Talk:Economy of Middle-earth

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A fact from Economy of Middle-earth appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 July 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the economy of Tolkien's Middle-earth has been described as a mix of feudalism and capitalism, with one scholar even suggesting it had communist elements?

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Mention The Last Ringbearer?

IIRC a theme in that book was the clash between industrializing, modernizing Mordor and the elves opposed to Mordor vision of progress? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 15:34, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We'll need a secondary source for that. I've added a little bit based on the TLR article, and will add a primary snippet too. Maybe you can look over Slavic commentary on the book? Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:00, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 14:33, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the economy of Tolkien's Middle-earth has been described as a mix of feudalism and capitalism, with one scholar even suggesting it had communist elements? Source: Kelly 2016: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol34/iss2/8
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Created by Piotrus (talk) and Chiswick Chap (talk). Nominated by Piotrus (talk) at 04:33, 28 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Economy of Middle-earth; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

A peculiar article, but it's new and long enough. Hook... cited, and verified. No copyvio detected. QPQ is done and good to go. Juxlos (talk) 05:43, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Inclusion of section on real-world tourism

Given that this article is about the fictional, in-universe economy, having a section about real-world economics seems a little bit WP:COATRACKy. I've removed the section. Partofthemachine (talk) 02:18, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How about this source?

Here's something that could help this article, I think. Mithoron (talk) 23:34, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, added. Chiswick Chap (talk) 06:53, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]