Editing Brighter Shores:Orphanage

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'''Brighter Shores:Orphanage''' is a place where '''orphaned pages and files''' are "stored" to prevent them from appearing in [[Special:LonelyPages]] and [[Special:UnusedFiles]]. <span style="color:red; font-weight:bold">Pages (or images) should not be linked here just because they appear in these special pages, but linked because they are "orphans".</span> (See the definition of "orphan" below.)

==What is an orphan?==
There are several factors that can classify an article as an orphan:

*'''Orphan:''' An article with '''<span style="color:red">fewer than three</span>''' incoming links which meet the criteria for linking below.
*'''Isolated article:''' An article that cannot be reached via a series of links from the [[Brighter Shores Wiki|Main Page]].
*'''Walled garden:''' A group of articles that link to each other, but have few or no links to them from any other Brighter Shores Wiki articles. In effect, that group is orphaned. Theoretically, a walled garden could have numerous articles if they all link to each other but no others link to them.
*'''Orphaned project page:''' A project page (starting with "Brighter Shores:") with few or no links from other project pages. Essays are most likely to be orphaned.
*'''Orphaned image:''' An image not used on Brighter Shores Wiki directly.

==What is the problem with an orphaned article?==
'''A company with no advertising will not be known to others, and as a result, will get few if any customers.'''

Likewise, orphaned articles, since they have few links to them from other pages, are difficult to find, and are most likely to be found only by chance. Because of this, few people know they exist, and therefore, they get less readership and improvement from those who would be able to improve them.

In particular, if the topic is more obscure, this may make it difficult for many to locate. If not for links to a page, the only way such an article can be found is by a person who knows the topic entering it into Brighter Shores Wiki or doing a web search, browsing a category in which it is contained, looking at the edit history of a contributor to the page, or having it show up as a random article.

==Criteria==
An article is orphaned if '''<span style="color:red">fewer than three</span>''' other articles link to it. '''Currently our priority is to focus on orphans with NO incoming links at all.'''

For the purposes of the strict definition, the following pages do not count toward the three incoming links:
*Disambiguation pages
*Redirects
*Lists
*Discussion pages of articles
*Pages outside of article space

Ideally, except for disambiguation links, '''disambiguation pages should be orphaned'''. The only pages that should link to them are articles bearing the title (via templates such as [[Template:Redirect]]) and "See also" sections of other disambiguation pages (when separate disambiguation pages are created due to long length or variances in the titles).

==List of orphaned articles==
A list of orphaned articles can be found at [[Special:LonelyPages]]

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==Disambiguation pages==
{{Main|/Disambiguation pages}}
'''Disambiguation pages''' are created in order to resolve conflicts in article titles that occur when a single term can be associated with more than one topic, making that term likely to be the natural title for more than one article. In other words, disambiguations are paths leading to different articles which could, in principle, have the same title.

==Templates==
A list of orphaned templates can be found here: [[Special:UnusedTemplates]]

===Signatures===
Orphaned signatures can be found here: [[Template:Signatures/List]]

===Miscellaneous templates===
Miscellaneous orphaned templates can be found here: [[Brighter Shores:Orphanage/Templates]]

==Gallery of orphaned files==
{{incomplete|Compile all orphaned files, and explain their uses.}}

Some files may appear in the [[Special:UnusedFiles|Unused Files]] list if they are not directly used in an article. These files are considered '''orphaned files'''.

===General===
<gallery orientation=landscape>
Wiki.png|Wiki logo
Wiki@2x.png|Wiki@2x
Wiki@wordmark.png|Wiki@wordmark
Wiki background.jpg|Wiki background
Favicon.ico|Favicon
Lora.woff2|Lora.woff2
Lora-Italic.woff2|Lora-Italic.woff2
</gallery>

===UI Icons===
UI Icons
<gallery>
Section anchor light.svg|Anchor icon for section headers
White-chevron.svg|White-chevron
Close-x-white.svg|[[Template:Tooltip]]
Checkbox-unchecked-lightmode.svg|[[Template:Checklist]]
Checkbox-checked-lightmode.svg|[[Template:Checklist]]
</gallery>

===Infobox backgrounds===
<gallery>
Default infobox transparent background.png|Default infobox background
Hammermage transparent background.png|Hammermage class infobox background
Cryoknight transparent background.png|Cryoknight class infobox background
Guardian transparent background.png|Guardian class infobox background
Hopeport transparent background.png|Hopeport episode infobox background
Hopeforest transparent background.png|Hopeforest episode infobox background
Mine of Mantuban transparent background.png|Mine of Mantuban episode infobox background
Crenopolis transparent background.png|Crenopolis episode infobox background
Stonemaw Hill transparent background.png|Stonemaw Hill episode infobox background
Bleakholm Crags transparent background.png|Bleakholm Crags episode infobox background
</gallery>

===Infobox episode icons SVG===
<gallery>
Unknown episode infobox icon.svg|Unknown episode infobox icon
Hopeport episode infobox icon.svg|Hopeport episode infobox icon
Hopeforest episode infobox icon.svg|Hopeforest episode infobox icon
Mine of Mantuban infobox episode icon.svg|Mines of Mantuban episode infobox icon
Crenopolis episode infobox icon.svg|Crenopolis episode infobox icon
</gallery>

===Other handmade SVG===
<gallery>
Cryoknight icon.svg|Cryoknight icon
Guardian icon.svg|Guardian icon
Hammermage icon.svg|Hammermage icon
Physical damage icon.svg|Physical damage icon
Infernae damage icon.svg|Infernae damage icon
Necrotic damage icon.svg|Necrotic damage icon
</gallery>

===Infobox Item image borders===
<gallery>
Item border top left.png|Item border top left
Item border top right.png|Item border top right
Item border bottom right.png|Item border bottom right
Item border bottom left.png|Item border bottom left
Item border top.png|Item border top
Item border right.png|Item border right
Item border bottom.png|Item border bottom
Item border left.png|Item border left
</gallery>
<gallery>
Default Infobox Item border top left.png|Default Infobox Item border top left
Default Infobox Item border top right.png|Default Infobox Item border top right
Default Infobox Item border bottom right.png|Default Infobox Item border bottom right
Default Infobox Item border bottom left.png|Default Infobox Item border bottom left
Default Infobox Item border top.png|Default Infobox Item border top
Default Infobox Item border right.png|Infobox Item border right
Default Infobox Item border bottom.png|Default Infobox Item border bottom
Default Infobox Item border left.png|Default Infobox Item border left
Default Infobox Item border.png|Default Infobox Item border
</gallery>
<gallery>
Hopeport Infobox Item border top left.png|Hopeport Infobox Item border top left
Hopeport Infobox Item border top right.png|Hopeport Infobox Item border top right
Hopeport Infobox Item border bottom right.png|Hopeport Infobox Item border bottom right
Hopeport Infobox Item border bottom left.png|Hopeport Infobox Item border bottom left
Hopeport Infobox Item border top.png|Hopeport Infobox Item border top
Hopeport Infobox Item border right.png|Hopeport Infobox Item border right
Hopeport Infobox Item border bottom.png|Hopeport Infobox Item border bottom
Hopeport Infobox Item border left.png|Hopeport Infobox Item border left
Hopeport Infobox Item border.png|Hopeport Infobox Item border
</gallery>
<gallery>
Hopeforest Infobox Item border top left.png|Hopeforest Infobox Item border top left
Hopeforest Infobox Item border top right.png|Hopeforest Infobox Item border top right
Hopeforest Infobox Item border bottom right.png|Hopeforest Infobox Item border bottom right
Hopeforest Infobox Item border bottom left.png|Hopeforest Infobox Item border bottom left
Hopeforest Infobox Item border top.png|Hopeforest Infobox Item border top
Hopeforest Infobox Item border right.png|Hopeforest Infobox Item border right
Hopeforest Infobox Item border bottom.png|Hopeforest Infobox Item border bottom
Hopeforest Infobox Item border left.png|Hopeforest Infobox Item border left
Hopeforest Infobox Item border.png|Hopeforest Infobox Item border
</gallery>
<gallery>
Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border top left.png|Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border top left
Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border top right.png|Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border top right
Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border bottom right.png|Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border bottom right
Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border bottom left.png|Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border bottom left
Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border top.png|Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border top
Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border right.png|Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border right
Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border bottom.png|Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border bottom
Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border left.png|Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border left
Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border.png|Mine of Mantuban Infobox Item border
</gallery>
<gallery>
Crenopolis Infobox Item border top left.png|Crenopolis Infobox Item border top left
Crenopolis Infobox Item border top right.png|Crenopolis Infobox Item border top right
Crenopolis Infobox Item border bottom right.png|Crenopolis Infobox Item border bottom right
Crenopolis Infobox Item border bottom left.png|Crenopolis Infobox Item border bottom left
Crenopolis Infobox Item border top.png|Crenopolis Infobox Item border top
Crenopolis Infobox Item border right.png|Crenopolis Infobox Item border right
Crenopolis Infobox Item border bottom.png|Crenopolis Infobox Item border bottom
Crenopolis Infobox Item border left.png|Crenopolis Infobox Item border left
Crenopolis Infobox Item border.png|Crenopolis Infobox Item border
</gallery>
<gallery>
Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border top left.png|Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border top left
Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border top right.png|Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border top right
Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border bottom right.png|Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border bottom right
Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border bottom left.png|Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border bottom left
Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border top.png|Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border top
Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border right.png|Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border right
Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border bottom.png|Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border bottom
Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border left.png|Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border left
Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border.png|Stonemaw Hill Infobox Item border
</gallery>
<gallery>
Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border top left.png|Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border top left
Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border top right.png|Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border top right
Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border bottom right.png|Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border bottom right
Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border bottom left.png|Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border bottom left
Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border top.png|Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border top
Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border right.png|Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border right
Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border bottom.png|Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border bottom
Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border left.png|Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border left
Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border.png|Bleakholm Crags Infobox Item border
</gallery>

===Infobox Item (questitem)===
<gallery>
Quest Item Background.png|Quest Item Background
</gallery>

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