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== Spoiler Policy ==
<div style="background-color:#e6e6fa; float:right; width:auto; border:black solid 1px; padding:5px; text-align:center;">At last update, it was '''{{#time:H}}:{{#time:i}}:{{#time:s}}'''<br />on '''{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}''' in [[wikipedia:Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]<br /><small>('''<span class="plainlinks">[{{canonicalurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}?action=purge purge this page's cache]</span>''' to update</small>)</div>
The Coppermind deals with spoilers in three stages:
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<li>Prior to a book's release, no content from it may be added to the wiki. This includes chapters that are released before the official publication date, as happened with ''[[Oathbringer]]'' and ''[[Rhythm of War]]''. The one exception to this is that a book's page may include things Brandon has said about the book and list the readings that he has done from the book.</li>
<li>A book is considered released at midnight [[wikipedia:Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] (the Coppermind's [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering|default]] time) on its release date. After a book's release, content from it may be added freely. However, for a period of time after the book is released, all pages with content from the book '''must''' be tagged with a spoiler notice that lists the specific books the page has spoilers for. To add a spoiler notice, use the {{t|spoilers}} template—detailed instructions are available [[Template:Spoilers|on the template page]] or at [[#Spoiler notices]] below—which will produce a warning like this:
{{notice|style=background-color: #FAA;|id=spoilers
== Warning Methods ==
=== Pop-up ===
The first time someone visits the Coppermind and again after a new book releases, a notice with a warning about spoilers and a link to the [[Special:TimeMachine|Time Machine]] will cover the page they are on, requiring them to acknowledge the risk of spoilers before proceeding. This notice is served via [[MediaWiki:Common.js]].
=== Site notice ===
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