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== Information boxes ==
The {{t|Infoboxinfobox}} templates are shown at the right-hand corner of articles, the display important facts and statistics which are common to group of articles. They are placed at the start of the article, and show a list of information down the right side of the article.
 
* {{t|Bookbook}} includes information on the publisher and ISBN of a book
* {{t|Charactercharacter}} includes information regarding the character
* {{t|Placeplace}} information on a place, region, or building.
* [[:Category: Infoboxes|Full list of Infoboxes]]
 
== Navigation boxes ==
Navboxes are footer templates that are placed at the bottom of a page to allow people to find related content.
 
*{{t|Cosmerecosmere}} inserts a table of links relating to [[Adonalsium]] and the [[Cosmere]] at large
*{{t|Booksbooks}} inserts a table of books and series' by [[Brandon Sanderson]]
*{{t|Elantris}} contains major articles about ''[[Elantris (book)|Elantris]]''
*{{t|Mistborn}} has stuff about the ''[[Mistborn series]]''
*{{t|holder}} indicates the holder of a title or other thing, and possible predecessors and successors.
 
== [[:Category: Link macros|Link macros]] ==
*{{t|demonym}} returns the correct [[Wikipedia: demonym|demonym]] for a place
*{{t|toponym}} returns correct [[Wikipedia: toponym|toponyms]]
 
== [[:Category: Reference templates|Citation templates]] ==
The following templates can be used to easily add references to different resources
{{t|Ref}} generates a reference which may use one of the below templates to generate it's content.
** {{t|annotation17s ref}} linkswill link to athe 17th specificShard annotationforum
* {{t|torarticle ref}} linkswill link to a page on {{Tor|link=}}
* {{t|17sbws ref}} linkslink to aany topicpage on theBrandon's {{17s|link=}}site
* {{t|twgbook ref}} links toadds a topicchapter onsummary the {{twg|link=}}reference
* {{t|chapterannotation ref}} linkswill link to aan bookannotation oron aBrandon's specificsite chapter,using pagethe orsame sectionparameters of aas {{t|book ref}}
* {{t|epigraph ref}} links to the epigraph list
* {{t|file ref}} easily link to a file uploaded to the coppermind
* {{t|map ref}} link to a specific map on the coppermind
* {{t|glossary ref}} link to a glossary section
* {{t|qa ref}} refer to a [[Theoryland Interview Database]] question/answer
* {{t|url ref}} link to a general url
* {{t|tor ref}} link to a page on tor.com
* {{t|tweet ref}} link to a tweet on twitter
* {{t|wp ref}} refer to a wikipedia article
 
* {{t|ref}} should be used to generate extra links to other named references
 
== Editorial notations ==
These templates are used to
*{{t|Citecite}} requests that someone insert a citation about the fact preceding it.
*{{t|Clarifyclarify}} asks someone edit the page to clear up ambiguous statements
*{{t|Disputeddisputed}} warn the reader that a fact may be incorrect or unverified
 
== Navigation aids==
These templates insert boxes or emphasised phrases that help users navigate the wiki correctly.
*{{t|Forfor}} helps users distinguish between similarly titled articles.
 
== [[:Category:Notices|Notices]] ==
{{t|Notice}} templates insert boxes that alert users to information regarding the page its self.
*{{t|Attentionattention}} requests that users edit it
*{{t|Copyrightcopyright}} ask the user not to copy the content on the article
*{{t|Theorytheory}} stipulates that the article or section should not be considered canon
*{{t|Spoilersspoilers}} warns users about new material they may not have read yet
*{{t|Deletedelete}} and {{t|Move}} indicate possible administrative action
*{{t|Stubstub}} can be used to signify that an article is unfinished
*{{t|Completecomplete}} should be used at the bottom of short articles when there is nothing more to add.
 
== Other Templates ==
*{{t|Bb}} converts an acronym or malformed book title into the correctly formatted title.
*{{t|Columnscolumns}} allows you to format a list (the first parameter) into <code>count</code> columns.
*{{t|Quotequote}} surrounds the first parameter as a block quote, with the second parameter as a source.
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