Talk:Sundering of the Elves
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Tribal names
I'm not entirely content with the way the current entry uses tribal names for the Elves. I have replaced "Lindar" with "Teleri" in most places (because all of the Elves of the third tribe who were on the Great Journey were called Teleri: that's where they got the name), but I've left "Lindar" as the original tribe name before the first sundering. I would welcome other input into this (and, in particular, any comments on what conventions have been used elsewhere in Wikipedia). --Steuard 19:14, Jul 13, 2004 (UTC)
Category: General or Elves
There seems to have been a disagreement recently about whether this article should belong to the category "Middle-earth Elves" or to the more general category "Middle-earth". The page for "Middle-earth Elves" declares that "This category lists members of the race of Elves...", not that it lists all articles about Elves. In my opinion, a strong argument can be made that this page is about an aspect of the history of Middle-earth, not about any specific member or subgroup of the race of Elves. (That's essentially what 69.86.17.138 said in his/her edit summary, but hopefully it's clearer for this longer discussion.) Given that essentially every specific subgroup listed here has its own article, including this article in the "Middle-earth Elves" category doesn't seem to add much there. Viewed as history, I think it fits best under the general category. --Steuard 22:36, Nov 14, 2004 (UTC)