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The Plot section of the article is way too long. It just gives the plot outlines from their respective pages verbatim. Inclusion of the Prologue is unnecessary here (as it's on the FOTR page) and the Appendices need not be so detailed here either. The plot of each of the volumes should be condensed and need not be split by book - this level of detail should be left for the individual volume pages. – Dyolf87 (talk) 13:34, 22 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I agree it's a bit too long.--Jack Upland (talk) 00:52, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

All right, condensed. I do hope this doesn't start the fans editing the plot all over again: the #included plots did deter casual editing. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:00, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If necessary, you can still transclude the plot summaries from templates for that purpose. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 15:05, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks, yes, we possibly could, but folks object to single-target templates. Anyway, let's hope we don't need to go there. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:13, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Another source claims sales figures of 100 million prior to 2003. "Thanks partly to filmmaker Peter Jackson, the Tolkien brand has never been stronger. Fully one-third of the 150 million copies of The Lord of the Rings sold to date were purchased after the release of the first film in the series." https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/tolkien-proves-hes-still-the-king/article_80f1a604-79c8-505a-8ab3-9e0f9f3e67a4.html 149.76.165.40 (talk) 03:29, 24 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, accurate figures are hard to come by, and what few mentions there are, including that one, tend to contradict each other, with no indication where they got their numbers. What we'd like is actual annual global sales, of course. Chiswick Chap (talk) 04:21, 24 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]