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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings 2017
« on: September 20, 2017, 03:56:24 pm »
I'm currently cleaning and completing a few entries in the Playstation 2 European section and i have a few questions before starting to submit a lot of (maybe) useless edits, i was wondering what to do with games that don't have any TLD in theirs titles, those games are usually the European version, like this one, if those version exist and if they don't, it's usually the UK variant that goes into those entries, right ?
Then what if i find a game that don't have a TLD in the title and is neither a UK or a EU variant ? Should i edit the name to add the TLD (even though most people that have it in their collection does probably not own that particular variant) or should i modify the item to become the UK variant (and then submit a new item for that variant) ?
Exemples:
.hack//Mutation Part 2
https://vgcollect.com/item/19562 -> title without TLD, have German front cover and UK back cover and doesn't have any barcode to identify what variant it really is.
https://vgcollect.com/item/56028 -> "PEGI Rating" suffix in title, have UK front and back cover (barcode confirm it too)
For that exemple should we edit item 19562 to become the German variant (since it already have the German front cover) and then remove the [PEGI Rating] from item 56028, or should we merge them together and create another item for the German variant ?
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2
https://vgcollect.com/item/66795 -> item without TLD, have a PEGI front cover (like many EU variant) and a French back cover, barcode is for the French version too.
In this case the item has been created to be the French variant but no TLD was added in the title so it would be simple to edit it to add a little [FR] but since the UK variant doesn't exist in the database i'm sure many people who added that item in their collection probably didn't have that particular variant (i'm sure most people doesn't check the data of the items, they only check the title and the front cover), so if we edit it they will now have a "Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 [FR]" in theirs collection.
Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia
https://vgcollect.com/item/48934 -> item without TLD, have a PEGI Front cover (again like many EU variant) and a French back cover (edited after the creation of the item), the barcode is for the French variant (again edited).
This last exemple is the worst type of item for me, since it have been edited (even by me, i added the French box text since i've seen it was now the French variant) we don't know what was created to be the original item (does it have any barcode at first, what about the back cover...), should i re submit edit to make that item become the UK variant (which is not in the database) or simply add a [FR] at the end of the title (like in the previous exemple, many people will then have a [FR] title in their collection) then submit another item for the UK variant ?
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I think that if the item was edited after the creation we should re edit it to become the UK variant since we don't know what was the original data of the item but if the item was not edited in any way then we should respect what was added by the creator of the item and edit it to become the variant he added in the database, for case like item 19562 (the .Hack//Mutation with a front and back cover from two different variant) when we don't know what variant it really is, i think they should also been edited to become the UK variant (or merged together if the UK variant already exist), but that's only what i think and i will let the mods have the final words on items like those.
Then what if i find a game that don't have a TLD in the title and is neither a UK or a EU variant ? Should i edit the name to add the TLD (even though most people that have it in their collection does probably not own that particular variant) or should i modify the item to become the UK variant (and then submit a new item for that variant) ?
Exemples:
.hack//Mutation Part 2
https://vgcollect.com/item/19562 -> title without TLD, have German front cover and UK back cover and doesn't have any barcode to identify what variant it really is.
https://vgcollect.com/item/56028 -> "PEGI Rating" suffix in title, have UK front and back cover (barcode confirm it too)
For that exemple should we edit item 19562 to become the German variant (since it already have the German front cover) and then remove the [PEGI Rating] from item 56028, or should we merge them together and create another item for the German variant ?
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2
https://vgcollect.com/item/66795 -> item without TLD, have a PEGI front cover (like many EU variant) and a French back cover, barcode is for the French version too.
In this case the item has been created to be the French variant but no TLD was added in the title so it would be simple to edit it to add a little [FR] but since the UK variant doesn't exist in the database i'm sure many people who added that item in their collection probably didn't have that particular variant (i'm sure most people doesn't check the data of the items, they only check the title and the front cover), so if we edit it they will now have a "Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 [FR]" in theirs collection.
Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia
https://vgcollect.com/item/48934 -> item without TLD, have a PEGI Front cover (again like many EU variant) and a French back cover (edited after the creation of the item), the barcode is for the French variant (again edited).
This last exemple is the worst type of item for me, since it have been edited (even by me, i added the French box text since i've seen it was now the French variant) we don't know what was created to be the original item (does it have any barcode at first, what about the back cover...), should i re submit edit to make that item become the UK variant (which is not in the database) or simply add a [FR] at the end of the title (like in the previous exemple, many people will then have a [FR] title in their collection) then submit another item for the UK variant ?
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I think that if the item was edited after the creation we should re edit it to become the UK variant since we don't know what was the original data of the item but if the item was not edited in any way then we should respect what was added by the creator of the item and edit it to become the variant he added in the database, for case like item 19562 (the .Hack//Mutation with a front and back cover from two different variant) when we don't know what variant it really is, i think they should also been edited to become the UK variant (or merged together if the UK variant already exist), but that's only what i think and i will let the mods have the final words on items like those.
, the costs for overseas shipping can be totally ridiculous sometimes).
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