Talk:J. R. R. Tolkien#Heading in the wrong direction

I found no reference in the footnote for neither rheumatic fever or hemorrhage. Here is a paper that claims cause of death as typhoid with intestinal perforation and peritonitis.

TOLKNIĘTY: Arthur Reuel Tolkien | death notice, testament, etc. (1896) 46.182.188.199 (talk) 02:26, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

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In the biography, under his childhood, it states that "(Tolkien) thought Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll was "amusing but disturbing". using J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography as a source. This is not the case, in fact, on page 28, the author tells how Tolkien was "amused by Alice in Wonderland, though he had no desire to have adventures like Alice." I do not believe that having no desire to have similar adventures are the same as finding a story amusing but disturbing. Somemineral (talk) 23:37, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

:I forgot to list the author, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter. Somemineral (talk) 23:38, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

::{{done}} In what seems to be a clear case of WP:CITOGENESIS, this quote can be found in a number of places on the web, but all cited back to Wikipedia. PianoDan (talk) 23:53, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

The ancestry section is too large. Jack Upland (talk) 04:53, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

:It's around 300 words, under 4% of the article, which does not seem unreasonable. Its 'main' link to Tolkien family is to a 4,500 word article, so a 300 word summary seems reasonable from that point of view too. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:52, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

@Catfish Jim and the soapdish I was just wondering, is there a specific reason for removing what you did? CoolDino1 (talk) 21:12, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

:I thought I was quite clear in my edit summary. David Ibata is not talking about JRR Tolkien's views, he's talking about Peter Jackson's views. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 21:23, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

::Oh, I see, thanks. CoolDino1 (talk) 18:45, 28 May 2025 (UTC)

:::No problem, here is what Ibata said:

:::As a Japanese American, I cannot help imagining how the movie “Rings” would have been received had it appeared in 1942 instead of 2002. It would quickly have been seized upon as allegory, and there would have been no doubt whom the Orcs and Urak-hai represented: The “Japs.” Consider how closely the non-human adversaries in “Rings” resemble some of the worst depictions of the Japanese drawn by American and British illustrators during World War II.

:::Catfish Jim and the soapdish 19:04, 28 May 2025 (UTC)