Tolkien Gateway
J. R. R. Tolkien fan wiki
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The Tolkien Gateway is a fan wiki that documents J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth. It is respected and used by scholars. In 2023, it won a Tolkien Society Award. It has been described as "essential"[3] in A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien.
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 Detail of Tolkien Gateway's front page, showing its organisation and coverage of topics such as books, characters, games, images, and music | |
Type of site | Fan wiki Online encyclopedia |
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| Available in | English |
| Country of origin | United States |
| URL | tolkiengateway tolkien |
| Advertising | No |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | January 1, 2003[1] |
| Current status | Active |
Content license | CC BY-SA 4.0[2] |
Website
Coverage
The Tolkien Gateway is a fan wiki that documents all the characters, places, objects, and events in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth, with citations to Tolkien's texts. It provides some coverage of related non-Tolkien items such as films, actors, games, music, images, and scholarly books.[4] It has interviewed Tolkien scholars such as John D. Rateliff.[5] As of June 2025, the site had 12,952 content pages and 15,364 uploaded files.[6]
Scholarly recognition
The site is described in Stuart D. Lee's 2014 scholarly handbook A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien as "the main source to start a review of the plethora of Tolkien-based online materials."[7] It is referenced in scholarly works such as VII,[8] Journal of Tolkien Research,[9] and Social Science Computer Review.[10]
Awards and distinctions
In 2023, Tolkien Gateway won a Tolkien Society Award for online content.[11]
Tolkien Gateway is one of the four websites described as "essential"[3] in A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien.[a][3]
Notes
- The four websites are the Tolkien Gateway, TheOneRing.net, the Tolkien Library (which is mainly a book site, but also runs articles, reviews, and news[12]), and The Tolkien Society (which is an educational charity and literary society).[3][7]