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A couple of times (most recently here) I have come across a rather lurid description of Tolkien starting a lecture costumed and armed as an Anglo-Saxon warrior. I assume this is an exaggerated reading of Carpenter's account as mentioned in the article, where Tolkien is compared (in manner, not dress) to an A-S bard. Did Tolkien ever do cosplay? -- Verbarson  ^talk_edits 16:10, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've never heard such a thing. Sounds like an embellishment of the Carpenter biography but I'm not sure where my copy is right now. Another current trend is to paint Tolkien as a fascist, citing posthumous biographies of (in my opinion) questionable value from the 1990s onward. Michael Martinez (talk) 16:35, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

He wore his normal clothes, and astonished the students by declaiming the start of Beowulf. He didn't dress up, wave a sword, play the harp, or sing to it for that matter. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:40, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I noticed that in the "Final Years" section, {{inflation}} (and related templates) are used to provide an inflated value of his estate. The inflation function used, however, is "UK" rather than "UK-GDP". Per the template documentation for the inflation template, because the basic "UK" function uses CPI/RPI values, that function shouldn't be used for larger numbers (it tends to overstate the actual value). Consequently, the parenthetical beginning with "equivalent to..." should replace the "UK" with "UK-GDP" in all three inflation-related templates. See Template:Inflation/doc for more information. 199.66.69.23 (talk) 21:47, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:48, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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J.R.R Tolkien - his death location is Bournemouth, Dorset, England. Not Bournemouth, Hampshire, England. Bournemouth is not in Hampshire. 86.16.42.48 (talk) 00:45, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, it was in Hampshire in Tolkien's time. It became Dorset in 1974, after his death. Chiswick Chap (talk) 02:22, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ⸺(Random)staplers 05:33, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There won't be any, as the IP is mistaken. I've clarified the infobox text. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:12, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]