Template talk:Infobox video game

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A number of changes have been discussed and rejected multiple times, and sometimes discussed and ignored. Please review the below discussions before adding a new section for the parameter you would like to add. Each discussion is listed by most- to least-recent.

I would like |predecessor= and |successor= added: See: Add a space to input succeeding and preceding games if it is in a series, Three parameters suggestions, Add sequel and succeeded, Add "follows" and "follwed by" in videogame infobox template., Iterative games, Prequel and Sequel, GameSeries
I would like |website= added: See: Add a link to the website of the game, "Official Website" Field, No way to add a website., Template-protected edit request on 5 November 2020, Three parameters suggestions, add website parameter, website
I would like |based on= added: See: Template-protected edit request on 13 July 2020, How about a "Based on" parameter?
I would like |support status= added: See: Template-protected edit request on 31 May 2021, Early access date, Add field for end of life?, "Discontinued" date or similar for multiplayer/online games, Add new field for current status, Optional support stopped parameter wanted needed
I would like |infobox software parameter= added: See: Programming language, Optional Source Code Repo field, Add field for latest release version and date (as in Infobox software), Parameter suggestion: "size", Size parameter, Add license field?, Add a game version information, Programming language, missing fields
I would like |specific technical parameter= added: See: Addition of parameters, Parameters to the video game infobox, Addition of new optional parameters
I would like |other kind of parameter= added: See: Add Reception?, e.g. PEGI age ratings are missing from this info box, Budget field, Sound director parameter
I would like Wikidata to...: See: Release date (P577), Image property
I would like to refine how we treat a certain field, or even remove it: See: Staff precedence, "other_name" paramter, Propose adding Age Guide, Updating Computer Releases, Proposal on arcade fields (successful), On ending the practice of laundry listing dates..., Derivative copyrighted cover arts, Platform and Release Date fields, Guidelines for including Producer(s), Co-op, On staff in infobox, macOS in the infobox, Removal of the display parameter, Distributor (successful)

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released field

Currently it reads "Add release dates ... for English-language regions and the developer's region." I think it should also say "first country of release" or something similar. The original release isn't necessarily in the developer's region. Saw this at Gray Matter (video game) where original release date was deleted because it wasn't in a "major region". Mika1h (talk) 00:17, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have altered the wording to state that it should be the region of first release (if different from Western release) and that typically is the developer's region. — Masem (t) 01:35, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

italic title parameter doesn't affect above

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The italicization of above is done with TemplateStyles, so it remains italicized when italic title is set to no. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 20:20, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please link to a page showing this effect. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:12, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Roblox, per requester's recent edits. SilverLocust 💬 05:26, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Permalink because Rhain fixed it with {{noitalics}}. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 15:55, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like someone took care of this rare exception with {{ni}}. According to the documentation, italic title controls the display of the title of the article as displayed at the very top of your browser window (the H1-formatted page title), not the text at the top of the infobox. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:57, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well yeah, but an even rarer exception than this rare exception is wanting the title to not be italics but also wanting the the top of the infobox to be italics. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 15:58, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you have specific edits you would like to make to change the template, you can make the changes in Template:Infobox video game/sandbox and/or Template:Infobox video game/styles.css/sandbox and then reactivate the request. SilverLocust 💬 18:19, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To clarify, I'm not sure that scenario is actually rarer; it would apply whenever the infobox is used multiple times within an article, such as here or here. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 23:51, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]