Help:Spoilers
This page details the Coppermind's spoiler policy and provides information on how you can work on newly-released content, even when it is not yet allowed on the Coppermind.
Spoiler Policy
The Coppermind deals with spoilers in three stages:
- Prior to a book's release, no content from it may be added to the wiki. This includes if chapters are released before the official publication, as happened with Oathbringer. The one exception to this is that a book's page may include things Brandon has said about the book and list the readings he has done from the book. At this stage, a notice reminding people of this policy may be added to all content pages and/or the welcome page (via MediaWiki:Top-notice-ns-0 and MediaWiki:Top-notice-Coppermind:Welcome).
- 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 must be tagged with a spoiler warning, either with
{{spoilers|book=[book code from Template:B]}}or{{multispoilers|[first book code from Template:B]|[second book code from Template:B]|etc.}}(only use{{multispoilers}}if there actually are multiple books to tag spoilers for). If only one section of a page contains spoilers, you may instead place the spoiler tag at the start of that section.- For cosmere novels, articles must be tagged with the spoiler warning until nine months after the book was released
- For non-cosmere novels, articles must be tagged with the spoiler warning until six months after the book was released
- For all novellas, graphic novels, and other short works, articles must be tagged with the spoiler warning until three months after the book was released
- After the above period has passed, all standard spoiler tags may be removed. Articles that contain extensive spoilers may be given a custom spoiler tag.
Editing before a book is released
Though spoilers are not allowed on the Coppermind before a book is released, if content is released before a book's official publication, editors are encouraged to work on this new content in a word processing application on their computer. When this occurs, the Keepers will provide a method for tracking who is working on what, so that editors don't have to worry about duplicating someone else's work. When copying work from off-wiki to the Coppermind, remember to double check that your apostrophes are straight, not curly.