Talk:The Etymologies (Tolkien)

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Review: June 22, 2024. (Reviewed version).

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Passed. Remsense诉 11:20, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Nominator: Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs) 11:08, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Remsense (talk · contribs) 12:35, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV ()

3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant ()

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This one seems fun! Glad to snag one of yours that has a focus on Tolkien-as-linguist. (I know linguistics wasn't exactly its own field distinct from philology yet, but you get what I mean!) Remsense诉 12:35, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks! As usual, probably best to keep the table for short summaries, and any longer comments in a separate list, seems to be easiest that way. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:51, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean swapping out the box above with a table? I'm happy to do so if you'd prefer that. You're also free to strike/address my points in whatever manner is most comfortable. Remsense诉 13:17, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, quite the opposite. Your layout now is just right. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:33, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First pass

I can be very "hands-on" as a reviewer, while not getting carried away of course—if you disagree with any of my tweaks, you're free to revert them. Naturally, anything I think is truly important will be explicated here for discussion.

Noted.

Ticking off the "first-pass criteria" (2a; 2d; 5; 6)! I always really like how you take advantage of diagrams and other graphics in your articles; I think more writers should do so, as 'twould improve many a prose-centered article.
- Thank you!

One preliminary question: what is the best style to adopt for Elvish text throughout? My instinct is to wrap them in {{tlit}}, which tags them as a transliteration of a non-English language. I am gratified to see that some of Tolkien's languages have codes in ISO 639, so we don't even need to worry about tagging them as mis for a miscellaneous language. Remsense诉 13:17, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, we can do that; several articles use {{lang|qya|...}} which seems to do the standard thing. Added tags.

Apologies for the delays: how do you feel about formatting the lexical roots in small caps, e.g. GAT(H)-? This is fairly common practice in linguistics literature and articles. Remsense诉 10:42, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Done.

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