They need to be by adding fields.
One example, the rating. There should be two fields, the first to select the rating organisation (ERSB, PEGI, CERO pre 2006, CERO current, etc) and a second field with the available rating. it would be much simpler to select the corresponding rating without having them all jumbled together.
Same goes with the consoles. The Megadrive is all over the place! You have the Megadrive, the Sega Genesis, the Sega Megadrive (Br) in a list of several hundred of consoles, some with the manufacturer as a prefix, some without. There should be separate field:
- Make (Nintendo, Sony, Nec...)
- Brand (Megadrive/Genesis, Playstation 3, Apple II...)
- Region / Country of origin
There are so many duplicates. Games should be grouped together per game, with additions being reviewed by the site:
- Game
- Console
- Region
- Variation
This way when adding a new game I would select
On the [Sega] [Master System], the game from [USA] [Power Strike] with the variation [Blue cover]. The Japanese variation (Aleste) would not be a separate entry and would show up in a search. Depending on which Console and Region I put for the Game, the Name and cover would reflect it, showing
Aleste アレスタ if I chose JP with
Power Strike in the field
Also known as. Power Strike, Aleste, アレスタ, are all variation of the same entry
http://vgcollect.com/item/36379 . If I choose USA as the region I should be granted the variation choice
Regular cover or
Blue cover. Same goes for multiplatform games, which would share the same database entry. Of course I should be able to add the same game several time if I have several variations of it / multiple copies.
You get what I mean? This would solve all your duplicate problems.
