XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: le@top.put.com   
      
   [adding intended crosspost]   
      
   Louis Epstein  wrote:   
   > At Wikipedia,a user known as "Chiswick Chap" has taken it upon   
   > itself to enforce that site's ludicrous rules on articles affecting   
   > Tolkien,claiming to have "scoured and renewed",with a link to their   
   > article on the chapter "The Scouring of the Shire",much of the   
   > Tolkien coverage.   
   >   
   > In the furtherance of their pathetic "Must Not be Invented Here Syndrome"   
   > (obsessed with publishing only things regurgitated from elsewhere rather   
   > than anything of independent value),he refuses to allow simple observations   
   > of obvious differences between the Bakshi film and the books,such as   
   > Legolas being the Elf the hobbits meet en route to Rivendell rather   
   > than Glorfindel,or Saruman being intermittently called "Aruman" and   
   > robed in red,in a section ostensibly listing differences between the   
   > book and film...immediately deleting an edit as "unsourced" (the film   
   > and book themselves are the best sources possible) and deleting a   
   > remonstration on his talk page as "abuse of his talk page".   
   >   
   > Scouring of the Shire,indeed.   
   > "If I hear 'Not Allowed' much oftener..."   
   >   
   > Well,I'm now on a TEN YEAR ban from there,given my defiance of   
   > other biases and policies...and Tolkien-specific wikis have been   
   > intermittent on accepting my contributions...but I am considering   
   > creating a proper fork for sane editing.   
   >   
   > -=-=-   
   > The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,   
   > at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.   
      
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