In the last few months (even before the recent image data loss), I have spent a lot of time going through cleaning up various things within the database.
PlayStation Demo
I realized that the majority of the PlayStation UK Magazine demo disc entries were titled incorrectly while also having front art which features the spine. This was another long process that involved going through as many items possible to confirm the spine title while finding new image scans to crop the entry art.
Not for Resale
After going through multiple searches, I've standardized as many relevant promotional game items with the Not for Resale entry name descriptor. Like with other older entries, many of these utilized edition formatting (hyphen) instead of descriptor formatting (parentheses) or disregarded formatting rules altogether. Many also incorrectly used the Barcode field. For these sorts of promotional items released on Xbox, about half already featured the "Not for Resale" descriptor whereas the other half featured "Promotional Copy," as both lines of text are often present. So that these sorts of items are all organized alike, I defaulted to the former.
Season Pass
All entries (the ones appearing in search results, at least) representing digital season passes and other bundles have been into their corresponding base game entries within digital categories. In the event no base game entry existed, the season pass or bundle entry was updated to it. Entries representing individual DLC sets were not created, but they can be.
PlayStation [JP]
- replaced missing front art
- corrected Major Wave Series items to Major Wave
- updated (some) stock art to actual art
- detailed and cataloged unique Sony labels
PlayStation 2 [JP]
- replaced missing front art
PlayStation3 [JP]
- replaced missing front art
- added (some) local names, barcodes, and item number information
- removed group merch art sometimes submitted to the cart art slot
- updated incorrect LE names to actual localized names
In time, I will need to work through this category and update it on a larger scale as most entries are lacking in basic information.
PlayStation [NA]
- replaced missing front art but only prioritized art for variant entries
Silent Hill
- cleaned all existing entries I had not yet interacted with to resolve numerous instances of generic entries which variants are known but could not be determined due to entry art being lost
At some point, I plan on updating the PlayStation ID topic to include JP labels which there are, surprisingly, a lot of official ones. Since I was already going through PlayStation [JP], this was a good opportunity to collect the information after I realized their presence that I didn't really realize before when previously curating the category. I've already started collecting information for labels found within later PlayStation libraries for when those guides are ever written too. But for now, I'll finish up adding entry art to JP PlayStation categories and probably move on to other JP sections such as Nintendo.
