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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Listing Errors 2016
« on: June 20, 2016, 10:44:05 pm »
I added a listing for Dragon Age: Origins: Awakening for XBox 360 Live to the site a while back.

According to the style guide, both subtitles and names of expansions go after a colon, which is exactly how I originally formatted it (seen above). There's an exact example of this in the style guide: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising.

However, while searching the database, I noticed ALL the other versions had the title formatted differently, as Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening. With a hyphen instead of another colon.

Examples:

So I renamed mine to be consistent with all the others, and the change was rejected. Not only that, but my original format was then altered by mastafafik to another format - Dragon Age Origins: Awakening - a format that is both incorrect according to the style guide, and inconsistent with all the other listings I was trying to match. So now it no longer matches the style guide recommended format (as my original title did), and it doesn't match all the other Dragon Age: Origins: Awakening listings either...

So, how should Dragon Age: Origins: Awakening by formatted? It seems that the mods cannot agree to follow the style guide here. And it would appear most of the current listings are all incorrectly titled in the database.

I should note that Dragon Age: Origins is an example given in the style guide as well, so removing the colon before "Origins" in my listing makes even less sense.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Listing Errors 2016
« on: March 10, 2016, 02:16:36 pm »
Okay, works for me. The UMD image I uploaded was accepted. But since the Front Box Art image that is currently on there doesn't really work for what this is, I figured a more accurate image was better than one that is less related.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Listing Errors 2016
« on: March 10, 2016, 12:19:02 pm »
Quick question about the little oddity on the PSP (NA) that is the "Hilton Garden Inn: Ultimate Team Play"
http://vgcollect.com/item/39756

I just had an edit rejected, in which I tried uploading a main Box Art image. The thing is, this game had no box, only a UMD and a PSP system were shipped to Hilton Garden Inns. Currently the Box Art is a logo for the hotel itself, not the "game" (training sim). To better represent the game, I exported a screenshot of the title screen from the game with the game title logo "HGI: Ultimate Team Play." However, this edit was rejected.

Title Screen:


Versus the current image which is a generic hotel chain logo:


In the past I've seen people say to use the title screen from in-game for any games that have no official box or box art representing it in any online marketplace. Yet in this case it was rejected, even though it seems the best case scenario for this UMD. Should I upload it again and hope for the best?

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Listing Errors 2016
« on: January 29, 2016, 08:04:39 pm »
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and it sounds like the box text that you're adding from overview should be fine.  I've done similar things for eShop items, and they've been ok. Hopefully one of the admins can look into it and let you know!

Yeah all the other edits were approved (anything from image, to genre, release date, etc.), but the Box Text fields are being rejected the majority of the time (they are approved maybe 10% of the time). No idea why though.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Listing Errors 2016
« on: January 27, 2016, 02:06:06 pm »
Not sure where to ask about rejected edits, so here goes:

I've recently been updating a lot of Xbox Live digital games, as many of them are using the incorrect images (using the retail box images with the ESRB ratings, etc.) as opposed to the ones from the Xbox site/console interface:

For instance, using the first image here instead of the correct second image for the digital XBox Live title:
Incorrect
Correct


While making many of these updates, I've gone ahead and added a bunch of other official info as well. In this process I have had a handful of my Box Text edits rejected. Sometimes they are approved, and other times they are rejected with no consistency. Considering I am following the instructions in the style guide, I would assume these would all be approved.

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Digital games lack a traditional box, and so they also lack box text. In this case, we can use the description text from the source as the box text. 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.

So for the Box Text field I have been copying the summary from the game overview at http://marketplace.xbox.com/ which is the same as the summaries on the actual user interface on the XBox 360 console as well. However, these were rejected today even though I followed those instructions:

Hitman Absolution: http://vgcollect.com/item/58034
Dead Space: http://vgcollect.com/item/72669
Dishonored: http://vgcollect.com/item/63595
DMC HD Collection: http://vgcollect.com/item/94339
Battlefield Bad Company 2: http://vgcollect.com/item/69264
Alan Wake: http://vgcollect.com/item/49020
Metro Last Light: http://vgcollect.com/item/88012
LEGO LOTR: http://vgcollect.com/item/90070
Mafia II: http://vgcollect.com/item/83036
Mirror's Edge: http://vgcollect.com/item/62201
Burnout Paradise: http://vgcollect.com/item/72755

Any idea why these are being rejected? At first I assumed this sort of info fits under description as opposed to box text, since digital games have no box, but according to the style guide, they do indeed go in box text, exactly as I'm submitting them.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Duplicate Listings 2016
« on: January 24, 2016, 06:44:12 pm »
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition
Xbox 360 [NA]

Original: http://vgcollect.com/item/20013
Duplicate: http://vgcollect.com/item/91867


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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Duplicate Listings 2016
« on: January 24, 2016, 03:55:29 pm »
Xbox [NA]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars / Tetris Worlds (Not For Resale)

Original: http://vgcollect.com/item/17173
Duplicate: http://vgcollect.com/item/58508

The duplicate has better cover art image quality and more complete info, though.


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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Duplicate Listings 2016
« on: January 24, 2016, 03:51:41 pm »
Xbox [NA]

Star Wars: Battlefront II - Platinum Hits

Original: http://vgcollect.com/item/11455
Duplicate: http://vgcollect.com/item/47197

Although more people seem to have the duplicate in their collections, the original has a more accurate/complete title, info, cover, etc.


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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Listing Errors 2015
« on: December 30, 2015, 04:40:42 pm »
Shovel Knight
Xbox Games Store (X360) [NA]

http://vgcollect.com/item/83041

This game does not exist. It was never released on that platform, and as you can see, no users have it in their collections yet, and the cover art is not an XBox Live cover image. This listing should be removed


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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Duplicate Listings 2015
« on: December 30, 2015, 04:37:09 pm »
Noticed this one, when I tried correcting the info on the one that turned out to be the duplicate, and then found the original:

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Xbox Games Store (X360) [NA]

Original: http://vgcollect.com/item/5292
Duplicate: http://vgcollect.com/item/92326


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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Duplicate Listings 2015
« on: December 30, 2015, 04:06:44 pm »
Plants vs. Zombies
Xbox Games Store (X360) [NA]

Original: http://vgcollect.com/item/23111 - has correct title spelling
Duplicate: http://vgcollect.com/item/86181 - incorrect title spelling and a lot less collections than the original


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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Recent Additions to Database
« on: June 02, 2015, 11:56:22 am »
Perfect. I wasn't sure if that was the solution. I checked the style guide and it didn't mention it as allowable.

But I will do just that!

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Recent Additions to Database
« on: May 29, 2015, 02:06:22 am »
I recently added two exclusive variants I recently acquired:

  • For Xbox 360 - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - Wal-Mart Exclusive Instrumental Soundtrack
    http://vgcollect.com/item/84030
    - Came with an extra disc - the official soundtrack on CD. Front of label has a WalMart bonus disc callout. The rest seems to be the same, beside the barcode. I wanted to add an image of both discs, but the game disc art was rejected.
  • For Nintendo Gamecube - Star Fox Adventures - Kmart Exclusive
    http://vgcollect.com/item/84031
    - When bought new from Kmart, also came with the official Nintendo Power Guide. The disc/case itself is only different in the Kmart graphic on the front, and the barcode.

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