Posted: 1/2/2022 8:51 PM
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Previously in order to edit publication descriptions, tags, and flags, one needed the vested editor role. Editor privileges were not sufficient. However, the vested editor role also came with moving pages, deleting pages, and editing system pages, which is strangely powerful for a non-staff role. A lot of the time, we gave people vested editor not because they were trusted with editing system pages etc, but in order to edit publication descriptions etc. As such all editors are now able to edit publication meta data. The vested editor role was removed entirely. If you need pages deleted or moved, or for whatever reason need a system page edited ask staff.
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
Posted: 1/2/2022 9:04 PM
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https://tasvideos.org/GameResources/GBx Can we please split the "GBx" section on Game Resources into GB and GBA? https://tasvideos.org/GameResources The GBx subpage as it is doesn't even show up in the list on the top half of this page.
Posted: 1/7/2022 7:53 AM
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Now that I'm just an editor, I can't access Wiki: Games/List; if I try, I get an Access Denied error. I used to be fairly active in maintaining the Games database, filling out metadata and grouping games like this one that still have not been updated by anyone else (after over 3 months). Ideally the publisher should fill this out on creating a game entry, but it almost never happens, so it falls to the Vested Editors to clean it up. It has been this way for seven years, and I don't see it changing now. Can we add a role for editing Games and adding Games to groups? This would not have to include adding or deleting game entries, if that's too much power like Memory said. Or could regular editors also be able to edit game metadata and groups like we can edit the descriptions for them now?
Posted: 1/7/2022 11:46 AM
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Yeah that's an important thing to outsource.
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Posted: 1/7/2022 2:46 PM
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We definitely want CoolKirby maintaining our game's list! I think this is a permission we could assign to editors, what does everyone think?
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Posted: 1/7/2022 3:05 PM
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I would be fine with it, but there is no UI to actually add games to game groups atm. I am making an issue on github as we speak. EDIT: I have given all editors catalog movie perms (includes games editing). UI to add to game group might be a little while.
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
Posted: 1/7/2022 8:18 PM
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I didn't expect so much support! Thank you adelikat, feos and Memory! The new Games/List and editing features look really good! I'll let a staff member know if any pages need added or combined. Actually, it looks like there are duplicate entries for Pokémon Blue and Red that were left over from an old GB parsing bug. Could someone in staff please merge those publications, submissions, and userfiles into the standard Blue and Red, respectively? You can repurpose the duplicate entries for the recently accepted Gamera submission and anything from the Wiki: NoGamename list. Thanks in advance!
Posted: 1/7/2022 8:26 PM
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CoolKirby wrote:
You can repurpose the duplicate entries for the recently accepted Gamera submission and anything from the Wiki: NoGamename list. Thanks in advance!
Repurposing game pages should no longer be necessary on this site.
[16:36:31] <Mothrayas> I have to say this argument about robot drug usage is a lot more fun than whatever else we have been doing in the past two+ hours
[16:08:10] <BenLubar> a TAS is just the limit of a segmented speedrun as the segment length approaches zero
Posted: 1/7/2022 8:36 PM
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Poor choice of words on my part. What I'm referring to is moving all of 2004G's data into 1473G, and 2254G's data into 16G. This leaves the old, duplicate entries, 2004G and 2254G, bare. In this special case, it would be better to use these useless duplicates for submissions now than to leave them as orphans that could confuse users looking for the real Pokemon Blue and Red entries.