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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and rejected edits 2021

« on: October 16, 2020, 06:02:26 pm »

Please reject my name change to Sony PlayStation Dual Shock Controller - Gray https://vgcollect.com/item/19529 – I didn't realize it was in fact originally called "Dual Shock" with a space in it

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and rejected edits 2021

« on: October 04, 2020, 09:13:57 am »

https://vgcollect.com/item/168131

Image is 404

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Category/Platform Requests 2.0

« on: October 03, 2020, 07:33:12 am »

Back on VTech, how would a new category and an arrangement like this look? Items with + would be new creations.

VTech
+ VTech InnoTab
- VTech MobiGo
+ VTech Socrates
+ VTech V.Flash
+ VTech V.Reader
- VTech V.Smile
+ VTech V.Smile Baby
+ VTech Hardware
+ VTech Accessories

Using 1 shared cat for all VTech hardware and all VTech accessories across all VTech consoles, and having cats for each console game type.

I'll try to dust off my consoles to see if I can help on that, though I don't have many of it


On other matter Pokemon Mini Hardware should be renamed to Pokémon Mini Hardware same as the games are.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and rejected edits 2021

« on: September 16, 2020, 01:27:15 pm »

The edit to add (black label) was rejected because there is only 1 entry in that category with that name.

Thanks!

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and rejected edits 2021

« on: September 15, 2020, 04:15:57 pm »

Can you ignore my edit for the name change of https://vgcollect.com/item/74788? I originally wanted to distinguish this from https://vgcollect.com/item/46655, but it seems that atarmina also distinguish these two titles by the hyphen in name:
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-super-ferrari_16416.html vs http://www.atarimania.com/game-super-ferrari_s7082.html

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Duplicate List 2020

« on: September 13, 2020, 05:59:44 pm »

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Limited Edition
Original: https://vgcollect.com/item/44738
Duplicate: https://vgcollect.com/item/137382 (it has an item image that should be moved to the original listing though)

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings and rejected edits 2021

« on: September 11, 2020, 05:31:51 pm »

https://vgcollect.com/item/143267 have a 5017783024241 barcode which seems to be a NL one judging from Google search and other games from a person that added the barcode to the database, but I have a (more popular) copy with 5017783024203 barcode which seems to be UK one.

Seeing this entry is the only one in database, how should it be corrected without causing much interruption?

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Disney and Disney/Pixar games item names on database

« on: September 11, 2020, 02:46:18 pm »

Thanks for the replies!

The way around this issue, the fact that some games have the branding and some don't (because this is how they are on GameFAQs) would be to call a community vote on the matter. Whether we should adhere to the name on GameFAQs no matter what, or omit corporate branding from titles altogether. If you think it is worth a shot, you can request such a thing here: https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,8361.0.html

I think it may be worth a shot, I just might not be up for a task to make one right now. I saw the whole discussion about item names at the thread linked here: https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,8361.msg156632.html#msg156632 so at least it was acknowledged already. I don't think following any other service, be it GameFAQs or anything else blindly is a good idea either, especially as VGCollect is already established entity and as you said not all games are there anyway, though I get why it's there in the first place and at least it's something to start off with. Plus any change to this would require a poll definitely.

Currently item names lack uniform style which makes it hard for me to find different releases or editions and even things such as the usage of symbols such as colons et al are not standardized, I sometimes try to fix them when I see them, but I often don't know which way is the right way sadly.

Either way, thanks for all the work toward style guide! Even if all the quirks may not be explained yet, at least some things are now properly described with examples and stuff.

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News / Re: Advanced Style Guide update and feedback thread

« on: September 10, 2020, 04:33:11 pm »

I recently created this thread https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,11082.new.html#new before realizing there's a thread for discussion of Advanced Style Guide already present, sorry about that 

Anyway, it would be nice if the guide pointed out how/what to input and what not to input in alt-name field, especially for foreign language titles – people usually input an English name there, is that correct? And if so, at what format?

Some clarification about which prefixes for Disney (Disney, Disney's Disney Pixar, Disney/Pixar, Disney/Pixar's, Disney/Pixar …) should be used and when – the Lion king example is a good one, but it clearly have 's visible in "Disney's"…

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Disney and Disney/Pixar games item names on database

« on: September 10, 2020, 04:12:58 pm »

Assuming that the name of the game is just it, so e.g. Cars, I'm still a little puzzled what should go to alt-name, especially for foreign-language titles e.g. https://vgcollect.com/item/119715

It currently is "Disney/Pixar Monsterit Oy Säikkysaari" and alt-name is Disney's Monsters Inc: Scare Island

Assuming the correct name would be "Monsterit Oy: Säikkysaari", what would be the alt name? "Monsters Inc: Scare Island, Disney/Pixar Monsterit Oy: Säikkysaari" separated by comma? And that assumes that we use "Disney/Pixar" as uniformly accepted writing style and scrap the "Disney"/"Disney's" altogether for Disney/Pixar games and use the prefix for just the original title and not the English equivalent.

May require to summon the knowledge of mighty @tripredacus to help here indeed.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Disney and Disney/Pixar games item names on database

« on: September 09, 2020, 05:40:54 pm »

Okay, so according to this, those names apparently should go in the alt-name field.

Some games have a company name in the logo design that does not match the Common Name.
Example
Lion King, The has in the Alt-Name:
The corporate branded title: Disney's The Lion King

Oh, I must have missed it, thanks!

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Are Details within the Databse being deleted?

« on: September 09, 2020, 04:28:37 pm »

Something that's nice about other sites like Discogs is when an item in your collection is edited by someone the system sends you a message to let you know. Wish something like that was implemented here.

That would be a killer feature indeed and would certainly ease some headache for some people.

What about entries that got removed though? As far as I remember, the owners are carried to the another variant right? That is also sub-obtimal sometimes and would be nice to have notification from.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Disney and Disney/Pixar games item names on database

« on: September 09, 2020, 04:14:54 pm »

Would be nice indeed . Forgot to mention there's also Disney·Pixar …

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Video Game Database Discussion / Disney and Disney/Pixar games item names on database

« on: September 09, 2020, 03:55:11 pm »

As I've been adding my games to the database, I stumbled a lot of Disney and Disney/Pixar games I have, but it seems to be no uniform name of how to call them. Some are called "Disney …", some are called "Disney's …", others are "Disney/Pixar …", "Disney Pixar …", "Disney/Pixar's …" or Disney Pixar's and some are omitting the prefix altogether. What is the preferred item name to use here? I've read through the Style guide and Advanced Style guide, but I couldn't find an explanation on this sadly.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Duplicate List 2020

« on: September 06, 2020, 06:26:00 am »

https://vgcollect.com/item/152743, most likely a duplicate of either https://vgcollect.com/item/46194 https://vgcollect.com/item/46209 or https://vgcollect.com/item/46197