A Tolkien Compass has been listed as one of the Language and literature good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. Review: August 1, 2023. ( Reviewed version).

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Reviewer: AryKun ( talk · contribs) 15:22, 31 July 2023 (UTC) reply

Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

• Will do. AryKun ( talk) 15:22, 31 July 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Many thanks. Chiswick Chap ( talk) 15:26, 31 July 2023 (UTC) reply

• You don't need to mention "posthumously", since both books were publishes after Tolkien's death.
  • Removed.

• "The literary establishment was largely hostile to the book" You should mention that reception was only initially hostile.
  • Added.

• "Hobbits" should be capitalized.
  • Done.

• Images are appropriately used and properly licensed.
  • Noted.

• The link for "'Rings' comes full circle". USA Today. is broken.
  • Archived.

• Spotchecks:
  • Ref 8: "In Memoriam: Jared Lobdell". Mythlore. 38 (1). verifies all claims made.
  • Nagy, Gergely (2005). "The Road to Middle-earth, Revised and Expanded Edition (review)". Tolkien Studies. Project Muse. 2 (1): 258–261. Verifies all claims made.
  • Bratman, David (2006). "The Year's Work in Tolkien Studies 2003". Tolkien Studies. Project Muse. 3 (1): 241–265. Verifies all claims made.
  • Noted.

• That's all I have. AryKun ( talk) 08:25, 1 August 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Many thanks for the review. Chiswick Chap ( talk) 08:45, 1 August 2023 (UTC) reply
• Okay, will be passing. AryKun ( talk) 10:47, 1 August 2023 (UTC) reply