Template:Video game release
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Description
- You can specify any region, country or other label.
- Regions and dates appear in the order in which you input them.
- Regions can be repeated.
Usage
Parameters are input as region code/date pairs, and are displayed in the order they are given. Any of the standard NA, EU, AU or AUS, PAL, SEA, AS, SA, OC, WW and ? video game-specific codes will work, as well as all ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes and a smaller number of selected ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.
Note that WP:VG/DATE asserts several guidelines/rules concerning where and when (and which) abbreviations may be used in video game infoboxes, specifically:
"Add release dates for English-language regions and the developer's region. Use only general public release dates, not festival, preview, or early access dates. If possible, use the game's exact release date ("January 25, 2016")."
Examples
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{{Video game release|EU|September 11, 2015|NA|September 23, 2015}}
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{{Video game release|JP|February 8, 2011|WW|TBA}}
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{{Video game release|NA|October 5, 2009|PAL|October 6, 2009}}
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{{Video game release|UK|July 19, 1999|WW|December 12, 1999}}
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{{Video game release|NA|January 1, 2016|EU|January 2, 2016|AU|January 4, 2016|SEA|January 13, 2016|AS|January 14, 2016|SA|January 15, 2016|OC|January 16, 2016|WW|January 17, 2016|?|January 18, 2016}}
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Tracking categories
- Category:Pages using vgrelease with named parameters (0) - Pages using the template with old named parameter syntax, i.e.
NA=date. Convert to current syntax, i.e.NA|date. - Category:Pages using vgrelease with two parameter region (0) - Pages using the template with old "custom region" three parameter syntax, where the first two parameters represent an article and link label. These uses should be removed by combining the first and second parameter into a wikilink. I.e. combine
North America|NA|dateinto[[North America|NA]]|date. Where possible, simply replace with the region code, i.e.NA|date - Category:Pages using vgrelease without a region (0) - Pages using the template without a region. These should be cleaned up either by specifying a region or removing the template.
- Category:Pages using vgrelease with deprecated parameters (0) - Pages using the template with a depreciated hard-coded region code (I.e. JA or JN instead of JP).
Redirects
{{Vgr}}{{Vgrelease}}{{Vg release}}
See also
- {{Vgrtbl}} – just like this template, except formatted so that dates sort properly in sortable tables.