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: That's obviously much better if it works. If you were wondering, the purpose of this template is to find the earliest release year so that games can be automatically categorised. - [[User:Hivebrain|Hivebrain]] 20:36, 4 April 2012 (CDT) | : That's obviously much better if it works. If you were wondering, the purpose of this template is to find the earliest release year so that games can be automatically categorised. - [[User:Hivebrain|Hivebrain]] 20:36, 4 April 2012 (CDT) | ||
::How would it be used in a page then — manually? Or do we have a way to do it automatically? - [[User:Andlabs|Andlabs]] 20:43, 4 April 2012 (CDT) | ::How would it be used in a page then — manually? Or do we have a way to do it automatically? - [[User:Andlabs|Andlabs]] 20:43, 4 April 2012 (CDT) | ||
| + | :::I'd use it in Template:Releases something like this: <nowiki>[[Category:{{lowest|{{year|md_date_eu}}|{{year|md_date_us}}|etc.}} Mega Drive games]]</nowiki> | ||
| + | :::Year will be another template that trims the date. It'll all be automatic when someone adds release dates. - [[User:Hivebrain|Hivebrain]] 21:04, 4 April 2012 (CDT) | ||
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- That's obviously much better if it works. If you were wondering, the purpose of this template is to find the earliest release year so that games can be automatically categorised. - Hivebrain 20:36, 4 April 2012 (CDT)
- How would it be used in a page then — manually? Or do we have a way to do it automatically? - Andlabs 20:43, 4 April 2012 (CDT)
- I'd use it in Template:Releases something like this: [[Category:{{lowest|{{year|md_date_eu}}|{{year|md_date_us}}|etc.}} Mega Drive games]]
- Year will be another template that trims the date. It'll all be automatic when someone adds release dates. - Hivebrain 21:04, 4 April 2012 (CDT)
- How would it be used in a page then — manually? Or do we have a way to do it automatically? - Andlabs 20:43, 4 April 2012 (CDT)