Projects And Helping To Edit

[Joe ST]

In the vein of wikipedia’s wikiprojects, I have recently made a few pages which will help people who are looking for a way to contribute to the coppermind but don’t know where to look to find things that need doing. They are a set of pages which list the status of various articles, so you can see which articles really need help. As a new contributor, adding content to the articles in the good or stub categories of your favorite series would be a reasonable place to start.

• Alcatraz
  
• Cosmere wide


• Elantris & <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" data-cke-saved-href="http://coppermind.net/wiki/User:Fbstj/Project:Emperor"href="http://coppermind.net/wiki/User:Fbstj/Project:Emperor" s_soul"="">The Emperor’s Soul


• Legion


• Mistborn: Trilogy, Wax & Wayne, Crafty RPG


• The Reckoners


• Rithmatist


• The Stormlight Archive (warning: this page is huge, there’s just so many articles relating to it it’s still not very usable)


• Warbreaker

 

 

Each of the sections corresponds to one of our article status categories. So the first section lists articles relating to particularly notable subjects, like major characters and places, or particularly important events in the plot, things like that. The exemplary articles are those which are especially well written and laid out, and who’s content completely describes the subject. The complete articles are in general much shorter than exemplary articles. They usually cover topics where there is not enough information to write an exemplary-length article, but they do contain all possible information on the subject. Following this the articles nearing completion are those which just need to be reviewed finally by the admins to make sure all the information is accounted for and correct, as well as correctly cited. The articles in these above sections probably won’t need much attention, so are probably not the place to start for new contributors.

The good and stub sections contain all the other articles. The difference being that good articles contain a lot more information than stubs, which usually have less than a paragraph or two of content. In general, good denotes a page partway between stub and exemplary. These are a great place for new editors to start, so if you see a subject you know things about, then open the article and add what you know to it. You don’t necessarily have to cite your work or even write it in flowing prose. These things can easily be added later, just add the facts you know so the article has more information. 

On to the attention needed list, which contains pages which are missing most of their content; especially pages for notable subjects which currently are very short. Again these pages just need information so please add what you know so that other visitors can find out about these subjects.

The last sections are for pages with markers that indicate what kind of attention the page needs. These mostly involve finding references either in the books or some form of Word of Brandon.

The dispute and clarification lists contain pages where some of the facts aren't quite correct, so if you feel up to fact checking then go ahead and see if you know how to fix the issues.

The missing citations list contains the articles with the infamous [citation needed] label. A lot of these may be facts talked about in the books, but some may be from interviews or other interaction with Brandon. If you know where the fact exists, then hit the edit button and find the {{cite}} you want to replace. If you don’t know how to use the reference templates, just write in where your reference appears, for example {{cite|Elantris chapter 4}} or {{cite|http://....}} if it’s a link, and someone who knows the reference templates can come format them. This will push the article into the potential sources list which shows all articles with ideas about where a reference can be found for a citation request.

I totally admit that it’s a daunting task to start editing, especially with the complication of the references system. So if you want to help but don’t understand something, just send us an ask, or email me or send me a pm on 17S. You can also ask omnia-fortunae-commito​ (WeiryWriter on 17S) or Windrunner or Eric (Chaos) over on the 17S.

The project pages themselves are very basic and rough right now, so if you take a look and find yourself thinking that some other information would be useful, just ask and we’ll extend them to include other information or to better explain what the lists are.

[Blaze1616]

Your stormlight link has a typo, so the link is no good. You spelled Stormlgiht in the url section.

[Xaladin]

If someone could finish the Aon page that would be appreciated! (some of the aons, like Reo, don't have a picture)

[Joe ST]

We don't actually have any idea what some of the aon's look like, that's why they are missing images. 

[WeiryWriter]

We don't actually have any idea what some of the aon's look like, that's why they are missing images. 

 

While this is true, Aon Reo lacks an image because it's a storming evil Aon.  Seriously I don't know how long I've spent trying to figure out how to reproduce it.