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Tolkien Gateway is an encyclopedia about [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] that [[Help:Editing|anyone can edit]]. Since our launch on [[3 June]] [[2005]], we have grown to include [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles and [[Special:Newimages|{{NUMBEROFFILES}}]] images on a range of Tolkien-related topics.

This Community Portal is designed to help editors find something to work on. It covers a range of ways you can share your Tolkien knowledge with the world including [[Special:WantedPages|creating wanted pages]], expanding [[:Category:Stubs|stub articles]], [[:Category:Cleanup|cleaning up poorly-written pages]] and added references to [[:Category:Articles needing citation|articles in need of citations]]. Some of the work might be a little tedious, but a little goes a long way in continuing to build the world's largest Tolkien encyclopedia.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask in our [[Chat]]. You can also ask a specific [[Tolkien Gateway:Administrators|staff member]] on their talk page - they're happy to help you out.
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*'''[[Tolkien Gateway:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]], [[Help:Editing|Editing]], and [[Help:References|References]]'''<br/>Learn how to be an excellent editor of Tolkien Gateway.
*'''[[Tolkien Gateway:Task list|Task list]]'''<br/>Add things that need to be improved into the list, or work on one.
*'''[http://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&days=7&namespace=1 Talk Pages]'''<br>Have your say on the issues affecting individual articles.
*'''[[Forums:Council|Forums]]'''<br/>For site-wide discussions about Tolkien Gateway that aren't limited to individual pages.
* '''[[Tolkien Gateway:Chat|Discord server]]'''<br/>Join [http://discord.com/invite/ktX6fhU9FY our server] for better communication with other users.
*'''[[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes]]'''<br/>See what changes other editors are making and look out for any spam.
*'''[[Tolkien Gateway:Featured articles|Featured articles]]''' and '''[[Tolkien Gateway:Featured quotes|quotes]]'''<br/>Nominate your favourite articles and quotes to be featured our the [[Main Page]].
*'''[[:Category:Templates]]'''<br/>Every editor's most useful resource. Whether it be [[Template:HM|easy citations]], [[Template:TA|automatic date formats]], or [[:Category:Infobox templates|infoboxes]], as an editor you will become well-acquainted with templates.
*'''[[Tolkien Gateway:Userboxes|Userboxes]]'''<br/>Personalise your user page with userboxes.
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|content = When [[Special:Upload|uploading an image]] be sure to '''use the appropriate copyright template''' by selecting it from the "Licensing" drop-down box. All you need do is provide a summary of the image and the category.

Remember: do not upload images to Tolkien Gateway without prior permission of the copyright-holder unless you believe it falls under ''fair-use''.
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