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Currently the wiki is undergoing an effort to try and understand some of the odd IDs that can appear. Examples of this would be games which have a different first three characters for different region releases (usually happens with Japanese versions), special Walmart/Best Buy release versions, strange region codes, etc. In these cases, it's recommended to add a little sentence on the ID's page below the redirect with a few details about the ID (however it is not required). It won't interfere with the function of the ID or with the redirect, unless a second <nowiki>[[link]]</nowiki> is added to the ID page after the redirect. This currently breaks some wiki functionality and should not be done.
Currently the wiki is undergoing an effort to try and understand some of the odd IDs that can appear. Examples of this would be games which have a different first three characters for different region releases (usually happens with Japanese versions), special Walmart/Best Buy release versions, strange region codes, etc. In these cases, it's recommended to add a little sentence on the ID's page below the redirect with a few details about the ID (however it is not required). It won't interfere with the function of the ID or with the redirect, unless a second <nowiki>[[link]]</nowiki> is added to the ID page after the redirect. This currently breaks some wiki functionality and should not be done.
=== Example workflow ===
I start out by figuring out the game's release dates, with a special focus on regions. GameFAQs is my first source for this information, using Wikipedia's writeups on different titles' development and developer/publisher histories for elusive games. Next I open another tab to GameTDB and search for the game's title. Once I find one for the console I want, I click only that one and ignore all other results for the same console. GameTDB has this wonderful feature which lets you click to the next ID or previous ID alphabetically; trusting this over the general search and the game's raw title can find you games which had releases with different names in different regions. Using this, I go as far back as I can and as far forward as I can before I reach different games, all in new tabs; this generally leaves me with 2-4 tabs of different IDs for each game. Then I do a quick sanity check, making sure that there aren't any IDs for regions the game wasn't released in, and expanding the covers on GameTDB I try and confirm as many of them against the codes on the back as possible. If they have an entry for GameCube that their covers don't substantiate, then I will check Redump for it; however, if there's a Wii ID with no back cover, then things get a bit more complicated, and I'll start scowering the internet to find it. Once I'm satisfied that the IDs are correct, I'll fix the release data on the wiki page (assuming it had any errors) and then start creating redirects for each ID, closing the tabs as I go. If there's an ID I absolutely cannot confirm, then I'll make a note of it on the talk page for the game and give a bit of details about the ID and why I can't confirm it.
The whole process on average, when things go smoothly, takes less than five minutes per game. If you really have to dig and use all of sources 2-5, start reading Wikipedia writeups, and search for outside second opinions (for example with elusive publishers), it can get up to around 20-30 minutes, but this is pretty rare, and in my opinion I think it's kind of fun in a way. Really the idea here is to understand the patterns of IDs and the limitations of your source. Once you fully grasp these things then you'll find it pretty easy to pick up on missing IDs or fake ones. Once again, don't be afraid to use the talk pages to ask about weird IDs, they exist for a reason.


=== Miscellaneous tips ===
=== Miscellaneous tips ===
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