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+ | <noinclude>{{Projectbox|content=This project page is for the maintenance of a News section on PCGamingWiki. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Aims''' | ||
+ | * Market people to view articles that will receive high interest based on recent news. | ||
+ | * Highlight platform changes on articles which will require substantial changes/attention. | ||
+ | * Encourage community participation in current events. | ||
+ | * Make it easier for Andytizer (or anyone else) to create News articles quickly. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Inclusion criteria''' | ||
+ | * Any games with high wishlist/player counts/press coverage/notability/surprise announcement/releases. | ||
+ | * Major platform changes e.g. GOG/Steam/Origin/Microsoft Store. | ||
+ | * Major DRM changes e.g. removal of Denuvo or becoming DRM-free. | ||
+ | * Major patches or content changes. | ||
+ | * Notable sales. | ||
+ | * Don't cover new releases, those are covered in [[PCGamingWiki:Assignments]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Title''' | ||
+ | * Brief and concise and ideally a single sentence with period at the end. | ||
+ | * Internally link where possible in order to encourage users to click through to an article. | ||
+ | * Explain why the change might be considered interesting to the reader/PCGamingWiki visitor. | ||
+ | * Add additional information that can't be summarised in the title can be placed in the Notes field. | ||
+ | * This is currently set to an abbr tag which mouse users can use to hover. Mobile solution needs to be developed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Instructions''' | ||
+ | * [[PCGamingWiki:News/Table]] - this is the area where the data is kept. | ||
+ | * New rows are added newest at the top. | ||
+ | * Currently Moderators and Editors only have permission to edit this page. | ||
+ | * When the Table is edited, it also needs to be purged for the data to refresh in the queries. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Syntax''' | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title= | ||
+ | |Date= | ||
+ | |Link1= | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | * <code>Title</code> - concise title. | ||
+ | * <code>Date</code> - Month dd format. | ||
+ | * <code>Link1</code> - URL only. | ||
+ | * <code>Link2</code> - URL only. | ||
+ | * <code>Link3</code> - URL only. | ||
+ | * <code>Notes</code> - any additional information, ideally a single sentence, no formatting/links. | ||
+ | * <code>Community</code> - URL to community site only. | ||
+ | * <code>Pin</code> - true/false - this will pin to the top in certain queries. Ideally only 2 or 3 pinned at any one time. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Main contacts''' | ||
+ | * [[User:Andytizer|Andytizer]] | ||
+ | * Discussion should be in the #News channel on [[PCGamingWiki:Discord|Discord]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Related pages and templates''' | ||
+ | * {{T|News/row}} - each data row is used in [[PCGamingWiki:News/Table]]. | ||
+ | * {{T|News/displayonly}} - only used for cargo queries so as to not duplicate table rows.}}</noinclude> | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[The Witcher]] free to claim on [[Store:GOG.com|GOG.com]] today. | ||
+ | |Date=August 6, 2020. | ||
+ | |Link1=https://www.gog.com/game/the_witcher | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{News/row | ||
+ | |Title=[[Prey (2017)]] patch removes [[Denuvo]]. | ||
+ | |Date=July 29, 2020 | ||
+ | |Link1=https://www.reddit.com/r/prey/comments/hzgrk7/july_23rd_2020_update/ | ||
+ | |Link2= | ||
+ | |Link3= | ||
+ | |Notes= | ||
+ | |Community= | ||
+ | |Pin=false | ||
+ | }} | ||
{{News/row | {{News/row | ||
|Title=[[Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition]] announced for release December 4, 2020, an updated version of [[Dragon Quest XI]]. | |Title=[[Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition]] announced for release December 4, 2020, an updated version of [[Dragon Quest XI]]. | ||
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|Notes= | |Notes= | ||
|Community= | |Community= | ||
− | |Pin= | + | |Pin=false |
}} | }} | ||
{{News/row | {{News/row | ||
− | |Title=[[Store:Epic Games Store|Epic Games Store]] Summer Sale is live from July 23 to August 6. | + | |Title=[[Store:Epic Games Store|Epic Games Store]] Summer Sale is live from July 23 to August 6, 11 AM Eastern. |
|Date=July 23, 2020 | |Date=July 23, 2020 | ||
|Link1= | |Link1= | ||
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|Notes= | |Notes= | ||
|Community= | |Community= | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{News/row | {{News/row |
Revision as of 15:15, 6 August 2020
This project page is for the maintenance of a News section on PCGamingWiki.
Aims
- Market people to view articles that will receive high interest based on recent news.
- Highlight platform changes on articles which will require substantial changes/attention.
- Encourage community participation in current events.
- Make it easier for Andytizer (or anyone else) to create News articles quickly.
Inclusion criteria
- Any games with high wishlist/player counts/press coverage/notability/surprise announcement/releases.
- Major platform changes e.g. GOG/Steam/Origin/Microsoft Store.
- Major DRM changes e.g. removal of Denuvo or becoming DRM-free.
- Major patches or content changes.
- Notable sales.
- Don't cover new releases, those are covered in PCGamingWiki:Assignments.
Title
- Brief and concise and ideally a single sentence with period at the end.
- Internally link where possible in order to encourage users to click through to an article.
- Explain why the change might be considered interesting to the reader/PCGamingWiki visitor.
- Add additional information that can't be summarised in the title can be placed in the Notes field.
- This is currently set to an abbr tag which mouse users can use to hover. Mobile solution needs to be developed.
Instructions
- PCGamingWiki:News/Table - this is the area where the data is kept.
- New rows are added newest at the top.
- Currently Moderators and Editors only have permission to edit this page.
- When the Table is edited, it also needs to be purged for the data to refresh in the queries.
Syntax
{{News/row |Title= |Date= |Link1= |Link2= |Link3= |Notes= |Community= |Pin=false }}
Title
- concise title.Date
- Month dd format.Link1
- URL only.Link2
- URL only.Link3
- URL only.Notes
- any additional information, ideally a single sentence, no formatting/links.Community
- URL to community site only.Pin
- true/false - this will pin to the top in certain queries. Ideally only 2 or 3 pinned at any one time.
Main contacts
Related pages and templates
- {{News/row}} - each data row is used in PCGamingWiki:News/Table.
- {{News/displayonly}} - only used for cargo queries so as to not duplicate table rows.