Template talk:WikiProject Video games
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[edit] Non CVG paramaters?
Link (The Legend of Zelda series) has an old, non-CVG peer review. How can this be incorporated into this navbox? Hbdragon88 22:29, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'd like to restrict additions to the template to operations of WikiProject CVG. Pagrashtak 00:31, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] New parameter?
I've seen disputes over the exact meaning of the {{{importance}}} parameter, since the criteria are for Wikipedia 1.0 context but the template also said "within gaming" context. For example, users arguing that the Wii is a topic of high priority within gaming (which it kinda is, it's the #10 most revised article ever), against users arguing that the article is still about a current event and not stable enough to be compiled to WP1.0 .
Maybe we can have a separate importance parameter discussing the topic's importance (or at least interest) within its own project's context? E.g.
{{#if:{{{interest|}}} | {{!}} {{{{{interest}}}-interest}} {{!}} colspan="2" {{!}} This {{#ifeq:{{{class|}}}|NA|non-article page|article}} is on a subject of '''{{{interest}}}''' interest within gaming.}}<!-- if interest -->}}<!-- if namespace --> |-
Would that be useful, or would it just get abused? --Stratadrake 16:17, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
- I've readded the "within gaming" bit for now. If there's consensus to remove that then we'll change it. As far as I'm aware, ratings given by WikProjects are according to the importance of the topic in relation to the subject area of the WikiProject. Truly core topics are listed at Wikipedia:Core topics - 1,000. By changing this parameter to not specify that the rating is related to gaming, you kind of messed up a lot of the ratings. Shigeru Miyamoto is clearly very important in the history of CVG, but for inclusion in Wikipedia 1.0 it might not be so important. I'm sure that many people would argue that most video games are not exactly very relevant in the history of the world. One glance at Category:High-importance computer and video game articles should tell you that these ratings are definitely "within gaming" and not Wikipedia 1.0 ratings in general. jaco♫plane 17:47, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- At the risk of repeating what I said earlier, that's part of where this confusion comes from -- users don't understand how the parameter works, and specifically, those arguing that topics like the Wii are of very high importance in the videogame context (they are certainly of high visibility and high interest), despite that said articles are still current events and not stable enough for the traditionally-historical viewpoint of an encyclopedia. --Stratadrake 02:09, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
- That is essentially a question for whenever the 1.0 project decides to start publishing stable Wikipedias on a semi-automated basis. Since that isn't a very close date, I'm comfortable leaving current events as whatever their hype-meter is at right now and future events as low or simply unassessed-importance. Nifboy 19:51, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
- At the risk of repeating what I said earlier, that's part of where this confusion comes from -- users don't understand how the parameter works, and specifically, those arguing that topics like the Wii are of very high importance in the videogame context (they are certainly of high visibility and high interest), despite that said articles are still current events and not stable enough for the traditionally-historical viewpoint of an encyclopedia. --Stratadrake 02:09, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Shorter
I don't see why this template needs to have functionality that most other templates do not need. It is long enough already, and it is not important to most readers or editors that a particular article is in the Sega Work Group etc. If it needs to be in the template as some sort of information, there can be a brief short-hand note in a right column. Talk page headers already crowd the talk pages, sometimes to the tune of two screenfulls. —Centrx→talk • 20:50, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
- "Needed" or not, that functionality is already in widely accepted use. As much as the categorization can get the job done by itself, having a message saying that at the top is also quite useful as well. Maybe if we had a "show/hide" type link on the stats to toggle the panel on and off...? --Stratadrake 08:42, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hide/show
{{editprotected}} The show/hide link shows "hide" initially instead of "show". I'm not sure why this happens, but this seems to fix it (also bypassing a template redirect):
Current code:
<div class="NavFrame" style="padding:0px; border-style: none;"> <div class="NavFrame" style="border-style: none; padding: 0px;"> <div class="NavHead" style="background: #F8EABA; text-align: left; padding: 0px;">'''CVG To-do:'''</div> <div class="NavContent" style="display: none; text-align: left; padding: 0px;"> <div class="noprint" style="white-space: nowrap; font-size: smaller; float: right;">[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:template:gamebox contents|action=edit}} edit] </div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align:left;border: 1px solid #c0c090;padding: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"> * '''[[Wikipedia:Gaming Collaboration of the week|Gaming Collaboration of the week]]''': {{Wikipedia:Gaming Collaboration of the week/current}} {{gamebox contents}}</div> </div></div></div>
New code:
<div class="NavFrame" style="border-style: none; padding: 0px;"> <div class="NavFrame" style="border-style: none; padding: 0px;"> <div class="NavFrame" style="border-style: none; padding: 0px;"> <div class="NavHead" style="background: #F8EABA; text-align: left; padding: 0px;">'''CVG To-do:'''</div> <div class="NavContent" style="display: none; text-align: left; padding: 0px;"> <div class="noprint" style="white-space: nowrap; font-size: smaller; float: right;">[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:template:gamebox contents|action=edit}} edit] </div> <div style="background-color: white; text-align:left;border: 1px solid #c0c090;padding: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"> * '''[[Wikipedia:Gaming Collaboration of the week|Gaming Collaboration of the week]]''': {{collab-gaming}} {{gamebox contents}}</div> </div></div></div></div>
--- RockMFR 02:24, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Should this template be modified or should the editors use subst?
I noticed that the talk pages using this template are listed in the categories:
Video game templates | WikiProject banners | Templates using ParserFunctions
That can't be right, so either the template itself should be modified (I can't do this because it's protected), or the usage information on this talk page should state that editors need to subst the template.
--Pizzahut2 16:00, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Change (at the bottom of the template):
[[Category:Video game templates|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:WikiProject banners|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Templates using ParserFunctions|{{PAGENAME}}]]
To:
<noinclude> [[Category:Video game templates|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:WikiProject banners|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Templates using ParserFunctions|{{PAGENAME}}]] </noinclude>
WOSlinker 16:57, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Infact you should very closely review what Cyde's bot did to the template, looks like it messed up a couple of things more. :(
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3ACvgproj&diff=108999982&oldid=105845430
--Pizzahut2 17:12, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
- Looks like Cyde has fixed it up. Re-add the editprotected tag if something is still broken. --- RockMFR 21:56, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] image request parameters
I'd like to have 2 image request parameters added to the template, namely {{{cover}}} and {{{screenshot}}} so that articles lacking in either can be tagged as needing such. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 03:02, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Here is the code:
|- {{#ifeq:{{{screenshot|}}}|yes| {{!}} [[Image:Image-request.svg|30px]] {{!}} colspan="2" {{!}} A request for a [[screenshot]] has been made to help better illustrate the article.}} |- {{#ifeq:{{{cover|}}}|yes| {{!}} [[Image:Image-request.svg|30px]] {{!}} colspan="2" {{!}} A request for [[box art]] or an [[icon (computing)|application icon]] has been made to help better illustrate the article.}}
It can be inserted anywhere, preferably before the divs. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 01:03, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
- Also, a possible move to Template:Vgproj in line with the new name for the WikiProject? Axem Titanium 04:34, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
- I don't see a point in renaming this template. It would be renaming just for the sake of renaming. Pretty much everything in the project is tagged already, and I imagine any future tagging would still be done with cvgproj. --- RockMFR 06:09, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
- I've made the changes, and I agree that it is not a good idea to rename the template. No real good reason, besides who wants to go and change the 15000 articles that have this tagged.. JACOPLANE • 2007-03-8 18:36
- Could we get Image:Image-request.svg added to it? I've made changes to the code above to reflect this. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 23:12, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
- Done. Neil (not Proto ►) 12:20, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- Could we get Image:Image-request.svg added to it? I've made changes to the code above to reflect this. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 23:12, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
- I've made the changes, and I agree that it is not a good idea to rename the template. No real good reason, besides who wants to go and change the 15000 articles that have this tagged.. JACOPLANE • 2007-03-8 18:36
- I don't see a point in renaming this template. It would be renaming just for the sake of renaming. Pretty much everything in the project is tagged already, and I imagine any future tagging would still be done with cvgproj. --- RockMFR 06:09, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
- Actually, not done. That change breaks the template (causes a bunch of }}}}'s to appear at the top of the talk page it's used on). Neil (not Proto ►) 12:24, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- Ugh, for some reason the relevant categories are being populated by articles that don't have the tag. I think it might have something to do with the use of {{{ifeq}}} rather than {{{if}}}, like is done for the Category:Old requests for CVG peer review, which seems to function fine. Anyone got an idea? JACOPLANE • 2007-03-9 18:24
- I had a look; currently, everything appears to be working fine. Is there currently any problem with this template? – Luna Santin (talk) 18:07, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Devil May Cry taskforce
In accordance with the recently-created Devil May Cry task force, I was wondering if the template could be edited so that the CVG template supports inclusion of a task force variable within the template, to allow members of the task force to tag articles we actively support.
If I'm remembering right, the code would look like this:
{{#ifeq:{{{devilmaycry|}}}|yes| {{!}} {{!}} colspan="2" {{!}} This article is supported by the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Devil May Cry|Devil May Cry task force]]'''.}}
Cheers, Lankybugger ○ speak ○ see ○ 03:31, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Adding a task force variable may be reasonable, but adding a task-force-specific variable is not. How about something along the lines of supporting "tf=Devil May Cry" which would result in code like:
{{#if:{{{tf|}}}| {{!}} {{!}} colspan="2" {{!}} This article is supported by the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/{{{tf}}}|{{{tf}}} task force]]'''.}}
—Doug Bell talk 11:08, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- I only suggested it in that manner because that's how the Konami, Sega, and Capcom task forces are handled in the current template. If that method would be better, I see no problems with it and endorse it fully. However I imagine if it were changed in that manner someone would have to go through and modify all the Konami, Sega, and Capcom articles currently effected by the template. Cheers, Lankybugger ○ speak ○ see ○ 11:55, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Ah, bugger it. Let's do this in two stages: First, the new code is added as you've suggested (but leave the legacy code for now). Then I'll go through all the Capcom, Konami, and Sega articles and change them so that they adopt the new method of task force template adaption. After that's done, we remove the legacy code based around placing "konami/capcom/sega=yes" in the currently effected articles and replace it with "tf=konami/capcom/sega". Sound good? Cheers, Lankybugger ○ speak ○ see ○ 13:18, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
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{{#if:{{{tf2|}}}| {{!}} {{!}} colspan="2" {{!}} This article is supported by the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/{{{tf2}}}|{{{tf2}}} task force]]'''.}}
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{{#if:{{{tf|}}}| {{!}} {{!}} colspan="2" {{!}} This article is supported by the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/{{{tf}}}|{{{tf}}} task force]]'''{{#if:{{{tf2|}}}| {{#if:{{{tf3|}}}|,| and}} the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/{{{tf2}}}|{{{tf2}}} task force]]'''{{#if:{{{tf3|}}}|  and the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/{{{tf3}}}|{{{tf3}}} task force]]'''}}.}}
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{{#if:{{{tf|}}}| {{!}} {{!}} colspan="2" {{!}} This article is supported by the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/{{{tf}}}|{{{tf}}}{{#if:{{{tf2|}}}|| task force}}]]'''{{#if:{{{tf2|}}}| {{#if:{{{tf3|}}}|,| and}} the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/{{{tf2}}}|{{{tf2}}}]]'''{{#if:{{{tf3|}}}|  and the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/{{{tf3}}}|{{{tf3}}}]]'''}}{{#if:{{{tf2|}}}| task forces}}}}.}}
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- which doesn't repeat the "task force" text. —Doug Bell talk 16:09, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Hmm, not sure why, but these changes are causing some problems, with them showing up by default, so I've undone the changes for now. JACOPLANE • 2007-03-27 16:14
- which doesn't repeat the "task force" text. —Doug Bell talk 16:09, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
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- OK, I've replaced all the Konami task force talk pages, doing Sega now. Once Capcom is also complete we can remove the old code from the template. JACOPLANE • 2007-03-27 18:01
- OK all done, did the Capcom links too, so I'm removing the Konami/Sega/Capcom specific code, so only the generic tf parameter will work. JACOPLANE • 2007-03-27 19:11
- Looks fantastic. If I'm reading correctly, the template as written supports three task forces, which should be more than enough for any article. Cheers, Lankybugger ○ speak ○ see ○ 14:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- OK all done, did the Capcom links too, so I'm removing the Konami/Sega/Capcom specific code, so only the generic tf parameter will work. JACOPLANE • 2007-03-27 19:11
[edit] Nested coding
Per the discussion at the WP:CVG talk page, please add the nesting coding that can be seen in this diff. Thanks!!!! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 05:40, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- Could you give a link to the conversation? CMummert · talk 11:58, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
- {{editprotected}} The discussion is here. Suggested and seconded there, edit made here. CMummert · talk 12:11, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
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- That can't be right - that should only be a |- there if the nested parameter is actually set, otherwise there will be two |- symbols back to back. Also, it wasn't there in the diff; the deleted version says
- {| class="{{#ifeq:{{{nested|}}}|yes|collapsible collapsed messagebox nested-talk|{{#ifeq:{{{small|}}}|yes|messagebox small-talk|messagebox standard-talk}}}}" id="cvgproj" {{#ifeq:{{{nested|}}}|yes|
- I added {{!-}} at the place it ought to belong.
- By the way, please don't keep deleting the diff before the issue is resolved; I can look at deleted revisions but not at diffs between them. CMummert · talk 04:36, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- That can't be right - that should only be a |- there if the nested parameter is actually set, otherwise there will be two |- symbols back to back. Also, it wasn't there in the diff; the deleted version says
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- You mean the example page? I put the speedy on it when I thought the change was up and working - sorry about that! Should have tested it before I deleted that.
- For whatever reason, this diff works - see Template talk:WikiProjectBannerShell/Example CVG as an example. -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 05:06, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
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(margin reset) Yep - actually, Template:WikiProjectBannerShell/Example CVG is a direct copy of this template with the needed change. -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 22:43, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks. I copied that source to this template just now. CMummert · talk 00:43, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
{{editprotected}} To fix the bug where the show/hide button jumps around when it's nested, change
colspan="2"
on line five of the template to
colspan="3"
An example of the change was applied to his example template. See the comparison here. Thank you. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 05:50, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
- Done Harryboyles 09:11, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Protection Template
{{editprotected}} I request that <noinclude>{{pp-template|small=yes}}</noinclude>
be added to this template as it is permanently protected. Thanks! Greeves (talk • contribs • reviews) 22:25, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
- The small option isn't necessary for templates; the fact that the template is protected should be made clear. I put the template in the doc page, instead of directly in the template page. CMummert · talk 23:20, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Removed "selected" parameter
The selected
parameter used to be useful back when it meant that the article had been selected for Portal:Video games. What is the point of having it if it is placed on every featured or good article? The template already tells us if the article is FA or GA. Pagrashtak 16:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Whitespace
{{editprotect}} There is some whitespace being added after the template and causing problems when nested inside {{WikiProjectBannerShell}}. (ex. Talk:Joe Dever) --Farix (Talk) 19:02, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
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}}[[Category:WikiProject Video games articles|{{PAGENAME}}]]<!-- if namespace --></includeonly> <noinclude>
should be:
}}[[Category:WikiProject Video games articles|{{PAGENAME}}]]<!-- if namespace --></includeonly><noinclude>
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}}[[Category:WikiProject Video games articles|{{PAGENAME}}]]<!-- if namespace --></includeonly><!-- --><noinclude>
Or at least, that is the only thing that jumps out at me as the possible source of the problem. --Farix (Talk) 21:38, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
- That newline was definitely bad. I removed it; let me know if that didn't solve the problem. — Carl (CBM · talk) 21:56, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Change image from png to svg
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Change Image:Nuvola apps package games.png to Image:Gamepad.svg — Bobarino 00:57, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
- Done Greeves (talk • contribs) 02:47, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
- Ugh, the SVG is not quite the same as the PNG, and frankly doesn't look as good. I oppose this change. What do others think? JACOPLANE • 2007-08-1 19:46
- I had to compare them side-by-side to see any difference. The PNG version has some finer gradations, but nothing that a comparable SVG could not also accomplish. Dim those button gradients, tweak the outline paths, blur the light/dark transition in the controller itself... --Stratadrake 23:51, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Portal image is broken.
{{editprotected}} The "Portal" image is showing up as broken. Something in the code needs to be changed in order for this image to appear correctly in the places where this template is being used.
- I assume you're referring to Image:Portal.svg, which is displaying correctly for me. Also, please sign your talk posts. Cheers. --MZMcBride 03:36, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Move to Template:Vgproj
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The project this template is associated with changed name from WP:CVG to WP:VG ages ago, and the template name should reflect this. --MrStalker talk 08:52, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
- WT:CVG is the place is to discuss this first. It's part of their project, and I don't want to do anything I shouldn't. Cheers. --MZMcBride 01:43, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
- Consensus says yes. Sorry it's been a while. Axem Titanium 21:55, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
{{editprotected}} Accordingly, change "CVG To-do" into "VG To-do". User:Krator (t c) 08:55, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
- Done by CBM. Pagrashtak 15:22, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
- Great, everything looks good. Axem Titanium 03:28, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup department parameter
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There was a request at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Cleanup for a parameter to this template along the lines of the peer-review
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parameters that already exist. The appropriate diff may be seen here, or alternatively this version should be simply copy-and-pasteable. Examples may be seen at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Cleanup#Getting started. Anomie⚔ 05:01, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Add FL class parameter
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There was a minor discussion on the VG talk page about creating an "FL-Class video game articles" category using the class parameter in this template. Since the number of Featured lists in the VG Project has grown some, and I'm sure there will be more to come, this sounds like a reasonable idea to me. Could support for "FL" be added? (Guyinblack25 talk 04:40, 3 March 2008 (UTC))
- Done Happy‑melon 20:37, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
- Awesome, thank you very much. (Guyinblack25 talk 20:45, 4 March 2008 (UTC))
[edit] Pageview counting
Hi, further to a request from dihydrogen monoxide, I've written a bot to give details about the number of times pages are viewed over the course of a month. So that this WikiProject can be included on its first full run, please make the following alteration to this template:
Before the line:
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This will let the bot know that it needs to record the pageviews of WP:VG pages. It will also add details of the views of a page to the project box, like the working sample at Talk:Namapoikia.
Thanks.
Verisimilus T 14:13, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
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{{editprotected}} Please remove the above as the request for approval of the bot was declined. Thanks, CWii(Talk|Contribs) 15:08, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
- Also so Category:Pageview bot can be depopulated. Thanks, CWii(Talk|Contribs) 15:15, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] List class
I've added support for "list" class articles for this template. (It's one simple parameter). Should be populating Category:List-Class video game articles now . --MASEM 23:47, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Change to use WPBannerMeta
I think this should be the new code. There are a few small differences though. The main one is that the collapsible section and the portal link look different. MrKIA11 (talk) 02:09, 9 June 2008 (UTC)