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Submissions, publications, userfiles, and threads can be cataloged to be linked with a given game. Submission cataloging contains the most data, userfile and thread cataloging contains the least. Click the {{Catalog}} button on either of them to access that page, provided you have [Permissions#CatalogMovies|the necessary permission].

! Submission

On submissions, this will bring up a page with several fields to fill in: system, framerate, emulator, game name and version, goal, sync verification checkbox and additional sync notes.
* Generally, the ''Platform'' and ''Framerate'' are left untouched. If they need to be changed, a proper movie needs to be made and used as a replacement, so the movie parser does things automatically.
* ''Emulator'' version that was used to successfully replay the movie needs to be documented in its respective field (list several if they are required, like libTAS+ruffle)
* If the ''Game'' already has an entry on the site, select it in the drop-down menu and click {{Update}}, if it hasn't been already selected. This will bring you back to the submission page. Click on {{Catalog}} again.
** If it isn't known by the site, then it will need to be created by clicking the {{New}} button next to the Game field. Fill out the [GamesHowTo#Details|info about the game] there, including the game genre, then hit {{Save}}. Afterwards, follow the previous step.
* Select the game ''Version'' used if it exists for that game, then click {{Update}}. If it doesn't exist yet, a new entry will need to be created. Click on {{New}} next to version dropdown, then fill out the information about the ROM as needed (the ''Version'' field usually isn't necessary to be filled in). Click on {{Save}}, then click on {{Update}}.
* Select the ''Goal'' of the TAS. If no goal has been created for the TAS so far, it will need to be created. Simply click on {{Manage}}, then put in the [PublisherGuidelines#BranchName|branch label] without quotes, or {{baseline}} for a branchless movie, then click on {{Create}}. Afterwards, select the newly created branch, then click on {{Save}}.
* The ''Additional Sync notes'' field has a textual explanation of what they usually contain.
* After you've cataloged the game and the emulator, it's a perfect time to indicate that you've verified sync on this submission, because it helps judges a lot! Click the ''Sync verified'' checkbox and then the {{Save}} button.
** If you're one of the authors of the submission, and you've cataloged it, please don't tick the ''Sync verified'' checkbox. It sure syncs for you if you've made it, but the purpose of sync verification is ensuring it syncs __for other people__ who may have a different setup. Because figuring out what setup is required for sync is the goal here. However, if it's a very old submission of yours and your setup is different now, verifying sync from scratch by at least someone is still better than if nobody does it.

! Publication

Similar to submission catalog page, but doesn't have the sync verification checkbox and sync notes, because the submission has already been synced in order to proceed with the publication.

! Userfile and thread

These only have fields for system and game, because they may represent all kinds of versions, goals, emulators, etc.