Template:Page Status/doc: Difference between revisions

Because this template needs a game page and a discussion page to function, please use [[Dummy Page]] for testing instead of creating a sandbox normally. A demonstration can be found at [[Talk:Dummy Page]].

This template is called with <code><nowiki>{{Page Status}}</nowiki></code> from any game's talk page. Right now it has three parameters:

 

This template will automatically check for missing parts of its attached page. No user input is required for this function, besides having the template on the talk page.

When an editor checks part of a game page, this lets them sign with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> to confirm that they did a thorough check, effectively saying "this will be fine to keep as-is for at least six months". It can take the following parameters:

 

=== GameIDs ===

Lastly, any IDs which an editor has failed to confirm by hand can also be added to this template to track them. This is done with the following parameters:

After checking the IDs for a page, sign with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> after <code>idcheck =</code> to show that the IDs were verified, like the above sections. If in your opinion an ID needs a second opinion, add the full length of it, or as much as you know, to the <code>id# =</code>. (Since it doesn't actually do anything with the IDs besides link to them and check they exist, you can also type in ID prefixes here instead of full length ones if necessary.)

== Function ==

 

*Transclude the entirety of the game page that it's associated with to a variable in order to interact with its contents from the talk page. This allows the template to do checks for things such as missing page sections or improper formatting through clever regex usage.

 

*List unconfirmed GameIDs in a prominent way, and add them to a category which will allow the ability to quickly see what games need confirmation by title.

 

*Track when the last time a section of a page was cleaned up by having users sign on the talk page for the section they checked.