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    @Papissama What basis is there for making the umbrella for the franchise be "Lord of the Rings". Sure, it's the flagship work, but it has always been portrayed as one piece of a larger whole. It's not even the first work, being a sequel to The Hobbit. And The Silmarillion and The Children of Húrin, among others, are largely removed from the story of the trilogy (seeing as how almost all of the players in the other books aren't even born yet, or even their realms founded). If anything it should be under a heading signifying this larger historical/mythological/literary work created by Tolkien, with it being done by him and focusing on the same canon being the unifying themes. The term I personally have always used is "Tolkien's Legendarium" which as far as I'm aware is fairly standard. "Tolkien's Mythology" or something along those lines would also be fine. "Arda" is the name of the world itself, if you want to be technical along those lines, though Middle-earth (the primary location, a supercontinent) is more well-known/used and so might be acceptable. But "Legendarium" is probably the most appropriate term, and as far as I'm aware is largely synonymous with Tolkien's work specifically. In any case all of these are better than just lumping the mythology under "The Lord of the Rings", which is really a relatively small piece of the canon, taken from a wider view. I know of no serious Tolkien fan who has used that term to describe the greater mythology.
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      Editing … I'm aware that it's not really accurate but the second I rename this page, another "Lord of the Rings franchise page" will be created. It's just a practical solution. You're free to add "Tolkien's Mythology" as an alternative name though.
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      Editing … Well, that seems a little silly. The solution to ignorance is to just cater to it? I mean, it honestly doesn't matter that much, but it does seem like an odd way to go about it.
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      Editing … I know what you're saying but it would a nightmare to moderate.
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    #The Hobbit already has a Media page of its own so their's really no reason for the films to be listed here as well.
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      Editing … Well, at least now I can rank this page without taking the filthy prequels into account. We really should have a page for all Middle-Earth related content, though
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    Wow didn't know LotR had this much awesome lore O.O Why don't they make movies and games about this stuff?!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxgsxaFWWHQ
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      Editing … They do make games about the expanded lore :I
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      Editing … What games? (Their probably old PC games huh)
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      Editing … Uh... lets see Battle For Middle-Earth II, The Hobbit game was made technically when this was still "expanded lore" so to speak, I'm pretty sure War of the North also tackles the expanded lore. And I'm also pretty sure that both War of the Ring and Guardians of Middle Earth have characters from the expanded lore too.
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      Editing … but do they take place thousands for years before the books/movies?
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      Editing … No... Well, I'm not sure about Battle for Middle Earth II, I haven't played it yet, but I know it's the one that uses more about the expanded lore.
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      Editing … Thanks Crash i'll check those out ^_^
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      Editing … No prob :3
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Alternative Names

Der Herr der Ringe G
Le Seigneur des anneaux F
The Lord of the Rings d o E
Tolkien's Legendarium

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