Editing Contribution Guide

If you'd like to contribute there are [[:Category:Article stubs|stubs]] or [[:Category:Outdated Articles|outdated articles]] you can help fix up. 

== Adding recommended games ==
Whether a game should be added to the wiki or not just comes down to the question: ''Do most people on /v/ generally recommend the game?'' If the answer to that is yes, then go ahead and add it, but if not - and even if you personally think it's a great game - it shouldn't be added.

A good resource for recommended games is charts that get posted on /v/, like:
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Copypasta Vs list of great DS games 04-2009.jpg
Copypasta Vs list of recommended 360 games.jpg
Copypasta PS4 Recommendations.jpg
</gallery>

=== Pages that need updating ===
Most of them. The majority of this site was made ~2009-2013 so there's a lot that needs updating, even on the more popular systems. And there's a lot of obscure systems that don't have any games listed at all yet: [[Systems with no recommended games]]

=== Exclusives / Definitive releases ===
To make finding the best version of a game easier, exclusives and the definitive version/port of a game is marked with a colored background. To do this you just need to add the [[Template:Exclusive|<nowiki>{{Exclusive}}</nowiki>]] template to the row of a table, like so:
<syntaxhighlight lang="mediawiki" style="width:fit-content;">{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Description
|-{{Exclusive}} <!-- Put it here on the |- -->
!Game
|Exclusive
|-
!Game 2
|Not Exclusive
|}</syntaxhighlight>

== Adding images ==
You can either link to external images (hotlink) or upload them to the wiki.
=== External images ===
This method is preferred as it will reduce backend needs and will typically load faster for users. 

To post an external image, use the [[Template:External Image|<nowiki>{{External Image}}</nowiki>]] template.

Using [https://www.igdb.com/ IGDB] for images is preferred for their common image size/format and low filesizes. Their resolution support and naming scheme can be found [https://api-docs.igdb.com/#images here.]
:For thumbnails:
:*<code>t_cover_big</code> is best for cover art
:*<code>t_screenshot_med</code> is best for 16:9 screenshots
:*<code>t_720p</code> is best for non-16:9 screenshots.
:And for URL <code>t_1080p</code> is best.
=== Uploading images ===
You can upload an image up to 4MiB, although please convert/compress/resize them if possible.

The wiki supports these formats: png, gif, jpg, webp, avif, jxl, svg

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