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[edit] Usage

To use this template, you must place the following in the "External links" section of an article:

*{{GameSpot|id=<id>|name=''<title>''}}

To find a valid 'id' value, go to GameFAQs and search for the game. Once you have found the result, go to its page and copy the six-digit (or five-digit) number in the address bar. GameFAQs and GameSpot share the same database so the ID there will bring up the same game on GameSpot. Example:

• {{GameSpot|id=920787|name=''New Super Mario Bros.''}}
• New Super Mario Bros. at GameSpot

[edit] Proposed template change

I propose a new parameter be added to the template that would allow you to optionally add non-italicized information. Since most of the video games that use this template don't have non-italicized information in the title theres no point in making editors have to type out the extra markup around the title to italicize it. With my proposed change if an editor wanted the part of the title that wasn't italicized they would add "|for=" followed by the non-italicized part of the title.

For example:

With non-italicized text

Proposed:

{GameSpot|id=920787|name=New Super Mario Bros.|for=(DS)}}

Current:

{GameSpot|id=920787|name=''New Super Mario Bros.'' (DS)}}

Without non-italicized text

Proposed:

{GameSpot|id=920787|name=New Super Mario Bros.}}

Current:

{GameSpot|id=920787|name=''New Super Mario Bros.''}}

(Note the extra ' ' the editor has to type around the title.)

OriginalJunglist 05:45, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

• Oppose. It's an unneeded parameter that doesn't work for all cases (such as the case when linking to something like "GameCube hardware" on GameFAQs). No added work needs to be done for editors as most of them would be copying and pasting the template anyways, and any that use it improperly could easily be fixed (as I normally go through the "what links here" pages to check for spamming anyways). --- RockMFR 05:53, 20 December 2006 (UTC)