FAQ and Guidelines Brainstorming Thread.

[disgaeniac]

Also, I forgot to ask...is there somewhere (in your stats or profile) to keep track of how many "Edits" we have made?

On that note, what exactly 'constitutes' an edit...filling out the whole page for an entire game...or...is each & every # and bit of info. considered as an edit?

wah lah!  http://vgcollect.com/disgaeniac/stats

i made that page custom for you; don't tell anyone 

 


... ha, that's what i get for tryin' to make a joke   

Damn 

I'm seriously sorry about that...

I must have some how missed that post (or not realized that it was a *New* post).

But - you definitely get credit & my undying gratitude for being my 1st!

(umm...1st *ANSWER* that is)

[desocietas]

Also, I forgot to ask...is there somewhere (in your stats or profile) to keep track of how many "Edits" we have made?

On that note, what exactly 'constitutes' an edit...filling out the whole page for an entire game...or...is each & every # and bit of info. considered as an edit?

wah lah!  http://vgcollect.com/disgaeniac/stats

i made that page custom for you; don't tell anyone 

 


... ha, that's what i get for tryin' to make a joke   

Damn 

I'm seriously sorry about that...

I must have some how missed that post (or not realized that it was a *New* post).

But - you definitely get credit & my undying gratitude for being my 1st!

(umm...1st *ANSWER* that is)

hahaha no worries.  considering how other forums can be, i'm just thankful that we have enough active members where a question like that can be answered very quickly.   

[disgaeniac]

Yes!

One thing here that I find very refreshing and that has been making me very happy about this site is the attention & speed with which topics, ideas, questions, thoughts, and suggestions get addressed 

[disgaeniac]

Yeah, the stats page will eventually be pretty in depth. But the publishers/developers lists are kind a mess and I am currently going through it to merge dupes. We will eventually list your most owned genre, but that won't come to pass until we finally implement the updated genres lists. The pie chart has a tendency to get super cluttered, depending on how many different platforms you have.

Yeah, I really like the idea of having a page like that a lot!

(...I *was* wondering why it was listing my "Main" genre as something other than RPG's, though

[scott]

Yes!

One thing here that I find very refreshing and that has been making me very happy about this site is the attention & speed with which topics, ideas, questions, thoughts, and suggestions get addressed 

We should slow down then, huh.

Yeah, the stats page will eventually be pretty in depth. But the publishers/developers lists are kind a mess and I am currently going through it to merge dupes. We will eventually list your most owned genre, but that won't come to pass until we finally implement the updated genres lists. The pie chart has a tendency to get super cluttered, depending on how many different platforms you have.

Yeah, I really like the idea of having a page like that a lot!

(...I *was* wondering why it was listing my "Main" genre as something other than RPG's, though

Its because its borked atm. It says my main genre is Action games and that my main developer is EA Tiberion

[foxhack]

Its because its borked atm. It says my main genre is Action games and that my main developer is EA Tiberion

Mine's Action (probably right) and Harmonix (stupid Guitar Hero games!)

[amauriel]

Its because its borked atm. It says my main genre is Action games and that my main developer is EA Tiberion

Yeah, it's got mine listed as the same...

[disgaeniac]

Heh - What's really odd is that it has "Action" listed as favorite genre (which should be *totally* off) -but- It *does* have "ATLUS" listed as favorite Dev. 

*That* doesn't seem all that unrealistic.

Actually, if I would have had to take a guess before looking at/starting all of this...I would have guessed that my favorite Dev. (as in the one that I have the most games by) would have been a toss-up between Nippon Ichi & Atlus.

It does seem kind of odd to see "Action" and "ATLUS" paired together, though...

[dstone]

Also maybe having a video showing how to use the website and such.

Ooooh, a video... I like that idea. Might have to start hacking out a bit of a script.

i think anything posts or replys that are about religion,sexuality and politics should not be allowed

There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.

[disgaeniac]

Hey everyone -

I just came up w/ (yet) another question!

When submitting new items to the Database here...how do we *designate* them as "SWAG"?

The closest that I saw (while adding an item) was "Other".
The problem there is, that instead of adding it to my "SWAG" List in my collection...it instead opened up the new "other" category.

Can I/How do I 'transfer' (or add/enter) an item to/as "SWAG"?

Thanks-

[disgaeniac]

*Never mind*

I found "swag" under the 'console' listings & fixed/changed it!

[scott]

*Never mind*

I found "swag" under the 'console' listings & fixed/changed it!

 

[disgaeniac]

*Never mind*

I found "swag" under the 'console' listings & fixed/changed it!

 

This has, however, brought to mind another idea/suggestion (unless it's already here & I just don't know how to use it:)

A).  Since that 'console' list is huge & looks to have hundreds of options - is there a way to "mark"/"select" just the ones that would be relevant to each user.

For example:  If I had, say 5 consoles (and the related games/accessories, etc)...and knew that everything that I'd ever be adding would only come from those...and knew that the other 95% of the list/selections would never be used by me...is their a way to prune the selection list/or "favorite"-it or something so you don't always have to scroll past so many things that you know you'll never be using (...and if you wanted to...just add them as needed)?

B).  What's the difference between "other" and "swag"?

-Maybe add (in parenthesis) examples/descriptions next to the 1-2% of the categories on that list that aren't *obvious*?

C).  I think this was mentioned already, but, did I just miss the "ost" category...or is that just "swag" or "other" for now?

*If that's not possible/too hard to implement - could it work so that your most-used categories could be listed 1st/on top of the list?

[disgaeniac]

Another thought -

Is there a "Members" List type of thing here?

[scott]

There is the forum member list: http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php?action=mlist

But as far as a list of users for the main site too, I don't think there is anything set up for non-admin to see.