What questions and topics are appropriate?
Virtually any topic related (even distantly) to Tolkien and his works is fair game. If you post a purely “factual” question (like “How many Ringwraiths were there?”), it’s a good idea to explain why you’re asking: we periodically see questions from students who hope we will do their homework for them, and the last thing we want to do is help people to avoid reading the books! It is appreciated if articles that have absolutely nothing to do with Tolkien have subject lines beginning with “OT:” (“Off Topic”). The Tolkien newsgroups are a sufficiently social community that threads often do drift away from their initial topics, and while this should not be discouraged, it is polite to label it when it happens. On the other hand, off topic discussions that get too intense or go on too long can interfere with others’ enjoyment of the groups, and should be avoided. Binary files, such as images or sounds, are NEVER appropriate in a non-binaries newsgroup. To share a binary file with people in t
