Project:Wiki Conventions: Difference between revisions

A description can be anything the editor wants. But generally, they should be brief but include some basic information about what the game is and what its gameplay is like. Usually we put the name of the game fairly early in the description, and put it in '''''<nowiki>'''''bold italics'''''</nowiki>'''''. Links to relevant articles, such as prequels or the system the game is on, are always good. Most of the time we just pull descriptions from wikipedia and tweak them a bit, removing things like references to other systems and release dates or other info covered in the infobox.

Infoboxes use the {{tl|Infobox VG}} template, and have various options. Most of the general information bits can be taken straight off Wikipedia with minimal fuss, except for images: Wikipedia's are too small for us. Ideally all of these bits of information will be filled, but it's not required. [https://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia], [https://www.gametdb.com/ GameTDB], [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ GameFAQs], and [https://www.nintendo.com/games/ Nintendo.com's gameguide] are our primary sources for information.

*<var>|developer =</var> and <var>|publisher = </var> Only use developers and publishers of Dolphin emulated platforms. For instance, the PlayStation 2 and XBOX version of [[Mortal Kombat: Armageddon]] was developed by ''Midway'', but the Wii version was developed by ''Just Games Interactive'', so in this case only ''Just Games Interactive'' should be included.

*<var>|genre =</var> Just get it off Wikipedia. Should list just the "genre", not "genre game" (i.e. "Action" instead of "Action game"). Should be plain text, and not contain wiki/html markup. Please use spelling and capitalization from [[:Category:Genres]].

*<var>|input =</var> Displays all input combinations of the title. Wikipedia doesn't have this information, but gametdb.com and game reviews will have it. The Wii Zapper, Wii Wheel, and the like are accessories for controllers and not controllers themselves, so they should not be included.

The problems area is a list of problems that affect the current development version. If a problem is fixed in the current development version but is still in the latest stable version, it should be moved to the bottom and the title of the problem crossed out with the slash <code><nowiki><s></nowiki></code> tags, <code><nowiki>=== <s>like this</s> ===</nowiki></code>, with a note in the problem on when and how it was fixed if that info is known. Once a Release occurs all existing fixed problems are purged, so it is vital to fill out when and why a problem was fixed so it can be cleared later. Each problem is listed on its own without grouping, to make it easier to deal with. Problems are generally ordered with the most severe ones first, such as crashing or hanging bugs, then going to down to the least severe. Fixed problems are at the bottom.

If the problem has a screenshot showing the issue, the screenshot should be included using {{tl|Image}} template and must have a caption (mandatory) with a brief description of the image. Captions bigger than one line will be automatically truncated.

If the game article doesn't have that section yet, feel free to create it, right after Problems section. Please note that any AR/Gecko code that doesn't fit in any of those categories are '''not allowed''' and '''should not''' be included in this wiki.

*<var>|OS=</var> The OS (Windows, Mac OS X, macOS, Linux, Android) and OS version (i.e. Vista, 7, 10.6.8) used for testing (i.e. Windows 7, Ubuntu 10.10, Mac OS X 10.11, macOS 10.12).

**Include CPU speed with a "@ # GHz" postfix listing the stock or overclocked frequency (i.e. Intel Core i7-960 @ 3.4 GHz, Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 @ 3.3 GHz).