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There are teneight high level content categories, which classify different articles on the Coppermind. They are:

The fourthree main [[category:article statuses|quality tags]] are:

* Stubs, use {{t|stub}}

* Partially complete articles, use {{t|partial}}

*Articles nearingComplete completionarticles, use {{t|complete}}

There areis twoa additionalfurther tagsquality oftag, this type that are not required: [[:Category: Notable articles{{t|Notable articles]] andexemplary}}. [[:Category: Exemplary articles|Exemplary articles]]. Notablemust articlesbe arecomplete differentand fromreviewed, otherwell qualityorganized tagsand in that it indicates the importance of the topicwritten, whichand is generally reserved for important aspects to big series or books. The exemplary tag is forare the very best articles on the Coppermind. ExemplaryThis articlestag must be Complete as well as Notable, andis also well written. To tag something as Exemplary, use {{t|exemplary}} near the topused ofby the articleKeepers.

Rarely, articles will lack a quality tag, or will have a {{t|meta}} quality tag. These include Coppermind articles (which are not "Content" articles), verbatim sources like epigraphs, and some summary articles.

Below holds the intensely specific information on the structure and hierarchy of Coppermind categories. This structure can also be browsed at [[Special:CategoryTree]]. This is intended as a reference, but should not be needed for almost any editor, since templates like infoboxes will automatically categorize articles. But, if one is interested, here it is!

In the beginning of the universe, there was the Big Bang, and in the beginning of the Coppermind, there is the [[:Category: Root|Root]] category. This is a hidden category that should never apply to any articles directly. It is only a container for other categories. (A category of this type--that contains other categories, but rarely articles--is called a '''holding category'''.) Root's only articles are related to the Coppermind's homewelcome pagespage.

In the Root category, there are the fivethree main sections of the wiki:

Content holds teneight special, mutually exclusive subcategories, the '''high level content categories''' (HLCCs). Articles should always be in one of these HLCCs and cannot be tagged with more than one of them. The high level content categories are:

Moving on from the HLCCs, thereContent arealso someholds subcategoriesthe ofuniverse Contentcategories, thatwhich arecontain notall mutuallyarticles exclusivefrom witha anygiven ofuniverse. thoseThe highcurrent leveluniverse categories. They are [[:Category: Cosmere]] and [[:Category:Cytoverse]]

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