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The links we currently provide for GameIDs are just to our internal redirect pages, and thus just loop back to the page one is currently on. Should we revise them to link out to GameTDB or someplace else that provides region specific info on titles? [[User:Kolano|Kolano]] ([[User talk:Kolano|talk]]) 03:10, 20 November 2016 (CET) | The links we currently provide for GameIDs are just to our internal redirect pages, and thus just loop back to the page one is currently on. Should we revise them to link out to GameTDB or someplace else that provides region specific info on titles? [[User:Kolano|Kolano]] ([[User talk:Kolano|talk]]) 03:10, 20 November 2016 (CET) | ||
: I like the idea. Redirecting to GameTDB seems doable as well since it's just a matter of passing the Game ID (e.g. http://www.gametdb.com/Wii/<gameID>)... - [[User: | : I like the idea. Redirecting to GameTDB seems doable as well since it's just a matter of passing the Game ID (e.g. http://www.gametdb.com/Wii/<gameID>)... - [[User:mbc07|mbc07]] ([[User talk:mbc07|talk]]) 04:20, 20 November 2016 (CET) | ||
: In the meantime it might be more useful to at least make all the GameID links in the infobox not redirect. I filled in a lot of the pages for weird IDs with some information when I was going through awhile ago (Target/Best Buy special editions, regions of release, game languages etc), and currently there's no way for someone to even know that exists without going out of their way to the ID page with a redirect=no. Those notes were mostly for future editors scratching their heads at the IDs (like I did), but it could give them additional marginal benefits. - [[User:Xerxes|Xerxes]] ([[User talk:Xerxes|talk]]) 11:22, 30 May 2017 (CEST) | : In the meantime it might be more useful to at least make all the GameID links in the infobox not redirect. I filled in a lot of the pages for weird IDs with some information when I was going through awhile ago (Target/Best Buy special editions, regions of release, game languages etc), and currently there's no way for someone to even know that exists without going out of their way to the ID page with a redirect=no. Those notes were mostly for future editors scratching their heads at the IDs (like I did), but it could give them additional marginal benefits. - [[User:Xerxes|Xerxes]] ([[User talk:Xerxes|talk]]) 11:22, 30 May 2017 (CEST) | ||
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:If nothing else works, we could always be more traditional and replace that code into actual parameter, then list alternative system version of the same game in each infobox. It'll even add non-existent page to the Wanted list if we so choose too. This seems manageable, there aren't many games to update and we have almost completed game list if not already. [[User:Lucario|Lucario]] ([[User talk:Lucario|talk]]) 04:13, 22 July 2017 (CEST) | :If nothing else works, we could always be more traditional and replace that code into actual parameter, then list alternative system version of the same game in each infobox. It'll even add non-existent page to the Wanted list if we so choose too. This seems manageable, there aren't many games to update and we have almost completed game list if not already. [[User:Lucario|Lucario]] ([[User talk:Lucario|talk]]) 04:13, 22 July 2017 (CEST) | ||
::I don't think that's such a bad idea honestly. As far as your implementation in the sandbox it's very clean and works fine in the expander. I even like the name "altsys", though "altsystem" may be clearer to editors. (As a personal request, please don't exceed 9 characters with new parameter names, it would mess up the spacing...) If the decision is made to switch because of the bugs then it might be good to add something like [[:Category:Games with alternate console versions]] into the live template so there's a list of ones to change. But, there should definitely be some input from [[User:Kolano]], [[User: | ::I don't think that's such a bad idea honestly. As far as your implementation in the sandbox it's very clean and works fine in the expander. I even like the name "altsys", though "altsystem" may be clearer to editors. (As a personal request, please don't exceed 9 characters with new parameter names, it would mess up the spacing...) If the decision is made to switch because of the bugs then it might be good to add something like [[:Category:Games with alternate console versions]] into the live template so there's a list of ones to change. But, there should definitely be some input from [[User:Kolano]], [[User:mbc07]] beforehand. - [[User:Xerxes|Xerxes]] ([[User talk:Xerxes|talk]]) 07:22, 22 July 2017 (CEST) | ||