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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 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).
== Navigation ==
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== List of Commonly Linked to Disambigs ==
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*[[Kholin]]
*[[Sadeas]]
*[[Krell]]
*[[Rira]]
*[[Edgedancer]]
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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.
== Exemplary Articles by Book ==
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| style="vertical-align:top" |'''''The Stormlight Archive'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
category = Stormlight Archive
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'''''Mistborn'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
category = Mistborn
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| style="vertical-align:top" |'''''Elantris'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
category = Elantris
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'''''Warbreaker'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
category = Warbreaker
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'''''Shadows for Silence'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
category = Shadows for Silence
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| style="vertical-align:top" |'''''Skyward'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
category = Skyward
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'''''The Rithmatist'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
category = The Rithmatist
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== Projects ==
=== Current ===
As in, actively (ish) being worked on and hopefully will be done soon.
* ''Rhythm of War''!
* Updating core cosmere articles with Grace
** [[Investiture]] (see [[User:Thegatorgirl00/Invested Art]], [[User:Thegatorgirl00/Investiture]], [[User:Thegatorgirl00/Investiture terms]])
** [[Perpendicularity]]?
** [[Physical Realm]]?
** Circle back to [[Realmatic Theory#Cognitive Realm]]?
* Check back on current deletion/move/merge tags after RoW calms down; we tabeled a fair number until RoW
=== 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 <code>world</code> 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 <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]].
*Other articles to maybe work on some day
** [[
** [[Elendel#Government]]
** [[Summary:Sixth of the Dusk]]
** [[Sigzil]]
** [[True Desolation]]
** Try to figure out what the Higgens Effect is. See [[Rame Maldor]] and ''Shadows of Self'' chapter 9.
* 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]].
* Check articles linking to {{t|17s ref}}, {{t|Qa ref}} (should only be User pages left), {{t|Twg ref}}, and {{t|Sots ref}}.
* Find chapters for [[:Category:Chapterless references]].
* Add links to [[Summary:Skyward]].
* Review articles. List of {{t|complete}} articles that interest me separately.
* Review list of [[Special:UnusedCategories]] with Keepers.
* Other: See list at [[Special:SpecialPages]].
'''Last checked: 2020-07-06'''
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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:Cosmere#Stubs]] (0 stubs from short stories and general cosmere)
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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 ==
'''Spiritual Realm'''<br />
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}}
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}}
'''Investiture'''<br />
Like regular matter and energy, Investiture, when highly concentrated, causes time dilation.{{wob ref|13425}}
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}}
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}}
''More detailed version cut from Realmatic Theory work''<br />
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}}
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}}
'''Shards'''<br />
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}}
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}}
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}}
'''Odium's Impact on Selish CR'''<br />
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) ==
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>
*<span style="background:#00FFFF">Intro</span>
*<span style="background:#00FFFF">Properties and Forces</span>
**<span style="background:#FF00FF">Realms</span>
***<span style="background:#00FFFF">Physical Realm</span>
***<span style="background:#FF0000">Cognitive Realm</span>
***<span style="background:#FF00FF">Spiritual Realm</span>
**<span style="background:#FF0000">Investiture</span>
**<span style="background:#00FFFF">Adonalsium</span>
***<span style="background:#FFFF00">Shards of Adonalsium</span>
*<span style="background:#FF00FF">Planets</span>
*<span style="background:#00FFFF">History</span>
**<span style="background:#00FFFF">Before the Shattering</span>
**<span style="background:#00FFFF">The Shattering of Adonalsium</span>
**<span style="background:#00FFFF">Odium's Quest</span>
**<span style="background:#00FFFF">The Ascension of Harmony</span>
**<span style="background:#FF0000">Splintering of Honor and the True Desolation</span>
**<span style="background:#00FFFF">Trell and Scadrial</span>
*<span style="background:#00FF00">Worldhoppers</span>
**<span style="background:#00FFFF">Hoid</span>
**<span style="background:#00FFFF">Worldhopping Groups</span>
***<span style="background:#00FFFF">The Seventeenth Shard</span>
***<span style="background:#00FFFF">Silverlight</span>
***<span style="background:#00FF00">The Ire</span>
***<span style="background:#00FF00">The Ghostbloods</span>
**<span style="background:#00FF00">Other Worldhoppers</span>
*<span style="background:#00FFFF">Development</span>
*<span style="background:#00FF00">Bibliography of the Cosmere</span>
**<span style="background:#00FF00">Forthcoming</span>
**<span style="background:#00FFFF">Chronological Order</span>
*<span style="background:#00FFFF">Further Reading</span>
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