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== Adding new fields in Game Systems Infobox Template == | == Adding new fields in Game Systems Infobox Template == | ||
Hello. I was trying to add new fields for "First game released" and "Latest game released" for the | Hello. I was trying to add new fields for "First game released" and "Latest game released" for the [http://www.ssbwiki.com/Template:Infobox_Game_System Game System Infobox Template] - my edit is primarily concerning the [[Game Boy (universe)]] page, where I wanted to include the ''Alleyway'' and ''Wario Land 2'' listings seen in [http://www.ssbwiki.com/index.php?title=Game_Boy_(universe)&oldid=567283 this revision] (when the infobox was based on Series as opposed to Game System). | ||
However, I tried previewing the results, but the fields aren't displaying properly. Is there a way I can rectify this issue? Thanks in advance for your help. [[User:Fenyx4|Fenyx4]] ([[User talk:Fenyx4|talk]]) 15:38, 8 August 2014 (EDT) | However, I tried previewing the results, but the fields aren't displaying properly. Is there a way I can rectify this issue? Thanks in advance for your help. [[User:Fenyx4|Fenyx4]] ([[User talk:Fenyx4|talk]]) 15:38, 8 August 2014 (EDT) | ||
:I undid your adding of those fields with [http://www.ssbwiki.com/index.php?title=Template:Infobox_Game_System&curid=229&diff=567306&oldid=567297 this edit]. As explained in the edit summary, it's not a given that a console has a single "first game" as opposed to a group, and "last game" will be changing constantly as new games come out (maybe not for the Game Boy, but for the 3DS and Wii U) and won't always be notable or even relevant to the wiki. If you'd like to debate this, you should probably do so on the template's talk page. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Spectrum 16:00, 8 August 2014 (EDT) | :I undid your adding of those fields with [http://www.ssbwiki.com/index.php?title=Template:Infobox_Game_System&curid=229&diff=567306&oldid=567297 this edit]. As explained in the edit summary, it's not a given that a console has a single "first game" as opposed to a group, and "last game" will be changing constantly as new games come out (maybe not for the Game Boy, but for the 3DS and Wii U) and won't always be notable or even relevant to the wiki. If you'd like to debate this, you should probably do so on the template's talk page. [[User:Toomai|Toomai]] [[User talk:Toomai|Glittershine]] [[Image:Toomai.png|20px|link=User:Toomai/Bin|???]] The Spectrum 16:00, 8 August 2014 (EDT) | ||
::Thanks for clarifying. In retrospect, I think the listing of "first/latest game(s)" would probably be better suited to game series rather than game consoles, as "launch games" for systems do tend to arrive in groups, as you mentioned, with series rarely releasing multiple games at once or debut or recency (excluding ''Pokémon'', with most of the paired | ::Thanks for clarifying. In retrospect, I think the listing of "first/latest game(s)" would probably be better suited to game series rather than game consoles, as "launch games" for systems do tend to arrive in groups, as you mentioned, with series rarely releasing multiple games at once or debut or recency (excluding ''Pokémon'', with most of the paired versions coming later in a system's lifetime, anyway). The varying degrees of relevancy to the wiki are another point; I suppose that any relevant first/recent games can always be mentioned later on in a given videogame console's article. [[User:Fenyx4|Fenyx4]] ([[User talk:Fenyx4|talk]]) 16:40, 8 August 2014 (EDT) | ||
