Formula:ME-ref

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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-cite}} - Displays a brief source identifier for use in reference lists
• {{ME-source}} - List of source texts used by both ME-ref and ME-cite

Usage

{{subst:ME-cite|<book>|<section>}} - Creates a citation link for the specified book {{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	ME-cite
Primary sources
The Hobbit	TH, Hobbit, or The Hobbit	TH	TH
The Fellowship of the Ring	FotR, TFotR, FR, Fellowship, The Fellowship of the Ring, or LotR1	FotR	FotR
The Two Towers	TT, TTT, Two Towers, The Two Towers, or LotR2	TT	TT
The Return of the King	RotK, TRotK, RK, Return of the King, or The Return of the King, LotR3	RotK	RotK
The Silmarillion	S, Sil, Silm, TS, Silmarillion, or The Silmarillion	Silm	Silm
The Children of Húrin	HUR, TCOH, COH, CH, Hurin, or The Children of Hurin	Hur	Hur
Bilbo's Last Song	BLS or Bilbo's Last Song	BLS	BLS
The Road Goes Ever On	RGEO or The Road Goes Ever On	RGEO	RGEO
The Tolkien Reader	TR, Tolkien Reader, or The Tolkien Reader	TR	TR
J. R. R. Tolkien: Tree and Leaf	T&L or Tree & Leaf	T&L	T&L
J. R. R. Tolkien: The Monsters & the Critics	M&C, MC, Monsters, or The Monsters and the Critics	M&C	M&C
Mister Bliss	MB, Bliss, or Mister Bliss	MB	MB
Roverandom	R or Roverandom	R	R
Letters from Father Christmas	FC, LFC, or Letters from Father Christmas	FC	FC
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien	Letters or TLoJRRT	Letters	Letters
The Tolkien Family Album	TFA, Family Album, or Tolkien Family Album	TFA	TFA
Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien	P or Pictures	P	P
Primary source materials with Secondary source commentary
Unfinished Tales	UT or Unfinished Tales	UT	UT
The History of the Hobbit	HotH, HH or The History of the Hobbit	HotH	HotH
The Book of Lost Tales	1, I, BolT, LT, LT1, TBolT, Lost Tales, or The Book of Lost Tales	BoLT	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	BoLT2
The Lays of Beleriand	3, III, LoB, LB, TLoB, Lays, or The Lays of Beleriand	LoB	LoB
The Shaping of Middle-earth	4, IV, SoME, SM, TSoME, Shaping, or The Shaping of Middle-earth	SoME	SoME
The Lost Road and Other Writings1	5, V, LRoW, LR, TLRoW, Lost Road, or The Lost Road and Other Writings	LROW	LROW
The Return of the Shadow	6, VI, RotS, RS, TRotS, Return of the Shadow, or The Return of the Shadow	RotS	RotS
The Treason of Isengard	7, VII, ToI, TI, TToI, Treason, or The Treason of Isengard	ToI	ToI
The War of the Ring	8, VIII, WotR, WR, TWotR, War of the Ring, or The War of the Ring	WotR	WotR
Sauron Defeated	9, IX, SD or Sauron Defeated	SD	SD
Morgoth's Ring	10, X, MR or Morgoth's Ring	MR	MR
The War of the Jewels	11, XI, WotJ, WJ, TWotJ, War of the Jewels, or The War of the Jewels	WotJ	WotJ
The Peoples of Middle-earth	12, XII, PoME, PM, TPoME, Peoples, or The Peoples of Middle-earth	PoME	PoME
The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion	RC or Reader's Companion	RC	RC
J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator	A&I or Artist & Illustrator	A&I	A&I
Vinyar Tengwar2	VT or Vinyar Tengwar	VT	VT
Secondary sources
J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography	Carpenter, Bio or Biography	Carpenter	Carpenter
J. R. R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography	DB, Bibliography, or Descriptive Bibliography	DB	DB
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology	CHR or Chronology	CHR	CHR
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Reader's Guide	RG or Reader's Guide	RG	RG
The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary	OED, RoW, or Ring of Words	OED	OED
The Complete Guide to Middle-earth	CG or Complete Guide	CG	CG
The Atlas of Middle-earth	AoME or Atlas	AoME	AoME
Journeys of Frodo	JoF or Journeys of Frodo	JoF	JoF
A Gateway to Sindarin	GtS, Gateway, or Gateway to Sindarin	GtS	GtS
Tolkien and the Great War	TGW, Garth, or Tolkien and the Great War	TGW	TGW
Languages, Myths and History	LMH, Solopova, Languages or Languages, Myths and History	LMH	LMH

Notes

1. Employing {{ME-ref|LROW|Etym(ologies)}} and {{subst:ME-cite|LROW|Etym(ologies)|<entry>}} provides easy references to The Etymologies, see the examples below
2. Vinyar Tengwar is a journal series rather than a book, and requires additional parameters:
   • for ME-cite: |last=<last name of author of article>|year=<year published>
   • 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>
3. Template {{ME-cite}} supports a third parameter, to be used if it is desirable to link several times to a single note. If text of the <section> parameter is overlong, its inclusion into the note name can be suppressed by entering no as the third parameter.

Examples

Some fact needing verification.{{subst:ME-cite|Letters|#131 p. 117}}
{{subst:ME-cite|LROW|"The Later Annals of Beleriand", p. 152|LR152}}
Another disputable text.<ref name="LR152"/>
{{subst:ME-cite|LROW|Appendix, III "The second 'Silmarillion' map", p. 407|no}}
Explanation of an Elvish name.{{subst:ME-cite|LROW|Etym|KHIL-, NDŪ-}}

===Citations===
<references/>

===References===
*{{ME-ref|Letters}}
*{{ME-ref|LROW|Etymologies}}

Some fact needing verification. Another disputable text. Explanation of an Elvish name.

Citations

(See the wiki markup of this section for the actual results of template substitution.)

References

• Carpenter, Humphrey, ed. (1981), The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien, Boston: Houghton Mifflin 
• Tolkien, J. R. R. (1987), Christophorus Tolkien, ed., The Lost Road and Other Writings, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, The Etymologies, pp. 341–400 

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