Template talk:Cite video game
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[edit] Documentation
[edit] Tests
- {{cite video game | title = TILE | developer = DEVELOPER | publisher = PUBLISHER | date = {{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY}} | platform = PLATFORM | version = VERSION | level = LEVEL | language = English | quote = '''Quote''' Quote }}
→ DEVELOPER. TILE. PUBLISHER. PLATFORM, (vVERSION). Level/area: LEVEL (in English). (2008-06-12) “Quote Quote”
- Blizzard Entertainment. World of Warcraft. Vivendi Universal. Mac OS X, (v1.0). Level/area: Brill (in English). (2004-11-23) “Orc: For the horde!”
[edit] Discussion
[edit] Language variable
Maybe the Language variable could be reworked to work with {{languageicon}}-based templates? Great idea, btw. Circeus 01:48, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
- It doesn't do that in the other citation templates. I'm trying to keep a similar style (or at least until the correct one can be found). Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 11:50, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
- It's because most of the time, the language is not used by the template itself. {{cite book}} and {{cite web}} are exceptions in this regard (possibly because they are the most commonly used such templates with foreign languages sources). Maybe drop the field altogether? Circeus 15:22, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
- Regional differences between games can be huge, which is why it is important to specify the edition. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 12:02, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
- I gave it a try. Testing now:
- (Japanese) Blizzard Entertainment. World of Warcraft. Vivendi Universal. Mac OS X, (v1.0). Level/area: Brill (in Japanese). (2004-11-23)
- I gave it a try. Testing now:
- Regional differences between games can be huge, which is why it is important to specify the edition. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 12:02, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
- It's because most of the time, the language is not used by the template itself. {{cite book}} and {{cite web}} are exceptions in this regard (possibly because they are the most commonly used such templates with foreign languages sources). Maybe drop the field altogether? Circeus 15:22, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bug
At time of writing, in the article Sonic the Hedgehog (character), {{cite video game |title=[[Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]] |developer=Sonic Team |publisher=[[Sega]] |date=2005-11-15}} produces
- 24. Sonic Team. Shadow the Hedgehog Sega. . 2005-11-15.
in the references section. I don't think this is specific to the article.
This appears to stem from the "level" field. I'd fix it, (I have previously made an esoteric template,) but I'm not letting my editing skills touch a citation template like this with a barge pole. Too much could go wrong if you let me at it. ;-) --DavidHOzAu 08:05, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
- The problem wss that the period after the "language"
ifwas not removed along it. I solved that. - Circeus 13:09, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
- Ah, so that's what was wrong! Thanks for fixing it for me. --DavidHOzAu 01:31, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be a period after the game title? --SevereTireDamage 04:48, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Regarding readibility
Having used this template multiple times at various articles, I was wondering if perhaps we could turn the title, developer, etc. fields all the way to language a different color or style, to differentiate between quotes and the reference. See the refs on Characters in the Halo series, for example (I don't use the quote parameter because I like the quotes before the refs, personal pref) - to try and make it more obvious where the game information started, I was using dashes. David Fuchs (talk) 22:14, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
