Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle-earth/Assessment/Importance

This is a list of articles selected by WikiProject Middle-earth for assessment for the importance criteria that helps to determine which articles should appear in a release of Wikipedia, and hence which articles need to be worked on as a priority. "Top" and "high" importance would probably be selected for release. Discussion should take place on the talk page of this page, and when consensus is reached, articles can be added to the agreed importance category. This is done by adding or changing the importance parameter in Template:ME-project, which appears on the talk page of the article. This will automatically add the article to the corresponding category, and the assessment bot (which runs daily) will update the list of Tolkien articles by quality.

Proposed by Mirlen

Real world

In-universe

All the characters listed in the LotR template:
- Bilbo
- The entire Fellowship (Frodo, Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Peregrin Took, Gandalf, Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas, Gimli)
- Sauron, Saruman, Wormtongue, Witch-king
- Arwen (even though she plays a very little role in the books, she's quite significant in the films), Elrond, Galadriel
- Théoden, Éomer, Éowyn
- Faramir, Denethor
- Gollum
- Treebeard
- Tom Bombadil
Prominent characters in The Silmarillion not mentioned above:
- Valar
  - Manwë, Melkor (Morgoth), Varda (?), Mandos, Ulmo, Aulë, Yavanna, Tulkas (?)
- Finwë, Fëanor, Fingolfin, Finarfin (?)
- Sons of Fëanor, Celebrimbor
  - Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Curufin
- Fingon, Turgon, Idril, Maeglin
- Finrod, Gil-galad
- Beren, Lúthien, Thingol, Melian (?), Elwing, Eärendil
- Túrin, Nienor, Tuor
- Ar-Pharazôn (?)
Events:
- Great Journey of the Elves
- First Kinslaying
- Wars of Beleriand (and all its major battles)
- War of the Elves and Sauron
- Sinking of Númenor
- War of the Ring (and all its major battles)
Places (we'll start with the realms first):
- Aman (Valinor, Tirion, Alqualondë)
- Middle-earth
- Khazad-dûm/Moria, Belegost (?), Erebor
- Angband, Mordor, Isengard
- Beleriand (we'll expand on different realms later), Ossiriand/Lindon, Eregion, Lothlórien, Rivendell, Mirkwood (?)
- Fangorn Forest
- Gondor, Rohan, Númenor, Harad, Ithilien (?)
- The Shire, Bree (?)
Languages
- Quenya, Sindarin
- Westron (?)
Other
- Races of Arda (Ainur, Elves, Men, Dwarves, Hobbits, Ents (?), Orcs (?))
  - Lists of people of that species
- Important objects that played a role in history
  - List of Middle-earth objects — the One Ring, Nine Rings, Three Rings, Silmarils, Narsil/Anduril (?), Palantirs (?), Mirror of Galadriel (?), Red Book of Westmarch, Elfstone, Ring of Barahir (?)

Proposed by Carcharoth

Would be clearer if presented as a table. If I knew how...

Top

Author

J. R. R. Tolkien

Places

Middle-earth

Books

Characters

High

Author

Books

Adaptations

Places

History

Races

Characters

Languages

Lists

Objects

Mid

Author

Tom Shippey

Books

Adaptations

Bored of the Rings

Places

History

Races

Characters

Lists

Objects