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I started reading Brandon's works in 2015 and have been following the community on and off since then. I finally decided to start contributing here in 2019. I'm using this page to keep some resources. I also have a few [[#Subpages|Subpages]] for working on big changes to articles that aren't ready to go in the actual article yet.
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I started reading [[Brandon Sanderson|Brandon]]'s works in 2015 and have been following the community on and off since then. I finally decided to start contributing here in 2019. I'm using this page to keep track of some [[#Projects]] and [[#Subpages]] for the larger-scale edits I'm working on, as well as for listing some miscellanious resources and notes.
   
 
I'm also a [[Coppermind:Keepers|Keeper]], which I guess means I'm qualified to answer questions about how to do wiki things or how to handle weird situations. Feel free to contact me on [[User talk:Stargazer|my talk page]] or on [https://discord.gg/KEv3fhN our Coppermind editors Discord server] (I'm Stargazer#6905 there if you want to ping me or would feel better direct messaging me).
  
I'm also a [[Coppermind:Keepers|Keeper]], which I guess means I'm qualified to answer questions about how to do wiki things or how to handle weird situations. Feel free to contact me on [[User talk:Stargazer|my talk page]] or on [https://discord.gg/KEv3fhN our Coppermind editors Discord server] (I'm Stargazer#6905 there if you want to ping me or would feel better direct messaging me).
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I often take inspiration for edits from things I see in [[Special:RecentChanges]] so if I edit something you just did, it's probably not because you did anything wrong, I just saw something else on the page that I thought could be improved.
   
 
[[Special:Diff/114568|My thousandth edit]] came in the middle of a spree to fix the book parameter in all the [[Skyward (series)|Skyward]] infoboxes (I note that only so that I can remember in five years exactly which page it was).
  
[[Special:Diff/114568|My thousandth edit]] came in the middle of a spree to fix the book parameter in all the [[Skyward (series)|Skyward]] infoboxes (I note that only so that I can remember in five years exactly which page it was).
   
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== Navigation ==
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== Stormlight Major Characters History Status ==
  
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*[[Kaladin]]: Pretty detailed through end of OB part 1, though there might be some gaps. Nothing past that.
  
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*[[Shallan]]: Pretty detailed until departure for Kholinar in OB, extremely light past that.
  
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*[[Dalinar]]: Fairly detailed through WoR and very beginning of OB, nothing really past that.
  
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*[[Venli]]: Short, though I think everything's just about there. Could maybe use more detail, since she's going to be the main character.
  
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<div style="text-align:center; font-size:larger;">'''Subpages'''</div><br />
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*[[Eshonai]]: The basics are there, more detail might be good though. Since she's dead, maybe it's worth trying to complete this so that the only thing left after RoW is whatever flashbacks she gets?
  
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*[[Adolin]]: Extremely detailed through WoR, OB barely started.
  
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*[[Szeth]]: Looks pretty good actually.
  
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*[[Renarin]]: Practically nothing from WoK or WoR, minimal OB content (Part 1 might be covered okay, but that's it).
  
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*[[Jasnah]]: Looks okay through WoR, very basics of OB look like they're there, but could use more detail.
  
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*[[Navani]]: In pretty good shape; some attention wouldn't hurt, but I think it'd be okay if it doesn't get much.
  
   
 
== List of Commonly Linked to Disambigs ==
  
== List of Commonly Linked to Disambigs ==
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Honorable mention: Lightweaving links to the Yolish version, use [[Surgebinding#Illumination]] for the Surgebinding power and [[Order of Lightweavers]] for the order.
   
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== Exemplary Articles by Book ==
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== Formatting Notes==
  
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There's hidden <!--Hidden text--> text here, click "edit" if you want to see how it's done
  
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| style="vertical-align:top" |'''''The Stormlight Archive'''''
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When using side quotes, make sure to write "|'''side='''left/right|'''size='''XXXpx" (instead of "|left/right|XXXpx") to avoid the "Sidequote with lazy parameters" category
  
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category = Exemplary articles
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category = Stormlight Archive
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'''''Mistborn'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
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category = Mistborn
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| style="vertical-align:top" |'''''Elantris'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
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category = Elantris
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'''''Warbreaker'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
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category = Warbreaker
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'''''Shadows for Silence'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
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category = Shadows for Silence
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| style="vertical-align:top" |'''''Skyward'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
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category = Skyward
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'''''The Rithmatist'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
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category = The Rithmatist
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== Projects ==
  
== Projects ==
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=== Current ===
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'''Personal'''
  
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As in, actively (ish) being worked on and hopefully will be done soon.
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*[[Cosmere]]: Was updating some references here and saw it could use some help. See [[User:Stargazer/Cosmere]] for work in progress and Small Workspace below for outline. Mostly revisions left; hoping to wrap this up fairly soon.
  
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* ''Rhythm of War''!
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*'''Re-check the type of infobox on whatever we end up calling the article for the delver training maze after Skyward 3 comes out.'''
  
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* Updating core cosmere articles with Grace
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*''Updating the [[:Category:Starsight|new articles from ''Starsight'']] (most pages are created, just need to be filled in):''
  
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** [[Investiture]] (see [[User:Thegatorgirl00/Invested Art]], [[User:Thegatorgirl00/Investiture]], [[User:Thegatorgirl00/Investiture terms]])
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**Make sure species names and variations of "cytonic" are lowercase. Biggest offenders are probably [[:Category:Defending Elysium]]
  
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** [[Perpendicularity]]?
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**{{t|character}} needs to be updated for new species (and worlds?), but that's not something I'm going to try doing
  
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** [[Physical Realm]]?
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**Check <code>world</code> parameter; I think we said this should be homeworld, not wherever the species happens to appear
  
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** Circle back to [[Realmatic Theory#Cognitive Realm]]?
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*Move Death Rattles not from epigraphs from [[The Way of Kings/Epigraphs]] to [[Death Rattle]]s. Death Rattles page might need reorganizing.
  
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* Check back on current deletion/move/merge tags after RoW calms down; we tabeled a fair number until RoW
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*Look into editing {{t|wob ref}} to auto-tag all articles with unimported WoBs
  
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*Maybe update [[:File:BrandonSanderson.jpg|our picture of Brandon]], maybe with [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brandon_Sanderson_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2016.jpg this (Wikimedia Commons)]
  
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=== Other/Personal ===
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*Upload missing Alcatraz full covers ([http://www.scottbrundage.com/book#/new-gallery/ Book 1], [http://www.scottbrundage.com/book#/new-gallery-72/ Book 2]).
  
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* '''Re-check the type of infobox on whatever we end up calling the article for the delver training maze after Skyward 3 comes out.'''
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*Organize [[Coppermind:Artists/taratjah]]'s tarot cards, but that also requires working out galleries
  
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* Make sure species names and variations of "cytonic" are lowercase. Biggest offenders are probably [[:Category:Defending Elysium]]
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*Consider making redirects for commonly searched pages (see [[Special:SearchStats]]).
  
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** Check <code>world</code> parameter; I think we said this should be homeworld, not wherever the species happens to appear.
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*[[Tanavast]] and [[Honor]]: Working out the difference between Vessel and Shard pages and adding detail. Haven't actually gotten to work on this, but work in progress will be at [[User:Stargazer/Tanavast]] and [[User:Stargazer/Honor]]. See [[Rayse]] and [[Odium]] for general split between Vessel and Shard.
  
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* I think there's some clean-up that could be done on high level categories (and meta categorization!); look into that some more and discuss with Keepers.
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*''Things I've noticed may need some help while working on the cosmere page and may try to work on later:''
  
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* Organize [[Coppermind:Artists/taratjah]]'s tarot cards, but that also requires working out galleries.
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**[[Realmatic Theory]]
  
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* [[Tanavast]] and [[Honor]]: Working out the difference between Vessel and Shard pages and adding detail. Haven't actually gotten to work on this, but work in progress will be at [[User:Stargazer/Tanavast]] and [[User:Stargazer/Honor]]. See [[Rayse]] and [[Odium]] for general split between Vessel and Shard.
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**[[Splinter]]
  
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* Tweaking <code>era</code> parameters (this one's grown a bit since I started it). New {{t|era}} template is at the top of this page, doing infobox work on [[User:Stargazer/General Testing]].
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**[[Cognitive Shadow]]
  
 
*Other articles to maybe work on some day
  
*Other articles to maybe work on some day
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**[[Elendel#Government]]
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** [[Cognitive Shadow]]
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** [[Elendel#Government]]
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**[[Summary:Sixth of the Dusk]]
  
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** [[Summary:Sixth of the Dusk]]
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**[[Sigzil]]
  
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** [[Sigzil]]
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** [[True Desolation]]
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** Try to figure out what the Higgens Effect is. See [[Rame Maldor]] and ''Shadows of Self'' chapter 9.
   
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'''General quality'''
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=== General quality ===
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* Articles in need of help: See [[:Category:Articles in need of attention]], [[:Category:Articles in need of citations]], [[:Category:Articles in need of clarification]], [[:Category:Articles missing information]], [[:Category:Articles with disputed content]].
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*Fix [[:Category:Sidequote with lazy parameters]] ([[User:King of Herdaz]] took care of these, but check them occasionally for new ones)
  
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* Check articles linking to {{t|17s ref}}, {{t|Qa ref}} (should only be User pages left), {{t|Twg ref}}, and {{t|Sots ref}}.
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**Is it worth trying to change the sidequote template to eliminate this (assuming that's what does this)? I'm not sure how helpful it is.
  
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* Find chapters for [[:Category:Chapterless references]].
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*Articles in need of help: See [[:Category:Articles in need of attention]], [[:Category:Articles in need of citations]], [[:Category:Articles in need of clarification]], [[:Category:Articles missing information]], [[:Category:Articles with disputed content]].
  
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* Add links to [[Summary:Skyward]].
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*Removing disambiguation page links. All of the ones not in the User namespace are gone, but recheck every so often. See [[:Category:Disambiguation pages]] and [[Special:DisambiguationPageLinks]].
  
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* Review articles. List of {{t|complete}} articles that interest me separately.
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*Check articles linking to {{t|17s ref}}, {{t|Qa ref}} (should only be User pages left), {{t|Twg ref}}, and {{t|Sots ref}}.
  
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* Review list of [[Special:UnusedCategories]] with Keepers.
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*Other: See list at [[Special:SpecialPages]], especially [[Special:BrokenRedirects]] and [[Special:DoubleRedirects]].
  
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* Other: See list at [[Special:SpecialPages]].
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*Check on [[:Category:Current discussions]] tags; these can probably be removed. Also check the underlying template.
  
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*Find chapters for [[:Category:Chapterless references]].
  
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*Go through [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Merge|articles with merge suggestions]].
  
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*Add links to [[Summary:Skyward]].
  
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*Review articles. List of {{t|complete}} articles that interest me separately, but also look through the ones in [[:Category:Once reviewed]]
  
   
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'''De-stubbing the cosmere (Last checked 2020-02-01):'''
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=== De-stubbing the cosmere ===
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'''Last checked: 2020-07-06'''
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*[[Coppermind:Elantris#Stubs]] (0 stubs)
  
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*[[Coppermind:Emperor's Soul#Stubs]] (0 stubs)
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* [[Coppermind:Elantris#Stubs]] (0 stubs)
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*<span style="background:#FFFF00">[[Coppermind:Mistborn Era 1#Stubs]]</span> (1 stubs)
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* [[Coppermind:Emperor's Soul#Stubs]] (0 stubs)
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* <span style="background:#FFFF00">[[Coppermind:Mistborn Era 1#Stubs]] (1 stub)</span>
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* <span style="background:#FFFF00">[[Coppermind:Mistborn Era 2#Stubs]] (7 stubs)</span>
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* [[Coppermind:Stormlight Archive#Stubs]] (1 stub, but I think the plan is to merge it to [[listener]] if RoW doesn't bring new info)
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*[[Coppermind:Warbreaker#Stubs]] (0 stubs)
  
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*<span style="background:#FFFF00">[[Coppermind:White Sand#Stubs]] (1 stub)</span>
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* [[Coppermind:Warbreaker#Stubs]] (0 stubs)
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*<span style="background:#FFFF00">[[Coppermind:Cosmere#Stubs]] (<5 stubs from short stories and general cosmere)</span>
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* <span style="background:#FFFF00">[[Coppermind:White Sand#Stubs]] (1 stub)</span>
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* [[Coppermind:Cosmere#Stubs]] (0 stubs from short stories and general cosmere)
   
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== Subpages ==
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=== Keep an Eye on ===
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* [[:Category:Sidequote with lazy parameters]]
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*[[User:Stargazer/Cosmere]]
  
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** Is it worth trying to change the sidequote template to eliminate this (assuming that's what does this)? I'm not sure how helpful it is.
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*[[User:Stargazer/EC]]
  
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* Disambiguation page links. All of the ones not in the User namespace are gone, but recheck every so often. See [[:Category:Disambiguation pages]] and [[Special:DisambiguationPageLinks]].
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*[[User:Stargazer/Top Level Cats]]
  
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** Consider making redirects to disambigs (e.g. Mistborn (disambiguation) would redirect to Mistborn) so that we can link to disambigs in hat notes without clogging the Special page.
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*[[User:Stargazer/Tanavast]]
  
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* Redirects for new common searches on [[Special:SearchStats]].
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== Stuff Cut from Cosmere Page ==
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== Small Workspace (Currently for cosmere revisions) ==
  
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Content I wrote for the new cosmere page, was too detailed, but might be useful elsewhere
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'''Note:''' I'm not putting too much effort into layout (sidequotes and images mostly) just yet, because the text isn't set in <s>stone</s> steel yet and if it changes that could impact layout. I ''do'' intend to add more though, especially images.
  
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'''Cognitive Realm'''<br />
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The reason for this [land/water] inversion also has something to do with how people think, as well as where they are likely to pass.{{msh ref|3|2}}
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Not hedging on the land/water inversion being limited to Roshar and Scadrial. Leras implies it's a universal property; nuance can be discussed elsewhere.
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'''Spiritual Realm'''<br />
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Since the Spiritual Realm is not truly a place, travel to it does not so much involve literally going there, but rather seeing the various Connections of the present and into the future. For example, when [[Elend Venture]] burned [[atium]] with [[duralumin]], he was pulled mostly into the Spiritual Realm for a moment and understood [[Leras]]' plan for the death of [[Ati]].{{wob ref|6304}}{{book ref|mb3|81}} Visions, such as the ones [[Honor]] left for potential [[Order of Bondsmiths|Bondsmiths]], almost always involved being pulled partially into the Spiritual Realm, with an additional "Cognitive framework" to provide the structure of the vision.{{wob ref|9562}}
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It appears, however, that a person's accent is tied to their Identity, not the their Connection.{{wob ref|2558}} As a result, if a person forms Connection without adjusting their Identity, the person's soul will remember where they were born, and they will speak with an accent.{{book ref|mb6|22}} Suppressing that part of one's Identity, however, would allow one to speak with a local accent;{{wob ref|2558}} other methods may work as well.{{wob ref|9012}}
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'''Investiture'''<br />
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Like regular matter and energy, Investiture, when highly concentrated, causes time dilation.{{wob ref|13425}}
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Any pure Investiture in a solid state is always a metal.{{wob ref|9291}}
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Just as matter and energy can be converted into each other, Investiture can be converted to matter or energy, and vice versa.{{wob ref|3544}} Like matter and energy, it can neither be created nor destroyed, only changed from one form to another.{{wob ref|1649}} Investiture thus adheres to the laws of thermodynamics, though, in the cosmere, there is a yet-unknown fourth law that relates to Adonalsium.{{wob ref|3544}}
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though the phrases "manifestations of Investiture" and "forms of Investiture" are also used [to refer to Invested Arts].{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}}{{book ref|elantris|part=ars}}
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''More detailed version cut from Realmatic Theory work''<br />
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In addition to having ordinary mass and energy, the cosmere also has a magical power known as [[Investiture]]. Investiture is closely tied to the Spiritual Realm,{{wob ref|5610}}{{wob ref|3413}} which holds a vast reserve of Investiture,{{wob ref|7079}} but ultimately transcends the divisions between the three Realms.{{wob ref|5610}} Over time, Investiture will cycle between the Realms,{{wob ref|7079}}{{wob ref|11041}} but ultimately returns to the Spiritual Realm.{{wob ref|397}}{{book ref|mb6|28}}
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Investiture follows many of the same laws of physics that ordinary mass and energy do. Just as [[wikipedia:mass–energy equivalence|mass and energy can be converted to each other]], so to can Investiture be converted to mass or energy, and vice versa.{{wob ref|4765}}{{wob ref|3544}} Once this equivalence is accounted for, the cosmere adheres to the [[wikipedia:laws of thermodynamics|laws of thermodynamics]],{{wob ref|3544}}{{wob ref|1649}}{{wob ref|5093}} though there is an additional fourth law that relates to [[Adonalsium]].{{wob ref|3544}} Like matter and energy, high concentrations of Investiture [[wikipedia:general relativity|curves space]], but it primarily affects the geometry of the Realms and brings them closer together rather than creating ordinary gravitational effects. At a certain point, this effect will cause a [[perpendicularity]] to form.{{wob ref|8920}} Similarly, high concentrations of Investiture also cause [[wikipedia:time dilation|time dilation]],{{wob ref|13425}} though it appears that far higher concentrations than those usually found in perpendicularities are needed for this effect to become noticeable.{{book ref|sa3|119}}{{book ref|mb2|58}} Investiture is [[wikipedia:quantization (physics)|quantized]] and has [[wikipedia:force carrier|force carriers]], though they act "very oddly."{{wob ref|3413}} Investiture also has a property that associates with specific Shards, though it is also still linked to Adonalsium.{{wob ref|8605}}{{wob ref|9385}}
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'''Shards'''<br />
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Shards can also create various constructs that will act according to rules they lay down and do not require direct action on their part to maintain. Examples of this include how [[Preservation]] set up the [[mist]]s to [[Snapping|Snap]] people and the [[Dalinar's visions|visions]] [[Honor]] left for potential [[Order of Bondsmiths|Bondsmiths]].{{wob ref|4445}}{{book ref|sa1|75}}
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A Vessel's expanded mind also allows them to stretch time to fit their needs, and they can instantaneously move their focus around a world in which they are Invested.{{book ref|mb3|76}}{{book ref|mb3|79}}
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At least one Shard, [[Autonomy]], has also shown the ability to create additional avatars of herself.{{epigraph ref|sa3|50}} Shardic avatars appear to be personalities tied to a piece of a Shard's power that can nevertheless be disconnected from the main focus of a Shard's Investiture, allowing them to operate far from the main body of the Shard's attention and power and with a degree of independence.{{wob ref|3974}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|43}}{{wob ref|9385}} Avatars can be created without a Shard's conscious involvement, but a Shard is always aware of his or her avatars.{{wob ref|13220}}
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'''Odium's Impact on Selish CR'''<br />
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First, it made the Cognitive Realm around Sel incredibly dangerous, as Devotion and Dominion's Investiture is trapped together in a high-energy state known as the [[Dor]], without enough "escape valves" to stabilize the system.{{au ref|Sel}}{{wob ref|4129}} Second, because the Cognitive Realm was distinct locations and the Spiritual Realm does not, systems of Investiture on Sel became highly-location dependent—different systems of Investiture exist in different regions and the symbols used to access the Dor are often derived from geographical features.{{au ref|Sel}}{{tes ref|30}}{{book ref|elantris|49}}{{book ref|elantris|55}}
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== Small Workspace (Currently cosmere RoW update tracking) ==
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'''Outline'''
  
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<br>Code: <span style="background:#FF0000">Not Started</span>, <span style="background:#FFFF00">Started</span>, <span style="background:#FF00FF">Written; Needs Extensive Revisions</span>, <span style="background:#00FFFF">Written; Needs Minor Revisions</span>, <span style="background:#00FF00">Revised; Ready for Style Review</span>
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Code: <span style="background:#FF0000">Not Started</span>, <span style="background:#FFFF00">Started</span>, <span style="background:#00FF00">Done</span>, <span style="background:#00FFFF">Not Needed</span>, <span style="background:#FF00FF">Not Sure</span>
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**<span style="background:#FF00FF">Realms</span>
  
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*<span style="background:#00FFFF">History</span>
  
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Revision as of 23:18, 19 November 2020

I started reading Brandon's works in 2015 and have been following the community on and off since then. I finally decided to start contributing here in 2019. I'm using this page to keep track of some #Projects and #Subpages for the larger-scale edits I'm working on, as well as for listing some miscellanious resources and notes.

I'm also a Keeper, which I guess means I'm qualified to answer questions about how to do wiki things or how to handle weird situations. Feel free to contact me on my talk page or on our Coppermind editors Discord server (I'm Stargazer#6905 there if you want to ping me or would feel better direct messaging me).

I often take inspiration for edits from things I see in Special:RecentChanges so if I edit something you just did, it's probably not because you did anything wrong, I just saw something else on the page that I thought could be improved.

My thousandth edit came in the middle of a spree to fix the book parameter in all the Skyward infoboxes (I note that only so that I can remember in five years exactly which page it was).

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Other/Personal

  • Re-check the type of infobox on whatever we end up calling the article for the delver training maze after Skyward 3 comes out.
  • Make sure species names and variations of "cytonic" are lowercase. Biggest offenders are probably Category:Defending Elysium
    • Check world parameter; I think we said this should be homeworld, not wherever the species happens to appear.
  • I think there's some clean-up that could be done on high level categories (and meta categorization!); look into that some more and discuss with Keepers.
  • Organize Coppermind:Artists/taratjah's tarot cards, but that also requires working out galleries.
  • Tanavast and Honor: Working out the difference between Vessel and Shard pages and adding detail. Haven't actually gotten to work on this, but work in progress will be at User:Stargazer/Tanavast and User:Stargazer/Honor. See Rayse and Odium for general split between Vessel and Shard.
  • Tweaking era parameters (this one's grown a bit since I started it). New {{era}} template is at the top of this page, doing infobox work on User:Stargazer/General Testing.
  • Other articles to maybe work on some day

General quality

De-stubbing the cosmere

Last checked: 2020-07-06

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  • Category:Sidequote with lazy parameters
    • Is it worth trying to change the sidequote template to eliminate this (assuming that's what does this)? I'm not sure how helpful it is.
  • Disambiguation page links. All of the ones not in the User namespace are gone, but recheck every so often. See Category:Disambiguation pages and Special:DisambiguationPageLinks.
    • Consider making redirects to disambigs (e.g. Mistborn (disambiguation) would redirect to Mistborn) so that we can link to disambigs in hat notes without clogging the Special page.
  • Redirects for new common searches on Special:SearchStats.

Stuff Cut from Cosmere Page

Content I wrote for the new cosmere page, was too detailed, but might be useful elsewhere

Cognitive Realm
The reason for this [land/water] inversion also has something to do with how people think, as well as where they are likely to pass.[1] 

Not hedging on the land/water inversion being limited to Roshar and Scadrial. Leras implies it's a universal property; nuance can be discussed elsewhere.

Spiritual Realm
Since the Spiritual Realm is not truly a place, travel to it does not so much involve literally going there, but rather seeing the various Connections of the present and into the future. For example, when Elend Venture burned atium with duralumin, he was pulled mostly into the Spiritual Realm for a moment and understood Leras' plan for the death of Ati.[2][3] Visions, such as the ones Honor left for potential Bondsmiths, almost always involved being pulled partially into the Spiritual Realm, with an additional "Cognitive framework" to provide the structure of the vision.[4]

It appears, however, that a person's accent is tied to their Identity, not the their Connection.[5] As a result, if a person forms Connection without adjusting their Identity, the person's soul will remember where they were born, and they will speak with an accent.[6] Suppressing that part of one's Identity, however, would allow one to speak with a local accent;[5] other methods may work as well.[7]

Investiture
Like regular matter and energy, Investiture, when highly concentrated, causes time dilation.[8] Any pure Investiture in a solid state is always a metal.[9] Just as matter and energy can be converted into each other, Investiture can be converted to matter or energy, and vice versa.[10] Like matter and energy, it can neither be created nor destroyed, only changed from one form to another.[11] Investiture thus adheres to the laws of thermodynamics, though, in the cosmere, there is a yet-unknown fourth law that relates to Adonalsium.[10] though the phrases "manifestations of Investiture" and "forms of Investiture" are also used [to refer to Invested Arts].[12][13]

More detailed version cut from Realmatic Theory work
In addition to having ordinary mass and energy, the cosmere also has a magical power known as Investiture. Investiture is closely tied to the Spiritual Realm,[14][15] which holds a vast reserve of Investiture,[16] but ultimately transcends the divisions between the three Realms.[14] Over time, Investiture will cycle between the Realms,[16][17] but ultimately returns to the Spiritual Realm.[18][19]

Investiture follows many of the same laws of physics that ordinary mass and energy do. Just as mass and energy can be converted to each other, so to can Investiture be converted to mass or energy, and vice versa.[20][10] Once this equivalence is accounted for, the cosmere adheres to the laws of thermodynamics,[10][11][21] though there is an additional fourth law that relates to Adonalsium.[10] Like matter and energy, high concentrations of Investiture curves space, but it primarily affects the geometry of the Realms and brings them closer together rather than creating ordinary gravitational effects. At a certain point, this effect will cause a perpendicularity to form.[22] Similarly, high concentrations of Investiture also cause time dilation,[8] though it appears that far higher concentrations than those usually found in perpendicularities are needed for this effect to become noticeable.[23][24] Investiture is quantized and has force carriers, though they act "very oddly."[15] Investiture also has a property that associates with specific Shards, though it is also still linked to Adonalsium.[25][26]

Shards
Shards can also create various constructs that will act according to rules they lay down and do not require direct action on their part to maintain. Examples of this include how Preservation set up the mists to Snap people and the visions Honor left for potential Bondsmiths.[27][28]

A Vessel's expanded mind also allows them to stretch time to fit their needs, and they can instantaneously move their focus around a world in which they are Invested.[29][30]

At least one Shard, Autonomy, has also shown the ability to create additional avatars of herself.[31] Shardic avatars appear to be personalities tied to a piece of a Shard's power that can nevertheless be disconnected from the main focus of a Shard's Investiture, allowing them to operate far from the main body of the Shard's attention and power and with a degree of independence.[32][33][26] Avatars can be created without a Shard's conscious involvement, but a Shard is always aware of his or her avatars.[34]

Odium's Impact on Selish CR
First, it made the Cognitive Realm around Sel incredibly dangerous, as Devotion and Dominion's Investiture is trapped together in a high-energy state known as the Dor, without enough "escape valves" to stabilize the system.[35][36] Second, because the Cognitive Realm was distinct locations and the Spiritual Realm does not, systems of Investiture on Sel became highly-location dependent—different systems of Investiture exist in different regions and the symbols used to access the Dor are often derived from geographical features.[35][37][38][39]

  1. ↑ Mistborn: Secret History part 3 chapter 2#
  2. ↑ Shadows of Self Chicago signing
    — Arcanum - 2015-10-12#
  3. ↑ The Hero of Ages chapter 81#
  4. ↑ JordanCon 2018
    — Arcanum - 2018-04-22#
  5. ↑ a b Arcanum Unbounded signing Fort Collins
    — Arcanum - 2016-11-29#
  6. ↑ The Bands of Mourning chapter 22#
  7. ↑ General Reddit 2017
    — Arcanum - 2017-12-18#
  8. ↑ a b Starsight Release Party
    — Arcanum - 2019-11-26#
  9. ↑ Emerald City Comic Con 2018
    — Arcanum - 2018-03-01#
  10. ↑ a b c d e /r/books AMA 2015
    — Arcanum - 2015-07-14#
  11. ↑ a b /r/books AMA 2015
    — Arcanum - 2015-03-12#
  12. ↑ The Alloy of Law Ars Arcanum#
  13. ↑ Elantris Ars Arcanum#
  14. ↑ a b Words of Radiance Houston signing
    — Arcanum - 2014-03-11#
  15. ↑ a b /r/books AMA 2015
    — Arcanum - 2015-05-24#
  16. ↑ a b Firefight release party
    — Arcanum - 2015-01-05#
  17. ↑ Skyward Pre-Release AMA
    — Arcanum - 2018-10-05#
  18. ↑ #SandersonChat Twitter Q&A with Audible.com
    — Arcanum - 2016-02-04#
  19. ↑ The Bands of Mourning chapter 28#
  20. ↑ Kraków signing
    — Arcanum - 2017-03-21#
  21. ↑ Salt Lake City ComicCon 2017
    — Arcanum - 2017-09-21#
  22. ↑ Salt Lake City signing
    — Arcanum - 2017-12-16#
  23. ↑ Oathbringer chapter 119#
  24. ↑ The Well of Ascension chapter 58#
  25. ↑ Oathbringer London signing
    — Arcanum - 2017-11-28#
  26. ↑ a b /r/Cosmere
    — Arcanum - 2018-03-18#
  27. ↑ Barnes and Noble Book Club Q&A
    — Arcanum - 2009-07-08#
  28. ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 75#
  29. ↑ The Hero of Ages chapter 76#
  30. ↑ The Hero of Ages chapter 79#
  31. ↑ Oathbringer chapter 50 epigraph#
  32. ↑ General Reddit 2016
    — Arcanum - 2016-11-28#
  33. ↑ Oathbringer chapter 43 epigraph#
  34. ↑ Prague Signing
    — Arcanum - 2019-10-26#
  35. ↑ a b Arcanum Unbounded - The Selish System#
  36. ↑ /r/Stormlight_Archive
    — Arcanum - 2013-03-11#
  37. ↑ The Emperor's Soul - Day 30#
  38. ↑ Elantris chapter 49#
  39. ↑ Elantris chapter 55#

Small Workspace (Currently cosmere RoW update tracking)

Code: Not Started, Started, Done, Not Needed, Not Sure

  • Intro
  • Properties and Forces
    • Realms
      • Physical Realm
      • Cognitive Realm
      • Spiritual Realm
    • Investiture
    • Adonalsium
      • Shards of Adonalsium
  • Planets
  • History
    • Before the Shattering
    • The Shattering of Adonalsium
    • Odium's Quest
    • The Ascension of Harmony
    • Splintering of Honor and the True Desolation
    • Trell and Scadrial
  • Worldhoppers
    • Hoid
    • Worldhopping Groups
      • The Seventeenth Shard
      • Silverlight
      • The Ire
      • The Ghostbloods
    • Other Worldhoppers
  • Development
  • Bibliography of the Cosmere
    • Forthcoming
    • Chronological Order
  • Further Reading
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