Hi. Inconsistencies with moderators again.
https://vgcollect.com/item/140874
https://vgcollect.com/item/140873
I submitted edits on box text for these two listings. 1 was accepted. 1 was denied. Both edits contained the same basic structure of information. Why?
Inconsistencies with the same moderator!
HEY who you calling a moderator! :p
I wanted to have one example. Again this box text issue for digital games. There is no box, but we also don't want to just copy/paste from other sites onto the entry. Here is what I see on this Need for Speed Payback text that was put.
1. There are ™, ® and † symbols. These should not be here.
2. There is a URL, should not be there.
For the rest, there is information that should be in description, such as the extra items and system requirements. But when this information is put into description, the ad-speak should not be present, such as "sufficiently robust"
Wut? NFS was accepted. Dead Alliance was denied. Dead Alliance had all that same info.
I still don't understand the issues.
For steam, we copy/paste from Steam's website... and that's ok. For PSN/etc, we can't copy/paste from website for some reason?
1. What's wrong with these symbols, why shouldn't they be there?
2. What's wrong with having a URL, why shouldn't they be there?
My understanding is that all of that info goes into box text, not description. Description is used for relevant information such as variants and other necessary explanations. System requirements would go into Box text, not description, as it does not describe or differentiate the product from any other similar product.
NFS was accepted so I could point out why the other was denied. Because this should be public and not a conversation kept in private. If no one could see what you had put onto the entry, how would they know what to look for?
The symbols and the URL are indicators that the text was taken directly from another website. Because VGC is also a website, this shouldn't be done because we do not have permission to do it.
For box text, the digital style says "For example, if I were to add The Simpson's Arcade Game to the database, the box text would be the summary that is listed on Xbox.com." This is an outdated example, because that game isn't on their site and there is no summary. There is this Simpsons Game and the text from Overview would be applicable.
https://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/The-Simpsons-Game/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80245410809#And as for Steam, the text used is the small paragraph on the store page or the first (and/or second) paragraph under About this Game. With this example of Civilization V:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/8930/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_V/The box text would be "Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more! " and not the entirety of the text in the About This Game section.
For NFS Payback, we can use a similar method to Steam:
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/need-for-speed-payback-ps4/box text would be "The Need for Speed Payback - Deluxe Edition gives you an edge over the competition with up to 3 days of early access to the full game."
With the trademark symbol removed. Not all the text from that page, not verbatim. List package contents or system requirements in description field. The reason we don't need to store all of another website's text is because it is available on that site.
So to be aware, if box text on a digital game is a large amount of text, has symbols or URLs in it, it will/can be rejected by admins or retro-actively removed by users doing edits.
