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*A series identifier, such as Stormlight Archive, Mistborn, etc., so that the article can be found from its series/book categories
*A high-level content category, like Character, Places, Magic,
*A quality tag, such as Stubs or Complete articles. These are administrative tags which are useful for editors to keep track of how good things are on the wiki
This is of course a minimum of categories. These required categories are automatically inserted through various templates.
===Series Identifier===
Series tags are generated from the navigation boxes--the large boxes at the bottom of articles.
*[[:Category: Stormlight Archive|Stormlight Archive]], use {{t|Stormlight}}
*[[:Category: Mistborn|Mistborn]], use {{t|Mistborn}}. In addition, for Mistborn articles, you can add a parameter for {{t|Mistborn}}, such as {{t|Mistborn|
*[[:Category: Elantris|Elantris]], use {{t|Elantris}}
*[[:Category: Warbreaker|Warbreaker]], use {{t|Warbreaker}}
*[[:Category: Sixth of the Dusk|Sixth of the Dusk]], use {{t|Sixth of the Dusk}}
*[[:Category: Alcatraz|Alcatraz]], use {{t|Alcatraz}}
*[[:Category: Legion|Legion]], use {{t|Legion}}
*[[:Category: Skyward|Skyward]], use {{t|Skyward}}. In addition, [[:Category: Defending Elysium|Defending Elysium]],
*[[:Category: Firstborn|Firstborn]], use {{t|Firstborn}}
*[[:Category: Perfect State|Perfect State]], use {{t|Perfect State}}
===High Level Content Categories===
There are
*[[:Category: Books|Books]]
*[[:Category: Culture|Culture]]
*[[:Category: Events and Eras|Events and Eras]]
*[[:Category:
*[[:Category: Locations|Locations]]
*[[:Category: Magic|Magic]]
*[[:Category: Objects and Materials|Objects and Materials]]
*[[:Category: Out of Universe|Out of Universe]]
Articles should never be in multiple ones of these. These categories are generated from infoboxes (the box on the upper right of an article). There are some specific exceptions to the usage of these categories, which you can read about below.
Quality tags are massively useful for editors. Quality generally indicates the amount of information on a page, and are judged on how "complete" they are. These are generated with a template that goes right above the main series navigation box.
The
* Stubs, use {{t|stub}}
* Partially complete articles, use {{t|partial}}
*
Stubs are articles that have barely any information. Partially completed articles have a wide range, but generally have some or most of the information on a subject.
When an article is complete, and editor will change the tag from {{t|stub}} or {{t|partial}} to {{t|complete}}. At this stage, a [[Coppermind:Keepers|Keeper]] will review it and and change {{t|complete}} to {{t|complete|<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>}}, which adds that Keeper's signature to the page and moves the article from [[:Category:Articles nearing completion|the list of articles in review]] to [[:Category:Complete articles]].
There
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.
==Full Hierarchy of Categories==
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
In the Root category, there are the
*[[:Category: Content|Content]], a holding category containing what one normally think of as "articles"
*[[:Category: Administration|Administration]], which contains all categories and pages for maintaining the wiki
*[[:Category: Images|Images]], for images
Content is a holding category that, through its subsets, contains every topic related to Brandon's works, both in-universe and out-of-universe. Almost all pages in the Coppermind are in this section of the wiki. As a holding category, Content should not be applied to any specific article.
Content holds
*[[:Category: Books|Books]]
*[[:Category: Culture|Culture]]
*[[:Category: Events and Eras|Events and Eras]]
*[[:Category:
*[[:Category: Locations|Locations]]
*[[:Category: Magic|Magic]]
*[[:Category: Objects and Materials|Objects and Materials]]
*[[:Category: Out of Universe|Out of Universe]]
These categories are designed to be mutually exclusive, big bins of pages. Even if there is a more specific subset that applies to the article, keep the HLCC tag. For example, [[Kelsier]] is a [[:Category: Scadrians|Scadrian]] but the [[:Category: Characters|Characters]] category remains.
For this, there is a simple rule of thumb: with exception of the HLCC tag, do not be redundant! Select the most relevant content category. The category Amaram's army is in Armies, which is a subset of Groups, but for members of Amaram's army, it is silly to include the Armies and Groups tags, since that isn't even relevant! Another example would be how Kelsier is labeled as an Allomancer, but not a Magic user, since Allomancer is automatically a Magic user.
Culture and Magic can be applied to members of other HLCCs, if applicable. See below for their specific usage.
Moving on from the HLCCs, Content also holds the universe categories, which contain all articles from a given universe. The current universe categories are [[:Category: Cosmere]] and [[:Category:Cytoverse]]
Now we go in-depth to all of the Content categories, as well as their subsets.
The [[:Category: Books|Books]] category contains articles that are books or works of Brandon Sanderson. It can also contain pages about related works based off of Brandon's writing, such as pages on the [[Mistborn Adventure Game]] and its supplements.
*[[:Category: Elantris|Elantris]]
*[[:Category: Warbreaker|Warbreaker]]
*[[:Category: White Sand|White Sand]]
*[[:Category: Alcatraz|Alcatraz]]
*[[:Category: The Reckoners|The Reckoners]]
*[[:Category: The Rithmatist|The Rithmatist]]
*[[:Category: Dragonsteel|Dragonsteel]]
*[[:Category: Infinity Blade|Infinity Blade]]
*[[:Category: Legion|Legion]]
And, for shorter works, there are:
*[[:Category: Shadows for Silence|Shadows for Silence]]
*[[:Category: Sixth of the Dusk|Sixth of the Dusk]]
*[[:Category: Defending Elysium|Defending Elysium]]
*[[:Category: Firstborn|Firstborn]]
*[[:Category: Perfect State|Perfect State]]
[[:Category: Characters|Characters]] is the single largest category on the Coppermind, which contains every
All subcategories of Characters contain individual character pages. It contains subcategories for characters by book. For [[Cosmere]] works, these use demonyms (when known) like [[:Category: Scadrians|Scadrians]], [[:Category: Nalthians|Nalthians]], or [[:Category: Rosharans|Rosharans]]; otherwise, they are titled as [[:Category:Reckoners characters|Reckoners characters]] or [[:Category: Legion characters|Legion characters]].
*[[:Category: Dead characters|Dead characters]]
*[[:Category: Unnamed characters|Unnamed characters]]
*[[:Category: Professions|Professions]], a holding category for subsets of characters by profession, like [[:Category: Scholars]]
*[[:Category: Ethnicities and Nationalities|Ethnicities and Nationalities]], for categories of characters by their origin or identity
*[[:Category: Groups|Groups]], for categories of characters by specific organization
*[[:Category: Magic users|Magic users]],
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This category is a holding category that contains categories of characters by their ethnicity or nationality (and soon, species) such as [[:Category: Skaa|skaa]] or [[:Category: Alethi|Alethi]]. Subcategories here should be members of their particular planet, such as a Scadrian race being marked as Scadrian, or a race of people in Alcatraz be marked with [[:Category: Alcatraz characters|Alcatraz characters]].
Individual cultures can be found in [[:Category: Culture]].
====Magic users====
This holding category--which is also a member of the Magic HLCC--contains sets of characters who utilize magic, such as [[:Category: Allomancers|Allomancers]], [[:Category: Surgebinders|Surgebinders]], [[:Category: Oculators|Oculators]], and [[:Category: Epics|Epics]]. Do not apply Magic users directly to an article, instead use the relevant subcategory. As in: [[Kelsier]] is an Allomancer, and that is implicitly a magic user, so the magic user category is redundant and should not be used.
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This holding category contains various subcategories for specific members of such groups, such as [[:Category: Armies]], [[:Category: Businesses|Businesses]], or [[:Category: Noble Houses|Noble Houses]].
For pages on specific groups or organizations of people, see [[:Category: Culture]].
===Culture===
The [[:Category: Culture|Culture]] category contains pages on specific cultures (which do not have something in Locations), or other cultural elements. Characters should never be in Culture.
If necessary, Culture can be applied to members of other HLCCs, but only if especially culturally significant.
*[[:Category: Currencies|Currencies]]
*[[:Category: Clothing|Clothing]], also a member of Objects and Materials
*[[:Category: Drugs|Drugs]], for medicines and poisons. This category is also in Lifeforms
*[[:Category: Food|Food]], sometimes in Lifeforms when relevant and edible. If in Lifeforms, does not need to be in Culture. Can contain restaurants
*[[:Category: Games|Games]]
*[[:Category: Language|Language]]
Elements in the subcategories of Culture can, if more relevant, be labeled with a different HLCC entirely, which is unique to this HLCC.
[[:Category: Events and Eras|Events and Eras]] is the category for particular events, like battles, or periods of time.
There are currently no subcategories for this HLCC.
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[[:Category:
Subcategories are:
*[[:Category: Sapient beings|Sapient beings]], for lifeforms that are sapient, as humans are
*[[:Category: Diseases|Diseases]]
*[[:Category: Food|Food]] (see Culture)
*[[:Category: Drugs|Drugs]]
*Specific sets of a particular species (to be changed)
===Locations===
[[:Category: Locations|Locations]] holds articles on specific places or geographical features.
Subcategories include:
*Celestial bodies
*Caves
*Mountains
*Islands
*Nations
*Regions
*Settlements
*Structures
*Water bodies
It also contains subcategories for locations in particular regions or planets.
===Magic===
Magic contains all magical things. In the [[Cosmere]], this refers to [[Investiture]].
*[[:Category: Magic systems|Magic systems]]
*[[:Category: Magic users|Magic users]] (see Characters)
It contains subcategories of a particular type of magic, like the [[:Category: Allomancy|Allomancy]] category, and contains subcats of [[:Category: Magic users|Magic users]], like [[:Category: Allomancers|Allomancers]].
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[[:Category: Objects and Materials|Objects and Materials]] contains specific objects or materials. Elements of this category are nouns that are not people or places, and are in the vaguer realm of "things". Keep this to physical things. It also contains vehicles.
Subcategories are:
*[[:Category: Clothing|Clothing]], also a member of Culture
*[[:Category: Literature|Literature]], for specific works of literature or art, also a member of Culture
*[[:Category: Railcraft|Railcraft]]
*[[:Category: Watercraft|Watercraft]]
*[[:Category: Weapons|Weapons]]
Other future categories will be vehicles, aircraft, and spacecraft.
===Out of Universe===
This category contains articles people, terms, companies, or other important--but out of universe--things related to Brandon's works. This category is unique among HLCCs in that pages in this category will rarely have a series identifier. Only include a series identifier if the article's subject is extremely intimately related to only the series, like a cover artist who only worked on one series.
Fandom is reserved for websites, and should be used sparingly. Do not mark User pages in either People or Fandom.
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Pages in this category are direct sources for Brandon's books, or are indices for terms.
It also contains subcategories for other sources, like [[:Category: Navani's notebook|Navani's notebook]].
Administration contains subcategories with pages that have no content and are purely related to the mechanics of the Coppermind and subcategories used for tracking article progress. Its subcategories are:
* [[:Category:Article statuses|Article statuses]]: Holds the subcategories for each stage of article completion as well as the pages that track article status by series
* [[:Category:Articles in need of attention]]: Articles in this category are important articles in need of serious help; also holds subcategories that track less serious and more specific problems with articles
* [[:Category:Articles with spoilers|Articles with spoilers]]: Tracks all articles with spoilers, usually by way of {{t|spoilers}} or {{t|multispoilers}}
* [[:Category:Articles with theories|Articles with thories]]: Tracks all articles with theories, usually by way of {{t|theory}}
* [[:Category:Deleted material|Deleted material]]: Contains articles about a subject that was part of the development of a story, but later deleted before the final release
* [[:Category:Disambiguation pages|Disambiguation pages]]: Tracks all disambigs, usually by way of {{t|disambig}} and holds subcategories that track different kinds of article names
* [[:Category:Help|Help]]: Contains all help pages; redirects to [[Help:Contents]], which should also list all help pages
* [[:Category:Objectives]]: Tracks all current Coppermind objectives
* [[:Category:Redirects|Redirects]]: Holds subcategories for the different kinds of redirects
* [[:Category:Subpages|Subpages]]: Holds subcategories for common types of subpages and contains miscellaneous subpages that don't fit in a subcategory
* [[:Category:Templates|Templates]]: Holds subcategories for common types of templates and contains miscellaneous templates that don't fit in a subcategory
* [[:Category:Uncanonical titles|Uncanonical titles]]: Tracks all articles with uncanonical titles, usually by way of {{t|uncanonical}}
* [[:Category:Unpublished|Unpublished]]: Tracks all articles about unpublished works, usually by way of {{t|unpublished}}
* [[:Category:User awards|User awards]]: Contains all awards that can be given to users
''Under construction.''
===Help===
The Help category is for documentation on the wiki. There are currently no subcategories for the Help section.
''Under construction.''
[[Category: Help|{{PAGENAME}}]]
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