Template:ME-source
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Purpose
These templates may be used to quickly build references tables for Middle-earth articles.
- {{ME-ref}} - Displays detailed reference information for the source
 - {{ME-source}} - List of source texts used by ME-ref
 
Usage
{{ME-ref|<book>|<section>}} - Creates a full reference for the specified book
The optional <section> parameter should be a section of the text referenced and the <book> any of the following:
| Source | Abbreviations | ME-ref | |
| Primary sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hobbit | TH, Hobbit, or The Hobbit | TH | |
| The Fellowship of the Ring | FotR, TFotR, FR, Fellowship, The Fellowship of the Ring, or LotR1 | FotR | |
| The Two Towers | TT, TTT, Two Towers, The Two Towers, or LotR2 | TT | |
| The Return of the King | RotK, TRotK, RK, Return of the King, or The Return of the King, LotR3 | RotK | |
| The Silmarillion | S, Sil, Silm, TS, Silmarillion, or The Silmarillion | Silm | |
| The Children of Húrin | HUR, TCOH, COH, CH, Hurin, or The Children of Hurin | Hur | |
| Bilbo's Last Song | BLS or Bilbo's Last Song | BLS | |
| The Road Goes Ever On | RGEO or The Road Goes Ever On | RGEO | |
| The Tolkien Reader | TR, Tolkien Reader, or The Tolkien Reader | TR | |
| J. R. R. Tolkien: Tree and Leaf | T&L or Tree & Leaf | T&L | |
| J. R. R. Tolkien: The Monsters & the Critics | M&C, MC, Monsters, or The Monsters and the Critics | M&C | |
| Mister Bliss | MB, Bliss, or Mister Bliss | MB | |
| Roverandom | R or Roverandom | R | |
| Letters from Father Christmas | FC, LFC, or Letters from Father Christmas | FC | |
| The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien | Letters or TLoJRRT | Letters | |
| The Tolkien Family Album | TFA, Family Album, or Tolkien Family Album | TFA | |
| Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien | P or Pictures | P | |
| Primary source materials with Secondary source commentary | |||
| Unfinished Tales | UT or Unfinished Tales | UT | |
| Finn and Hengest | FH, Finn and Hengest, Finn & Hengest, or Finn Hengest | FH | |
| The History of the Hobbit | HotH, HH or The History of the Hobbit | HotH | |
| The Book of Lost Tales | 1, I, BolT, LT, LT1, TBolT, Lost Tales, or The Book of Lost Tales | BoLT | |
| The Book of Lost Tales II | 2, II, BolT2, LT2, TBolT2, Lost Tales 2, Lost Tales II, or The Book of Lost Tales II | BoLT2 | |
| The Lays of Beleriand | 3, III, LoB, LB, TLoB, Lays, or The Lays of Beleriand | LoB | |
| The Shaping of Middle-earth | 4, IV, SoME, SM, TSoME, Shaping, or The Shaping of Middle-earth | SoME | |
| The Lost Road and Other Writings1 | 5, V, LRoW, LR, TLRoW, Lost Road, or The Lost Road and Other Writings | LROW | |
| The Return of the Shadow | 6, VI, RotS, RS, TRotS, Return of the Shadow, or The Return of the Shadow | RotS | |
| The Treason of Isengard | 7, VII, ToI, TI, TToI, Treason, or The Treason of Isengard | ToI | |
| The War of the Ring | 8, VIII, WotR, WR, TWotR, War of the Ring, or The War of the Ring | WotR | |
| Sauron Defeated | 9, IX, SD or Sauron Defeated | SD | |
| Morgoth's Ring | 10, X, MR or Morgoth's Ring | MR | |
| The War of the Jewels | 11, XI, WotJ, WJ, TWotJ, War of the Jewels, or The War of the Jewels | WotJ | |
| The Peoples of Middle-earth | 12, XII, PoME, PM, TPoME, Peoples, or The Peoples of Middle-earth | PoME | |
| The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion | RC or Reader's Companion | RC | |
| J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator | A&I or Artist & Illustrator | A&I | |
| Vinyar Tengwar2 | VT or Vinyar Tengwar | VT | |
| Secondary sources | |||
| J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography | Carpenter, Bio or Biography | Carpenter | |
| J. R. R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography | DB, Bibliography, or Descriptive Bibliography | DB | |
| The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology | CHR or Chronology | CHR | |
| The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Reader's Guide | RG or Reader's Guide | RG | |
| The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary | OED, RoW, or Ring of Words | OED | |
| The Complete Guide to Middle-earth | CG or Complete Guide | CG | |
| The Atlas of Middle-earth | AoME or Atlas | AoME | |
| Journeys of Frodo | JoF or Journeys of Frodo | JoF | |
| A Gateway to Sindarin | GtS, Gateway, or Gateway to Sindarin | GtS | |
| Tolkien and the Great War | TGW, Garth, or Tolkien and the Great War | TGW | |
| Languages, Myths and History | LMH, Solopova, Languages or Languages, Myths and History | LMH | |
- Notes
 
- Employing 
{{ME-ref|LROW|Etym(ologies)}}provides easy references to The Etymologies, see the examples below - Vinyar Tengwar is a journal series rather than a book, and requires additional parameters:
- for ME-ref: 
|last=<last name of author of article>|first=<first name of author of article>|title=<name of article>|volume=<edition appearing in>|year=<year published> 
 - for ME-ref: 
 
Citations
References
- Carpenter, Humphrey, ed. (1981), The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 0-395-31555-7
 - Tolkien, J. R. R. (1987), Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, The Etymologies, pp. 341–400, ISBN 0-395-45519-7
 
Some fact needing verification.[1][2] Another disputable text.[2][3] Explanation of an Elvish name.[4]
Citations
- ↑ Carpenter 1981, #131 p. 117
 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lost Road, "The Later Annals of Beleriand", p. 152
 - ↑ Lost Road, Appendix, III "The second 'Silmarillion' map", p. 407
 - ↑ Etymologies, entries KHIL-, NDŪ-
 
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References
- Carpenter, Humphrey, ed. (1981), The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 0-395-31555-7
 - Tolkien, J. R. R. (1987), Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, The Etymologies, pp. 341–400, ISBN 0-395-45519-7