Talk:Frodo Baggins

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The family tree at the end should include Bilbo. Meelar 14:55, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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Contents 1 Gollum following Frodo 2 I don't like the image in the Infobox 3 Frodo is not the mayor 4 Infobox LOTR 5 New arrangement of images 6 Horse/Pony/Steed 7 Frodo Baggins finances 8 Early life

[edit] Gollum following Frodo

The story section says: "At about this time, the creature Gollum began to follow them" about the split at Amon Hen. Surely Gollum followed the fellowship long before the split at Amon Hen? He was spotted in Lórien, and I think even in Moria (but that may just be the movie) --ComaVN 17:41, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Yes, Gollum is following them from Moria on in both book and film. Gildir, 19 January 2006

[edit] I don't like the image in the Infobox

Could somebody change it to a different image, like a scan of an illustrated version of LOTR? I don't really think that readers of the Wikipedia should be able to identify this character with one specific film portrayal. The same goes for all of the LOTR character pages that feature images from Peter Jackson's film trilogy. Remember, this page is supposed to be in connection with the books, not with a film portrayal. It's all right if the Infobox shows listings for the actors who portrayed and voiced the characters (as long as the listings for all film portrayals are mentioned, not just the one adaptation), but the image itself should be unrelated to the films. (Ibaranoff24 02:16, 10 December 2005 (UTC))

Personally I think that with the recent popularity generated by the film this image is quite acceptable. After all, most people's vision of the characters in LOTR is coloured by the films. Gtatler 16:15, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Frodo is not the mayor

Frodo is not the mayor of the Shire. I hope that someone could fix this.

It's a moot point. Sam Gamgee was elected mayor - and re-elected several times - but I think that Frodo did in fact stand in temporarily prior to Sam's election. Gtatler 16:12, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Frodo did indeed act as Deputy Mayor of the Shire (for about 8 months) while Will Whitfoot recovered from his (involuntary) stay in the {prison of which I can't remember the name -- the ...holes or something}. Vor0nwe 16:21, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

the lockholes created by the ruffians and sharkey a.k.a. saruman.

[edit] Infobox LOTR

Edited. Forget this posting - I have found it on template:infobox LOTR - should have thought of that myself before posting. Anyway, it may be useful for others to know as it is such a lovely feature. Gtatler 15:59, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I notice that several pages re LOTR contain infobox information.

Whereabouts is this templat situated ?

I ask as I am developing a personal Wiki and would like to use such a feature.

Can anyone help ?

Gtatler 15:54, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New arrangement of images

I've tried a new arrangement of the images. Does it look OK? Unfortunately, I can't get the text to flow round the gallery, so I think something a bit more advanced is needed. Carcharoth 22:08, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

I threw together something which approximates what you did with the gallery while allowing text to appear alongside the images. Feel free to adjust or revert. --CBDunkerson 01:14, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I've adjusted it slightly, but I'm still not entirely happy with it. I am slightly torn here because the infoboxes do look better with pictures - however it seems wrong to allow the portrayal in one film to appear to be the definitive image. Can anyone think of any way to make the infoboxes looko more interesting without using film pictures?

Another idea I had was to have an infobox summarising all the portrayals information, actors and pictures. This would probably work best across the whole page as a table, rather than a vertical one down the right-hand side. Carcharoth 07:53, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

I think the image at Maedhros is great and would support the use of similar things (if they can be found) for other characters. Expect holy heck from some film fans though. Any decent 'free use' image should be given precedence. What we really need is a skilled artist to make nice portraits of all the characters and release them into the public domain. :] --CBDunkerson 11:35, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Just to be clear - any film screenshots are only "fair use" to illustrate an article? And the artwork of Maedhros - is that "free use", or does the restriction to only use it in the Maedhros article make it something different? Would anyone have time to add something to the notes at Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle-earth/Images to clarify the different copyright/licensing status of the various images? Carcharoth 13:14, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

There are various 'fair use' exceptions. The one most commonly invoked with screenshots is that the image is a low resolution still-frame which therefor does not adversely impact sales of the movies themselves and they are included only in articles where they serve a legitimate purpose in illustrating the subject (so... a screenshot of 'Gollum' would be 'fair use' in an article on Gollum or CGI, but not in an article on Apricots). The Maedhros artwork is actually copyrighted material as well, but used 'by permission'... the artist agreed to allow that particular version of the image to be used on that particular page and no other. I'll try to put some annotations on the gallery images. --CBDunkerson 16:30, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Horse/Pony/Steed

I put a field for both ponies and horses in this new template I am trying, as it would look silly for the field to say "Horse". But on reflection, I'm not so sure that this isn't a rather trivial field, but I'm slowly coming round to the idea of having named horses, weapons, etc. But I still dislike the excessive use of "other names" and "titles", when this is often inappropriate. Carcharoth 07:53, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Frodo Baggins finances

What did Frodo actually live on? Granted he had a large dwelling (and probably the food grown thereon) - but he would need income from some sources (to employ Sam, acquire clothes and other necessities etc).

(Though the above comment would apply to quite a few characters in quite a few fantasy novels: Aragorn and the Rangers would live off the land and hiring out their skills - Boromir would live off the usual nobility sources etc.)

Jackiespeel 15:49, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

He lived off of the treasure that Bilbo broght back from Erebor. (Carangil)

[edit] Early life

I corrected the Internal Link, previously it linked to a non-existant article, randyclan, rather than Brandyclan. --Njmagnusson 21:33, 8 September 2006 (UTC)