Advanced Style Guide update and feedback thread

[ignition365]

Settings was included in that list as well.

[tripredacus]

Thanks, examples used.

TLD post created.

[tripredacus]

Changed settings so all members can see this section.

If you can't see it, let me know in here. It is not visible to guests.

[weirdfeline]

Just read it and learned I've been using Unreleased (but official) wrong this whole time. Whoops..

[ignition365]

Just read it and learned I've been using Unreleased (but official) wrong this whole time. Whoops..

Yeah... I thought we were supposed to use Unreleased (but official) for things that haven't released yet.

If we're making that change are we going to add Official Release (Upcoming) to the release type options?

[tripredacus]

I put it in the todo list in the Category Requests thread.

[tripredacus]

Official Release (Upcoming) was added by Admin yesterday to the Release Date drop-down list.
The Advanced Style Guide has been updated.

[weirdfeline]

Sweet!

[weirdfeline]

Official Release (Upcoming) is showing as blank on individual item pages.

https://vgcollect.com/item/178989

[tripredacus]

Official Release (Upcoming) is showing as blank on individual item pages.

https://vgcollect.com/item/178989

Looks like this is fixed now.

[tripredacus]

Updates
- Re-ordered games section in Description section. Added example for documenting insert variations among different releases, where the actual variants do not get a separate entry.

- Added "unwritten rule" of using forward slash with spacing on games with multiple game titles, in the Item Name section.

- Added clarification that accessories with games as download codes but not physical games are considered games in the Platform section.

Info needed
Still looking for examples of US items with UPC missing the country code and check digit.

[tripredacus]

Updates
- changed thread title to reflect current use of the thread

- Added formatting for multiple descriptors to use same formatting as multiple names in title to Item Name section.

[tripredacus]

Added rule regarding Quotation Marks to Item Name post.

Basically to omit quotation marks from Item Names, the primary reason being that the site's input validation truncates the text when submitting a new item. Admins and DB Admins have the ability to create entries like this because we can edit an item immediately and have it appear. Non-admin users would submit an item, have the broken item name just sit there until an admin gets to go through the update queue. And that is presuming the person who created the entry even bothers to put in an edit afterwards to fix the title... I'd say it is about 50/50 that happens... so it is better to just omit the quotation marks entirely to make it easier for everyone.

[ignition365]

Added rule regarding Quotation Marks to Item Name post.

Basically to omit quotation marks from Item Names, the primary reason being that the site's input validation truncates the text when submitting a new item. Admins and DB Admins have the ability to create entries like this because we can edit an item immediately and have it appear. Non-admin users would submit an item, have the broken item name just sit there until an admin gets to go through the update queue. And that is presuming the person who created the entry even bothers to put in an edit afterwards to fix the title... I'd say it is about 50/50 that happens... so it is better to just omit the quotation marks entirely to make it easier for everyone.

Might consider encoding characters so " gets saved as ", but still displayed as " when rendered in browser.

[Faalagorn]

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"…