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Video Game Database Discussion / Alt-Name field
« on: April 07, 2018, 02:11:42 am »
I have tried on multiple occasions to correct or add some Alt-Name info but keep getting rejected. I understand my formatting may be incorrect but I don't understand what the correct formatting is.
Should we specify what region the Alt-Name originates from or not? I have seen both examples come up on other games and the style guide does also specify this information. But I have been rejected doing this, being told that it's incorrect formatting.
Without being able to add a reason for the edit, I think some misinformation is being held onto. For example, the game Rival Schools (NA) is known as Rival Schools: United By Fate in Europe, but I have been rejected twice for trying to add this. I'm afraid this one might be because someone entered Fighters Edge as an Alt-Name, but Fighters Edge is a customer loyalty program created to encourage purchase or other games marked with Fighters Edge markings. Kind of like Club Nintendo.
Another example is the game Haunting Ground (NA) currently has the Alt-Name of Demento, デメント. I don't know what those symbols are, but I'm not allowed to remove them.
Quote from: The style guide
The Alternate Title field is used to list other titles that the game is known as in other regions or the most common name.
• Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (US / EU) would have Castlevania: Byakuya no Concerto (its Japanese title)
• Gunbullet (Japan) would have Point Blank (its US title)
• Fahrenheit (Europe) would have Indigo Prophecy (its US title)
Should we specify what region the Alt-Name originates from or not? I have seen both examples come up on other games and the style guide does also specify this information. But I have been rejected doing this, being told that it's incorrect formatting.
Without being able to add a reason for the edit, I think some misinformation is being held onto. For example, the game Rival Schools (NA) is known as Rival Schools: United By Fate in Europe, but I have been rejected twice for trying to add this. I'm afraid this one might be because someone entered Fighters Edge as an Alt-Name, but Fighters Edge is a customer loyalty program created to encourage purchase or other games marked with Fighters Edge markings. Kind of like Club Nintendo.
Another example is the game Haunting Ground (NA) currently has the Alt-Name of Demento, デメント. I don't know what those symbols are, but I'm not allowed to remove them.