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== Too broad? ==
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This template seems too broad to be useful. It also hasn't been used in game pages like the global problem templates of each VC system does; these are already sufficient and easy to maintain. I'm fine with seeing this template go honestly. [[User:Lucario|Lucario]] ([[User talk:Lucario|talk]]) 02:44, 15 August 2017 (CEST)
So we have a global issue to add...[[Template:Problems/Controller Map Overlap]], but doing so causes lower level VC problems to not render correctly. [[User:Kolano|Kolano]] ([[User talk:Kolano|talk]]) 07:00, 3 March 2018 (CET)
:Apparently, after reviewing the codes behind [[template:GlobalProblems]], this template will be called in virtual console game pages when there's a new issue for it. Still, it wouldn't be too hard to copy/paste the problem entry into each template of the affected VC system. [[User:Lucario|Lucario]] ([[User talk:Lucario|talk]]) 02:59, 15 August 2017 (CEST)
:: I'm completely against removing it. The whole {{tl|GlobalProblems}} and its subtemplates were made to avoid duplicating common entries in different places and to get changes made here or in any of the subtemplates instantly reflected on all applicable pages, and I personally think they serve this purpose very well. Dolphin got more accurate as the development continued, and even through we never relied on {{tl|GlobalProblems/Virtual Console}} that much, I still prefer to have it around if we ever need it in the future than having to duplicate whatever entries that could be put here on any of the other {{tl|GlobalProblems}} subtemplates, which would go completely against all the reasons that made us develop {{tl|GlobalProblems}} on the first place. Plus, having this template around actually doesn't add any maintenance burden at all, so there's really no benefit in purging it, we would just be losing functionality without winning anything in return - [[User:mbc07|mbc07]] ([[User talk:mbc07|talk]]) 06:17, 15 August 2017 (CEST)
::: Of course, the GlobalProblems template and its subtemplates for each VC system are very important to have, but with them around, this template isn't much to me. I don't think the loss would be too devastating with this template purged either. For example, it's going to be extraordinary for us to even find issue that applies to all Virtual Console either way, and even if so, the GlobalProblems for each VC system can relay the duplicate problem information into game pages pretty well. I had the urge feel to purge out [[Virtual Console#Virtual Console Global Problems]] to feel consistent with [[Main Page]]... well, idk. [[User:Lucario|Lucario]] ([[User talk:Lucario|talk]]) 09:00, 15 August 2017 (CEST)
:::: If that's your only motivation for purging this template, I still prefer making it hidden by default (just like in the game pages), adding the section in [[Virtual Console]] only when we have active entries than completely purging it. It's actually very easy to do that. - [[User:mbc07|mbc07]] ([[User talk:mbc07|talk]]) 05:11, 16 August 2017 (CEST)
:::::You could make GlobalProblems completely consistent on platform pages with the way it works on game pages like [https://pastebin.com/mQ8hfneP this], only adding a header when necessary, or just remove the header from [[Virtual Console]] only and add a check to GlobalProblems to add it back when there's a problem, like [https://pastebin.com/kE7935p2 this]. The first one seems cleaner to me than page specific behavior. Actually if you make the behavior the same between both types of pages, you could collapse a lot of this code. You could take out the whole switch statement and page type checks and just have [https://pastebin.com/vatZtgXE this]. - [[User:Xerxes|Xerxes]] ([[User talk:Xerxes|talk]]) 08:10, 16 August 2017 (CEST)
 
I kind of understand removing it since it's been empty for [https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Template:GlobalProblems/Virtual_Console&diff=70176&oldid=69962 four years] and the Virtual Console page looks a little less attractive with the blank header, but since there were actual global VC problems in the past which spurred having this template, conceivably it could happen again. I'm not really in a position to make a prediction like that, though. - [[User:Xerxes|Xerxes]] ([[User talk:Xerxes|talk]]) 09:31, 15 August 2017 (CEST)

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So we have a global issue to add...Template:Problems/Controller Map Overlap, but doing so causes lower level VC problems to not render correctly. Kolano (talk) 07:00, 3 March 2018 (CET)

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