User:X201/sandbox/BotReq

picture format, aspect ratio, input, license, resolution, ratings, requirements, version, preceded by, followed by, latest release version, latest release date, latest preview version, latest preview date, website

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Sorry I got a bit delayed with this (real world stuff). I'm ready to make the bot request for this and I just wanted to make sure everyone was OK with the plan and that we had a consensus for the changes to be made. The request will be; that in order to aid users (especially new ones) in editing the infobox code, and at the same time preserve data, any populated defunct fields should be moved from the template on existing article pages, to a new hidden template at the bottom of the article, so that the data in those fields can be harvested later by WikiData. Any field that is blank can just be binned.

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Hello over at [[|WP:VG|Wikiproject Video games]], we need to clean up our templates and remove a hell of a lot of redundant template data.

Since the 15 project started a number of template fields have been added and removed from the template. We're now in the position where all of this old data is getting in the way and making things confusing for new users.

In order to aid all users (especially new ones) in editing the infobox code, and at the same time preserve data, we want to move the populated defunct fields from the template on existing article pages, to a new hidden template at the bottom of the article, so that the data in those fields can be harvested later by the squirrels at WikiData. Any field that is blank can just be binned.

Initially we were just going to delete the data, but Wikidata say they want it, so that negates any semi-automatic editing as its outside the capability of AWB.

The discussions around this job are the following:

Wikipedia_talk:VG#We.27re_editing_42.25_of_all_WP:VG_articles

Template_talk:Infobox_video_game#Tracking_category

Category:Infobox video game with deprecated parameters

I've also put the details in a table to make things easier to read.

Extended content

Item	Comment
Template	Infobox Video game
Brief outline:	Remove defunct fields from template markup and copy any populated fields to hidden template at bottom of article for later collection by Wikidata
Fields:	picture format, aspect ratio, input, license, resolution, ratings, requirements, version, preceded by, followed by, latest release version, latest release date, latest preview version, latest preview date, website
Category	Category:Infobox video game with deprecated parameters
Number of Articles:	11,871
Other info.	Most of the formatting is standard, but the requirements field can have a number of different user devised layouts.