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You can create additional subpages as well. Just append a backslash (<code>/</code>) to the URL of your user page, followed by the name for the subpage.
 
== Categories and Templates ==
Over the course of this guide you'll hear about '''categories''' and '''templates'''. We'll cover them towards the end, because a full explanation is on the more advanced side of what we'll talk about. But you'll see them come up here and there in the meantime. So let's talk basics.
 
;Categories
: Categories are tags we use to group and sort articles. You can find any article using the book/series categories listed on the Coppermind home page or using the content categories in the left sidebar. Categories are used to group articles this way. You can see what categories an article is in at the ''very bottom'' of a page. Some categories must be included manually, but many happen automatically thanks to templates.
 
;Templates
: Templates make more complicated and/or repetitive editing tricks easier to do. If you ever see something surrounded by double curly braces (<code>{{}}</code>), it's a template. The template begins with the name of the template, which is followed by a number of ''parameters''--some required, some optional. Parameters are separated by vertical lines (<code>|</code>).
 
== Other Resources ==
: [[:Special:SpecialPages]] provides a very long list of other pages you may find useful.
 
== Categories and Templates ==
== Namespaces ==
Over the course of this guide you'll hear about '''categories''' and '''templates'''. We'll cover them towards the end, because a full explanation is on the more advanced side of what we'll talk about. But you'll see them come up here and there in the meantime. So let's talk basics.
Every page on Coppermind is filed into a certain '''namespace'''. Look at your current URL... Do you see the <code>Help:</code> portion? This page is in the "Help" namespace! Here's some common namespaces to be aware of:
 
;Categories
;Main
: Categories are tags we use to group and sort articles. You can find any article using the book/series categories listed on the Coppermind home page or using the content categories in the left sidebar. Categories are used to group articles this way. You can see what categories an article is in at the ''very bottom'' of a page. Some categories must be included manually, but many happen automatically thanks to templates.
: This is the namespace where all of the ''articles'' are located. This namespace doesn't use any prefix--just the article name. (Note that all page titles are ''case sensitive''.)
 
;Templates
;User
: Templates make more complicated and/or repetitive editing tricks easier to do. If you ever see something surrounded by double curly braces (<code>{{}}</code>), it's a template. The template begins with the name of the template, which is followed by a number of ''parameters''--some required, some optional. Parameters are separated by vertical lines (<code>|</code>).
: Every user can create a user page (and subpages) as described above. These page titles begin with <code>User:</code>.
 
== Namespaces ==
;File
Namespaces are an advanced topic. If you'd like to know more about how Coppermind is organized and why some pages (like this one) say things like <code>Help:</code> before the page name, then take a look at [[:Help:Namespaces]].
: Images and other media files may be uploaded to Coppermind for use in articles. They each get their own page in the File namespace, where you can see metadata about the file. These page titles begin with <code>File:</code>. For more on uploading and using files, see [[:Help:Images]].
;Category
: Every page should be sorted into categories. They help us keep everything organized and easy to find. Category pages are created on the Category namespace. The page will automatically populate with links to all the pages that reference that category. These page titles begin with <code>Category:</code>. For more on Categories, see [[:Help:Categories]].
 
;Template
: Template pages are where we create, define, and document templates to be used in other pages. Templates are basically shortcuts to help simplify tricky or common formatting needs. The info boxes you see on the top right corner of many articles are created with templates. Citations make use of them as well. They're everywhere! These page titles begin with <code>Template:</code>. For more on Templates, see [[:Help:Templates]].
 
;Other Namespaces
: This list isn't comprehensive, so you may notice other namespaces (like Help).
 
;Talk Namespaces
: For every namespace there's an associated Talk namespace as well. This is where the related Discussion pages belong.
 
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