Template talk:Releases

This template is intended to partially replace template:bob, hopefully making it look tidier and easier to read (especially for multiplatform games). It should also be readable by the DPL extension. - Hivebrain 19:27, 4 December 2011 (CST)

The latest commit breaks for me on Firefox, showing everything on one row. IDK how {{!}}- breaks it though :/

My question when I first saw you make this was how was it going to deal with multiple releases in a region, such as limited editions or budget releases? Would it be possible to make one that somehow keeps the compact size, or would stretching the table to accodate the extra test be the best way to do it? This is when I wish MediaWiki had some sort of variable-parameter system - Andlabs 19:42, 4 December 2011 (CST)

I have no idea why the table is doing that. The first two product codes are missing as well.

Limited/budget releases would be handled with extra sets of parameters like "md_date_jp2". These can be added as needed. - Hivebrain 21:21, 4 December 2011 (CST)

Well guess and check makes it looks like the {{#ifs should be on their own line, not on the same line as the closing for the previous one... I can fix that, but I don't know why it has to be like that - Andlabs 22:59, 4 December 2011 (CST)

Or not, it looks like that adds extra space on the last line. This is weird... - Andlabs 23:04, 4 December 2011 (CST)

Er fixed it myself — {{!}}- should be outside the if blocks, leading to blank rows that get ignored - Andlabs 23:14, 4 December 2011 (CST)

I foresee troubles:

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|- that's (most) of Golden Axe, which has (by my count) 17 ports in total, not including re-releases. We'll have similar stories for OutRun (15), Altered Beast (12) and perhaps most worryingly, Space Harrier (20). Whereas this system is certainly welcome for the majority of games, the messy pages will still be messy.

Also as I found out just yesterday, there's at least ten slightly different mobile phone ports of OutRun. And no, I don't think they were all released at the same time for the same price, so I imagine they'll need individual representation for it to be 100% accurate. -Black Squirrel 05:12, 5 December 2011 (CST)

The often-ported games are already messy, and the information has to be listed somehow. The amount of vertical space taken up is annoying but I think it's the best solution. We need to shove euros and deutschemarks in there somehow too (only one per console since dm were replaced with euros in 2002). - Hivebrain 05:48, 5 December 2011 (CST)

actually we run into lots of issues when it comes to money - it's not just marks, it's francs, pesetas and lira, Australian dollars, the Brazilian real, the South Korean won and all sorts of currencies from asia. This is why I'm thinking the template may get ridiculously big.

btw I assume we're leaving out publishers/distributors. They can vary as much as release dates and prices. -Black Squirrel 08:39, 5 December 2011 (CST)

We don't have info for most of those currencies, and probably never will. AU$ is the only one I've come across myself, for newer consoles. That said, Asia, S Korea and Brazil often have their own separate releases.

My intention was to leave publishers on the original bob, and possibly a single set of release dates for the first arcade/console version. - Hivebrain 10:34, 5 December 2011 (CST)