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Below holds the intensely specific information on the structure and hierarchy of Coppermind categories. 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 the Coppermind home pages.

*[[:Category: Silly|Silly]], for silly non-content articles, which should be used sparingly

 

 

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.

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: Perfect State|Perfect State]]

 

 

[[:Category: Characters|Characters]] is the single largest category on the Coppermind, which contains every characters. A character is a sapient being, such as a human. In other words, to be a character, it needs to be something that could have a viewpoint in a story. For named things that are not sapient, see [[:Category: Flora and Fauna|Flora and Fauna]].

*[[:Category: Groups|Groups]], an overriding category

 

 

This category--which overrides the Characters tag--contains articles on particular species of sapient beings. For nonsapient beings, see [[:Category: Flora and Fauna|Flora and Fauna]]. Species that are sapient can also be magical in origin, and so, pages in this category can also be in [[:Category: Magical entities|Magical entities]] (see the Magic category).

 

 

This category--which overrides the Characters tag--contains categories of characters by their ethnicity or nationality, rather than species, such as [[:Category: Skaa|skaa]] or [[:Category: Alethi|Alethi]]. It also contains articles on specific ethnicities or nationalities (like [[Grand]] or [[Incarna]]), if the information on the ethnicity are not, for example, in a relevant article in Places. Pages on sapient species should not be in this category, instead use sapient beings.

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]].

 

 

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.

 

 

This category--which overrides the Characters tag--is for other sets of characters that are not in Sapient beings, Ethnicities and Nationalities, Magic users, or Magical entities. Generally, this means that Groups are organizations (created by characters), or named families (often nobility).

Groups contain various subcategories for specific members of such groups, such as [[:Category: Armies]], [[:Category: Businesses|Businesses]], or [[:Category: Noble Houses|Noble Houses]].

 

 

The [[:Category: Culture|Culture]] category contains elements that are relevant to a particular culture, but are not in other HLCCs, like Characters, Events, Places, or Magic.

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.

 

 

[[:Category: Flora and Fauna|Flora and Fauna]] contains pages of nonsapient species, like plants, animals, but also other organisms. These should be primarily biological in nature. For nonbiological beings, use [[:Category: Magical entities|Magical entities]], and for sapient beings, use [[:Category: Sapient beings|Sapient beings]].

This category can also contain particular elements of a named creature, such as pets, as they are not considered Characters.

 

 

[[:Category: Items|Items]] 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.

Other future categories will be vehicles, aircraft, and spacecraft.

 

 

Magic contains all magical things. In the [[Cosmere]], this refers to [[Investiture]].

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]].

 

 

[[:Category: Magical entities|Magical entities]] is for beings that come from a magical source, or are magical constructs. Examples include [[spren]], [[Lifeless]], or [[koloss]]. This is not a mutually exclusive category with [[:Category: Sapient beings|Sapient beings]], as some beings of this type may also be thinking beings.

This category contains subcategories of specific magical beings, such as [[:Category: Kandra|kandra]].

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

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]].

 

 

 

The Help category is for documentation on the wiki. There are currently no subcategories for the Help section.

 

 

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