A: Always check to see if the term you’re entering is already there.
B: Beware false information on the internet (see P)
C: Careful with your spelling, especially because Word will not notice if you spell ‘Thuringwethil’ wrong.
D: Don’t mention the fact that Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, etc. are books and works of fiction. To the encyclopedia, everything is really history.
E: Every Tolkien book you own should be checked for imformation.
F: Find a picture (smaller than 350×350) to go with your entry, if you can.
G: Good entries are rewarded (see I).
H: Have a care for style. Look at a few entries before entering your own.
I: I can award between 1 and 3 user points for entries. The amount given reflects the amount of information, and I give what I see fit. For example: 1 point, see ‘Aeglos’. 2 points, see ‘Red Book’. 3 points, see ‘Frodo’. It also varies on the amount known about that particular term.
J: Jump in and submit anything you see missing from our tomes.
K: Keep to the facts that Tolkien has left us.
L: Language volumes (Sindarin to English, and English to Sindarin) are in the care of Elenisil.
M: Movies have nothing to do with the encyclopedia, only the books.
N: Never copy things from other websites. This is our encyclopedia, built by the inhabitants of this site (see P).
O: Only submit using the ‘Add term’ link in any volume. Don’t PM the entries to me or anyone else.
P: Plagarism (submitting things written by other people) is not allowed under any circumstance.
Q: Questions should be addressed to me, Hathaldir.
R: Read all you can.
S: SUBMIT! Help our encyclopedia grow fatter than Fatty Bolger.
T: Thoroughness is key.
U: Use our encyclopedia if you need information, or have a question
V: Vairë the Weaver had all things of Arda pass through her hands to be woven into her webs. The encyclopedia is like one of those webs.
W: Wait, and re-read before pressing the submit button.
X: eXamine your entry well before pressing submit.
Y: Y not submit something?
Z: ZzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzzz. Have a good sleep, knowing you’ve submited valuable information.

~Hathaldir

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