Template talk:Infobox video game
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Age ratings need to be implemented![edit]
Age ratings needs to be a part of the standard template for video games. I think this should be obvious. (Can someone fix? I don't know how) 2A01:563:128:700:DCA4:4385:D7F4:3F67 (talk) 19:06, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Could you provide any arguments that transcend the previous discussion on the matter? IceWelder [✉] 19:19, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- There are too many age rating systems in the world to be able to include them all in infoboxes. Hence why we (as well as for movies and television shows) do not implement them. Masem (t) 19:35, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Late response, but I was thinking maybe we could draw from Wikidata and have it automatically populated in a small module in the release section like the review scores? But it definitively isn't infobox worthy. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 23:54, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
Add Sound Design to Video Game credits list[edit]
I am wondering why there are no entries for Sound Design on your Video Game entries on Wiki. There are entries for other game development roles and even an entry for Composer on each video game, but no entry for Sound Design. I recently tried to add a new Sound Design field in the credits of a video game entry, but my edit was removed. Can we please add a new entry for Sound Design in the Video Game credits list. SoundCredit (talk) 11:03, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
- It's been asked for numerous times - it's even in the FAQ at the top of this page - but I can't see it happening anytime soon, as the template needs to take a wide view of things. It's still the case that the vast majority of sound designers are not referenced in reliable sources. Anything in the infobox needs to be referenced in the prose section of the article. - X201 (talk) 11:12, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for getting back to me.
- So, this should be addressed, there are pleny of reliable sources for sound designers on video games these days, and there are already entries for the music composer on video games and not all games even have composers, so this seems a bit out dated.
- If you want a reliable source for video game credits take a look at Moby Games.
- Anyway, could you advice me on how I can get this sorted out ?
- Thanks SoundCredit (talk) 11:28, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
- You seem to be asking for this because your goal in editing is to insert your own company into infoboxes. Without a non-promotional reason to consider this, I doubt anyone is going to give it serious thought. Note as well that Moby Games is an unreliable source for us, per WP:USERG. -- ferret (talk) 14:15, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
- ok, thanks for getting back to me SoundCredit (talk) 16:05, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
- You seem to be asking for this because your goal in editing is to insert your own company into infoboxes. Without a non-promotional reason to consider this, I doubt anyone is going to give it serious thought. Note as well that Moby Games is an unreliable source for us, per WP:USERG. -- ferret (talk) 14:15, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
License field[edit]
I have looked through some of the links in the header here about adding new parameters, and see that there seems like pretty solid agreement that some stuff (i.e. repository link, release version etc) shouldn't be included. But I do not see any real in-depth discussion of licensing; there is stuff like Template_talk:Infobox_video_game/Archive_15#Add_license_field? and Template_talk:Infobox_video_game/Archive_15#missing_fields where somebody just says "this field previously existed and was removed by consensus", but doesn't link to the consensus; either way these discussions were five and seven years ago respectively. Somebody proposes making a separate infobox for open source games and then including the fields in there, which I don't really see having much response.
I do see the argument against putting in a param for license, which is that it wouldn't be used very often, which is true, although I don't really see why it would be a big deal (almost every infobox on the project has multiple unused parameters). What is the story on this? jp×g🗯️ 23:34, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
- The main reason it's not in the infobox is it's a little beyond "wouldn't be used very often" and much closer to "less than 1% would use". It's presence would also result in tons of people adding things like "license = Proprietary" over and over all over the place, because a omitted parameter is a parameter to be filled in many people's minds. -- ferret (talk) 23:42, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
- The less parameters in use, the better. Any game that isn't proprietary usually has that mentioned in prose and included as a category. An infobox that has several unused parameters should be looked at and fixed too. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 23:46, 13 June 2024 (UTC)