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The series sidebar serves as an extension of sorts for the Infobox. It gives a list of all the games in a particular series and points out where the current article resides in that list. Code-wise, it is always located directly beneath the Infobox and above Key points/General information. | The series sidebar serves as an extension of sorts for the Infobox. It gives a list of all the games in a particular series and points out where the current article resides in that list. Code-wise, it is always located directly beneath the Infobox and above Key points/General information. | ||
| − | The sidebar is made up of two parts | + | The sidebar is made up of two parts, the tag as well as the table. |
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==The tag== | ==The tag== | ||
Revision as of 21:52, 3 February 2020
The series sidebar serves as an extension of sorts for the Infobox. It gives a list of all the games in a particular series and points out where the current article resides in that list. Code-wise, it is always located directly beneath the Infobox and above Key points/General information.
The sidebar is made up of two parts, the tag as well as the table.
- Should only be used with a collection of games part of an overall series or franchise.
The tag
Syntax
{{Series|Game}}
Example
| Halo | |
|---|---|
| Halo: Combat Evolved | 2003 |
| Halo 2 | 2007 |
| Halo: Spartan (series) | |
| Halo Online | 2015* |
| Halo 5: Forge | 2016 |
| Halo Wars (series) | |
| Halo Recruit | 2017 |
| Halo: The Master Chief Collection (series) | |
| Halo Infinite | 2021 |
The tag is the portion that is written to articles. It acts as a proxy for the actual table (located in a dedicated Series: page).
In most cases, the actual table is already created and only the tag needs to be added. That being said, there will be times where a new series needs to be added in with no prior entry available. See below for details.
The table
- The following is to used on a separate page using the
Series:prefix. Creating aSeries:page is the same process as creating a game article.
Syntax
{{Seriesbox|entries=
{{Seriesbox/parent|My Little Parent Series|}}
{{Seriesbox/row|[[The Game]]|2000}}
{{Seriesbox/row|[[Game 2: Electric Boogaloo]]|2004}}
{{Seriesbox/row|[[Game 3: Not Game 2]]|2014}}
{{Seriesbox/child|The Electric Boogaloo Spin-off}}
}}
Example
See Series:Game, Series:Halo, Series:Lego, or Series:Lego Batman.
The table is where the actual information is stored. It consists of 2 main parts:
- The header. Besides holding the table together, the title of the sidebar resides here.
{{Seriesbox|entries=
(content goes here)
}}
- Main game row. A row meant for full game releases in the series.
{{Seriesbox/row|[[The Game]]|2000}}
- Child series row. Defines a child series of the current series, such as a spin-off series or subseries that connects specific titles.
{{Seriesbox/child|Name of the child series}}
- Parent series row. Defines a parent series of the current series.
{{Seriesbox/parent|Name of the parent series}}
General rules
- Games should be ordered on first PC release date (oldest to newest).
- If an expansion is standalone (i.e. does not require the base game to function), it should be considered a separate game and listed as a full title.
- Use the full title of the game when adding it to the list.
- Some franchises are too large to fit onto one table (ex. Star Wars). Narrow in on what sub-series a collection of games follow.
- A new game in a series should only be added in if it has been confirmed that it will be released on the PC (either Windows, OS X, or Linux).
- While not common, fan games and major mods for a series can be added in if it is worth mentioning. Ask a mod before editing it in.
Common issues
- Issue: Cover thumbnail is listed as text in the series table.
- Solution: Refresh the cache for the series page (More -> Refresh).
- Description: This is caused by PCGW not having generated and cached the thumbnail of the cover yet, which might take a couple of minutes. A refresh of the cache might help.
- Issue: Game includes a cover that isn't listed as a thumbnail nor as text in the series table.
- Solution: Refresh the cache for the game page (More -> Refresh), and then the cache for the series page.
- Description: This is caused by the game page not having updated its cached in a while, so the properties Property:Cover and Property:Cover filename haven't been set for it yet and therefor the series list can't retrieve the thumbnail.
- Issue: Game includes the series sidebar, but isn't listed in the large series table even after cache refreshes.
- Solution: Verify that
{{Series|xxxx}}is being used, with a pipe | between the series template call and the name of the series, and that a colon : is not used instead, and then refresh the series page cache. - Description: Mistakenly writing
{{Series:xxxx}}with a colon ( : ) instead of a pipe ( | ) will result in the game page transcluding the relevant Series:xxxx page directly instead of going through the Template:Series. This will case the necessary Property:Part of series declaration to not be set, which will mean the game will not be seen as a part of the series.
- Solution: Verify that