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Abstract
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth fantasy writing has become extremely popular, and has been extensively studied by scholars. Part of the demand for information on the subject is met by Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia with a large readership. I have extended its coverage of Middle-earth subjects to more than 200 Good Articles, divided roughly equally between in-universe subjects such as “Aragorn” and more scholarly subjects such as “Heroism in The Lord of the Rings”. Each article is required to stand alone as a notable topic in its own right, as demonstrated by its citations to reliable sources. Other sites like Tolkien Gateway offer rich detail on Middle-earth topics, but do not provide scholarly analysis or cite independent sources. I have supported the cited text with tables and diagrams to present the information visually to a general audience, and interconnected the articles into a single web with hypertext links. Millions of readers view Wikipedia’s Middle-earth material each month.
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