User:Xerxes: Difference between revisions

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.

*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 <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Test 123]]</nowiki></code>.

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. (If you're impatient, you can force the new IDs to show up with [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Purge purge].)

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, V/H region IDs, 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, feel free to 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.