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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 new to editing wikis, so I'm mostly going to be using this page for figuring that out and drafting articles.
 
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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've got some miscellaneous resources and notes on this page, as well as a vague list of [[#Projects]] and my [[#Subpages]].
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I'm also a [[Coppermind:Keepers|Keeper]] and member of the [[Coppermind:Synod|Synod]], which basically means I'm someone you can come to if you want some help getting started on the Coppermind, have any questions about wiki policies or guidelines, want some advice on how to handle something, think there's something that needs to be done that you don't have permissions for, run into an issue with another editor, or otherwise need help with something Coppermind-related. Feel free to contact me via any of the options listed on [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|my talk page]].
'''Completed Projects'''
 
*[[Becca Nightshade]]
 
*[[Tsa]]
 
   
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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.
'''Current Projects''' (in rough priority order)
 
*[[Judy Ivans]]: As far as content is concerned, I think this is good; hoping to get some art for the page.
 
*[[Rikolfr]]: Wrote in information, needs some work on presentation.
 
*[[Sylphrena]] (History Section): Main June/July Objective. Just started work; it looks like the Attributes & Abilities section has gotten a little tangled with the History section, so I'll actually be doing both. I might write a Relationships section too.
 
*[[M-Bot]]: If no one takes this objective by the time I'm done with Syl, I'll probably grab this one too.
 
*[[Cognitive Shadow]]: Noticed this on the urgent list and thought I'd put some work into it. Examples section done; will keep working.
 
*[[Identity]]: Also on the urgent list. If I have a chance, I'll see what I can do here too.
 
   
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[[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 and [[Special:Diff/169139|my ten thousandth edit]] was adding a disambiguation note to between Tindwyl and Tindwyl Ladrian (I note that only so that I can remember in five years exactly which page it was).
'''Workspace (Currently for Syl)'''
 
{{spoilers|book=sa3}}
 
== History ==
 
=== Creation & Early Life ===
 
Sometime before the [[Day of Recreance]], [[Honor]] passed on the responsibility of creating [[honorspren]] to the [[Stormfather]], who only created a handful of spren at first, including Sylphrena. Sylphrena formed a [[Nahel Bond]] with a human who died before the Recreance, saving her from the fate of her brothers and sisters, who were all destroyed and turned into [[deadeye]]s by the [[Knights Radiant]] abandoning their oaths. The loss of her human sent Syl into a deep slumber that lasted thousands of years, during which time the Stormfather only created ten other honorspren, who in turn created the next generation and so on, making Syl one of only eleven living spren created by the Stormfather. Sylphrena was found asleep by the other honorspren, who gave her the moniker "The Ancient Daughter." Some time after awaking, around 1770, she felt drawn to Kaladin because of the protective way he treated children while he was a squad leader in [[Amaram]]'s army and, though the other honorspren told her not to do so, ran away to the [[Physical Realm]]. This escape caused the honorspren to put a sizable bounty on bringing Syl back to their capital, [[Lasting Integrity]].{{book ref|sa3|102}}{{book ref|sa3|108}}
 
   
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== Subpages ==
=== Meeting Kaladin & Bridge Four ===
 
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Leaving [[Shadesmar]] made Sylphrena lose most of her cognitive ability, becoming a mostly mindless spren and acting like most [[windspren]], which are considered a sort of cousin to honorspren.{{wob ref|4071}} During this time, Syl closely followed Kaladin from his time at Amaram's army, during his battle with [[Helaran Davar]] and during his eight months as a slave.{{disputed|note to self: nale down timeline. Also, don't like wording}} Syl especially took note of the time when Kal found the leaves of [[blackbane]] and kept them. At first, she just played pranks on him, as a regular windspren would, like sticking things to his hand, however, proximity to Kaladin slowly returned her memory and intelligence. Kaladin started to notice her presence while he was enslaved, thinking of her as a common windspren, but finding it strange that she had followed him for so long. Right before Kaladin was sold to Sadeas' warcamp, Syl was able to talk to him, at first just calling his name, but later being able to carry a conversation. At the start, Kaladin was unwilling to talk to her and thought he was going insane, but eventually gave in.{{book ref|sa1|4}}{{book ref|sa1|43}}
 
   
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== List of Commonly Linked to Disambigs ==
When Kal was sold as a slave to Sadeas' army he was sent to [[Bridge Four]] to be a bridgeman under [[Gaz]] due to his ''shash'' brand. He was then immediately sent to his first bridge run, without any preparation or equipment and forced to assault the [[Parshendi]] while carrying a bridge. When the run is over Kaladin tried to help the other bridgemen but was too tired and just collapsed unconscious, when the other bridgemen left, he was almost left behind, but Syl called his name and urged him to get up and move.{{book ref|sa1|6}} During his time in Bridge Four Sylphrena becomes increasingly more aware and intelligent and recovers some of her memory from her life in Shadesmar. Kaladin, however, got more and more depressed at his situation and eventually, Syl was unable to bear seeing Kal in this state and told him she would leave, but would come back soon. Sylphrena, reminded of how Kaladin had felt hope when he kept the blackbane, went to look for more of the plant. However, her absence made Kal get even more depressed and drove him to go take his life at the [[Honor Chasm]], where Syl finally came back, carrying a leave of blackbane and explained to him that she thought it would make him feel better. This innocent gesture ironically gives Kaladin the will to live again and he leaves the chasm resolved to become bridge leader and save all the other men of Bridge Four.
 
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*[[Veil]]
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*[[Radiant]]
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*[[Wyrn]]
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*[[Sand master]]
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*[[Khal]]
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*[[Mistborn]]
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*[[Patji]]
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*[[Diagram]]
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*[[Lightweaving]]
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*[[Krell]]
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*[[Rira]]
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*[[Edgedancer]]
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== Exemplary Article Tracking ==
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=== Exemplary Articles by Series ===
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When Kaladin began to break his oaths during Words of Radiance, Syl started losing sentience, reverting back to a mindless windspren. She became more childlike, easily distracted, and lost her bond with Kaladin to the point where he could no longer draw upon Stormlight to Surgebind. When Kaladin fell into the chasm, he was able to draw one breath of Stormlight to save himself, though he heard Syl scream in his head. She did not reappear after that, and during the next highstorm, Kaladin received a vision from the Stormfather, saying that he had killed her. He was no longer able to use any Surgebinding powers, and Syl vanished. When Kaladin tried to save Elhokar from the assassination attempt, he thought the words of the First Ideal, and began to hear shouting. It resolved into Syl arguing with the Stormfather and being forbidden to return to Kaladin. Syl then told Kaladin to speak the words, and he spoke the Third Ideal of the Windrunners. Syl then reappeared and spun around Kaladin, telling him to hold out his hand. He did so, blocking Moash's Shardblade as Syl formed into a Shardblade in his hand. His Surgebinding abilities came back, and Syl was able to speak in his mind and tell him that she ''was only as dead as his oaths''.
 
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category = Stormlight Archive
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| style="vertical-align:top" |'''''Mistborn'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
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category = Mistborn
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'''''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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</dynamicpagelist>
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| style="vertical-align:top" |'''''Shadows for Silence'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
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category = Shadows for Silence
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addfirstcategorydate = true
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ordermethod = categoryadd
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</dynamicpagelist>
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'''''Skyward'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
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category = Skyward
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addfirstcategorydate = true
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ordermethod = categoryadd
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</dynamicpagelist>
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'''''The Rithmatist'''''
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category = Exemplary articles
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category = The Rithmatist
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addfirstcategorydate = true
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|}
   
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=== Candidates for Promotion ===
{{expand|OB}}
 
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== Abilities and Attributes ==
 
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Like other larger spren, Syl could change her form, although since bonding with Kaladin, she was usually in the shape of a small, glowing woman. She had the ability to cause things to stick together which she generally used to play pranks on people. She could float or fly through the air, as well as walk sideways, and was particularly good at finding things such as when she helped search for the knobweeds and loot from the chasms for [[Bridge Four]]. She had the ability to bond with people and gain higher sentience in exchange for granting that person Surgebinding abilities, although whether this is voluntarily caused by her is unknown.
 
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| style="vertical-align:top" |'''Current Exemplary Articles'''
 
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=== Nahel Bond ===
 
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| I'm behind what is happening to you. I'm doing it. It's both of us. But without me, nothing would be changing in you. I'm . . . taking something from you. And giving something in return. It's the way it used to work, though I can't remember how or when. I just know that it was. I'm willing to stop it, if you want. But I would go back to being as I was before. That scares me. Floating on the wind, never remembering anything for longer than a few minutes. It's because of this tie between us that I can think again, that I can remember what and who I am. If we end it, I lose that.
 
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| Syl to [[Kaladin]] on where his [[Surgebinding]] abilities are from{{book ref|twok|57}}
 
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| style="vertical-align:top" |'''Complete Articles by Size'''
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}}
 
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== Projects ==
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=== Primary ===
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* Fabrial parameter on {{t|metal}} infobox?
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* Implementing [[/Subpage list]]?
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* Standards for Uncanonical titles vs Unnamed characters categories?
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* Spoiler redirect template?
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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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* 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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* Find chapters for [[:Category:Chapterless references]].
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* Other: See list at [[Special:SpecialPages]].
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==== Keep an eye on ====
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* [[:Category:Sidequote with lazy parameters]]
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** Is it worth trying to change the sidequote template to eliminate this? I'm not sure how helpful it is.
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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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** 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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* Redirects for new common searches on [[Special:SearchStats]].
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* [https://coppermind.net/wiki/Special:Search?search=-hastemplate:stub+-hastemplate:partial+-hastemplate:complete+-incategory:meta+-incategory:subpages+-incategory:%22spoiler+redirects%22+-incategory:%22Cover+Galleries%22+-incategory:%22interior+art%22+-incategory:%22Gallery+Subpages%22&&&ns0=1 Missing completion tags]
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* [https://coppermind.net/wiki/Special:Search?search=-hastemplate:infobox+-incategory:series+-incategory:meta+-incategory:subpages+-incategory:%22spoiler+redirects%22+-incategory:%22Cover+Galleries%22+-incategory:%22interior+art%22+-incategory:%22Gallery+Subpages%22&&&ns0=1 Missing infoboxes]
   
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=== De-stubbing the cosmere ===
As a true spren, Syl is capable of crossing into the Physical Realm to forge a Nahel bond with another sapient being. This starts the bonded creature on the path to being a Knight Radiant and grants him or her Surgebinding and the ability to breath in Stormlight, and also helps Syl regain some of the sapience and memories she lost by transitioning from the Cognitive Realm to the Physical. If the bond advances to a certain point, Syl becomes close enough to the Physical Realm that she can be summoned as a Shardblade. While in the Physical Realm, Syl can change her appearance and make herself invisible to others.
 
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* [[Coppermind:Elantris#Stubs]] (0 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]] (10 stubs)</span>
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* [[Coppermind:Stormlight Archive#Stubs]] (27 stubs)
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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:Cosmere#Stubs]] (0 stubs from short stories and general cosmere)
   
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=== Other ===
Since Syl is a honorspren, those who bond with her become Windrunners, with access to the Surges of Adhesion and Gravitation.
 
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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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* Make sure species names and variations of "cytonic" are lowercase. Biggest offenders are probably [[:Category:Defending Elysium]]
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*Other articles to maybe work on some day
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** [[Cognitive Shadow]]
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** [[Elendel#Government]]
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** [[Sigzil]]
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** [[Sibling]]
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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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== Cosmere Update Tracking ==
The Nahel bond can be broken in three main ways. One, if the Radiant dies, the bond ends; this is painful for the spren, but not deadly. Second, if the Radiant breaks his or her oaths, the spren is killed and becomes a deadeye unless the Radiant returns to the oaths. Third, Notum mentions unspecified "other ways" that work as long as the Fifth Ideal has not been sworn.
 
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<span style="background:#FFFF00">Review</span>,
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<span style="background:#00FFFF">Not Needed</span>,
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<span style="background:#FF00FF">Not Sure</span>
   
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*<span style="background:#00FF00">Intro</span>
== Notes ==
 
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*<span style="background:#00FFFF">Properties and Forces</span>
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**<span style="background:#FFFF00">Realms</span>
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***<span style="background:#00FF00">Physical Realm</span>
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***<span style="background:#FF00FF">Cognitive Realm</span>
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***<span style="background:#FF00FF">Spiritual Realm</span>
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**<span style="background:#FF00FF">Investiture</span>
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***<span style="background:#FFFF00">Anti-Investiture</span>
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**<span style="background:#FF00FF">Perpendicularities</span>
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**<span style="background:#FF00FF">Adonalsium</span>
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***<span style="background:#FFFF00">Shards of Adonalsium</span>
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**<span style="background:#FF0000">Aethers</span>
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*<span style="background:#00FF00">Planets</span>
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**<span style="background:#00FF00">Primary Worlds</span>
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**<span style="background:#00FF00">Other Notable Worlds</span>
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*<span style="background:#00FFFF">History</span>
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**<span style="background:#00FFFF">Before the Shattering</span>
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**<span style="background:#00FFFF">The Shattering of Adonalsium</span>
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**<span style="background:#00FF00">Odium's Quest</span>
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**<span style="background:#00FFFF">The Ascension of Harmony</span>
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**<span style="background:#00FF00">Splintering of Honor and the True Desolation</span>
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**<span style="background:#FFFF00">Trell and Scadrial</span>
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*<span style="background:#FFFF00">Worldhoppers</span>
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**<span style="background:#00FFFF">Hoid</span>
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**<span style="background:#00FFFF">Worldhopping Groups</span>
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***<span style="background:#00FFFF">The Seventeenth Shard</span>
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***<span style="background:#FFFF00">Silverlight</span>
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***<span style="background:#00FF00">The Ire</span>
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***<span style="background:#FFFF00">The Ghostbloods</span>
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***<span style="background:#FF0000">The Night Brigade</span>
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**<span style="background:#FFFF00">Other Worldhoppers</span>
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*<span style="background:#FF0000">Development</span>
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*<span style="background:#00FF00">Bibliography of the Cosmere</span>
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**<span style="background:#00FF00">Forthcoming</span>
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**<span style="background:#00FFFF">Chronological Order</span>
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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've got some miscellaneous resources and notes on this page, as well as a vague list of #Projects and my #Subpages.

I'm also a Keeper and member of the Synod, which basically means I'm someone you can come to if you want some help getting started on the Coppermind, have any questions about wiki policies or guidelines, want some advice on how to handle something, think there's something that needs to be done that you don't have permissions for, run into an issue with another editor, or otherwise need help with something Coppermind-related. Feel free to contact me via any of the options listed on my talk page.

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 and my ten thousandth edit was adding a disambiguation note to between Tindwyl and Tindwyl Ladrian (I note that only so that I can remember in five years exactly which page it was).

Subpages[edit]

List of Commonly Linked to Disambigs[edit]

Exemplary Article Tracking[edit]

Exemplary Articles by Series[edit]

This section separates out exemplary articles by what series they are from, to assist in providing variety for the featured article. As a check for each series has to be added manually, some exemplary articles may be missed. For reference, there are currently 16 exemplary articles.

The Stormlight Archive Mistborn

Elantris

Warbreaker

Shadows for Silence

Skyward

The Rithmatist

Candidates for Promotion[edit]

This section aims to identify complete articles that may be candidates for promotion to exemplary based on article length. Current exemplary articles are included in the list of complete articles and a separate list of current exemplary articles by page length is provided for ease of referencing where the complete articles stand relative to current exemplary ones.

Current Exemplary Articles
  1. Rosharan subastral
  2. Miles Dagouter
  3. Kharbranth
  4. Lasting Integrity
  5. Kalak
  6. Hudiya
  7. Feruchemy
  8. Elantris (city)
  9. Rithmatics
  10. Purelake
  11. Ialai Sadeas
  12. Shade
  13. Jezrien
  14. Ba-Ado-Mishram
  15. Manywar
  16. Hierocracy
Complete Articles by Size

Projects[edit]

Primary[edit]

  • Fabrial parameter on {{metal}} infobox?
  • Implementing /Subpage list?
  • Standards for Uncanonical titles vs Unnamed characters categories?
  • Spoiler redirect template?

General quality[edit]

Keep an eye on[edit]

De-stubbing the cosmere[edit]

Last checked: 00:31, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Other[edit]

  • 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
  • Other articles to maybe work on some day

Cosmere Update Tracking[edit]

Code: Not Started, In Progress, Review, Done, Not Needed, Not Sure

  • Intro
  • Properties and Forces
    • Realms
      • Physical Realm
      • Cognitive Realm
      • Spiritual Realm
    • Investiture
      • Anti-Investiture
    • Perpendicularities
    • Adonalsium
      • Shards of Adonalsium
    • Aethers
  • Planets
    • Primary Worlds
    • Other Notable Worlds
  • 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
      • The Night Brigade
    • Other Worldhoppers
  • Development
  • Bibliography of the Cosmere
    • Forthcoming
    • Chronological Order
  • Further Reading