. As specific as possible. Also, since we don't know birthdays, age at death can be 1 year apart. --Ederchil ^{(Talk/Contribs/Edits)} 21:32, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Infoboxes

Why are you removing infoboxes from articles? --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 12:57, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Woolly Mammoth 13:01, 11 May 2015 (UTC)Because these characters are either developing concepts or concepts abandoned by Tolkien...and the matter of Canon vs. Non-canon is a pretty cloudy concept...

That doesn't explain why Tolkien Gateway shouldn't give them an infobox. Please stop removing infoboxes from these characters. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 13:03, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Woolly Mammoth Perhaps I was wrong...sorry...but I strive for consistency as much as possible (considering Tolkien), and there are plenty of characters that deserve "Non-canon" label...

More on canon/non-canon

The Tolkien Gateway editors decided some years ago that we should scrap the note about "non-canon" in articles about concepts appearing the works by Tolkien, since, as you note above, canonicity is a cloudy concept. It was decided that it should be enough to provide references and a note if Tolkien explicitly abandoned/changed the concept in later writings (and then the readers can decide for themselves how "canonical" a certain concept is).--Morgan 16:25, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Categories

When added categories to a page, can you make sure you don't include a space. i.e. [[Category:Hobbits]] instead of [[Category: Hobbits]]. Cheers. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 08:14, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Woolly Mammoth 08:15, 13 May 2015 (UTC) Already done that!

You've just done it again! Please stop. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 09:10, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Category:Characters

The category "Characters" is a top-category; a character should only be placed here if there's not a suitable sub-category.--Morgan 08:25, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

My bot has just sorted this out. --Mith (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 08:51, 13 May 2015 (UTC)