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=== Where do I find IDs? === | === Where do I find IDs? === | ||
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==== Source #5: [http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs] ==== | ==== Source #5: [http://www.gamefaqs.com/ GameFAQs] ==== | ||
I'm not going to lie. GameFAQs, on the whole, is a terrible place to get IDs. But as I do recommend looking into release data for games while you do this, you'll usually go to GameFAQs anyways as their release information is extremely good. The rule of thumb here is, never trust their retail Gamecube or Wii IDs. The first three characters are all you can get from them; not only do they omit the publisher code again, they also just fill in the region code by the region of release, NOT what the ID actually is. So do NOT blindly trust the region codes from GameFAQs; instead check their uploaded covers instead. In contrast to this though, their WiiWare and Virtual Console IDs are generally pretty good and trustworthy, so if you use GameFAQs for anything, use it for those kinds of IDs and nothing else. | I'm not going to lie. GameFAQs, on the whole, is a terrible place to get IDs. But as I do recommend looking into release data for games while you do this, you'll usually go to GameFAQs anyways as their release information is extremely good. The rule of thumb here is, never trust their retail Gamecube or Wii IDs. The first three characters are all you can get from them; not only do they omit the publisher code again, they also just fill in the region code by the region of release, NOT what the ID actually is. So do NOT blindly trust the region codes from GameFAQs; instead check their uploaded covers instead. In contrast to this though, their WiiWare and Virtual Console IDs are generally pretty good and trustworthy, so if you use GameFAQs for anything, use it for those kinds of IDs and nothing else. | ||
=== How do I add an ID? === | |||
Adding a GameID to the wiki is rather simple on a technical level. You simply create a new page for the 6 character ID that redirects to the main page of the game that it's an ID for. That's it. Note that it takes a little while to catch up and reflect your IDs on the game's infobox, so don't freak out if it doesn't pop up right away. | |||
*Example: suppose you wanted to add ID "G12E34" for the game "Test 123". All you need to do is create a new page on the wiki titled exactly "G12E34" and as its contents write "<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Test 123]]</nowiki>". | |||
Currently the wiki is undergoing an effort to try and understand some of the odd IDs that can appear. Examples of this would be X/Y/Z region IDs (IDs in the format of ____X__, ____Y__, or ____Z__), U region IDs for Australian releases, games which have a different first three characters for different region releases (usually happens with Japanese versions), special Walmart/Best Buy release versions, etc. Once you get a feel for how IDs usually behave, whenever you spot an odd ID of this format, underneath your <nowiki>#REDIRECT</nowiki> line, add some details of what you know about that release. For example, often the X/Y/Z region IDs are just different language versions of the European release, so something that I'll do is I will change all the European IDs to add their languages, as that's usually the primary distinguishing factor. No need to get fancy or anything, just a one sentence little jot down like "Best Buy release" or "EN, FR language release" or something along those lines. It won't interfere with the function of the ID or with the redirect, UNLESS you add a second <nowiki>[[link]]</nowiki> to a page after the redirect. Don't do this, it breaks everything, so just write out the name of the page normally with no link. | |||
=== Example workflow === | === Example workflow === | ||