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* <s>Sort test entries (new test entries were inserted at the top of test tables). Such a work can possibly only be done by hands and it is pretty time consuming.</s> | * <s>Sort test entries (new test entries were inserted at the top of test tables). Such a work can possibly only be done by hands and it is pretty time consuming.</s> | ||
* <s>Finish adding Japanese names (take 1)</s> / <s>clear Japanese names of html codes (&reg; remains)</s> | * <s>Finish adding Japanese names (take 1)</s> / <s>clear Japanese names of html codes (&reg; remains)</s> | ||
* <s>Check for disabled and removed regions (should not be many left).</s> | |||
* <s>Ask game FAQs permission to use their box arts. </s><s>(submitted by users, btw), try to use Wikipedia's box arts if not possible. No answer to my messages. :-\</s> | |||
* <s>Update the following info: game descriptions from game FAQs with their permission. They gave me the permission to use game descriptions and box-arts on the basis that either comes from the publishers (although AFAIK uploaded by the users so I'll still credit the users involved). What can I say, mighty nice of them! </s><s>(Dolphin wiki has all the descriptions copied from game FAQs), or Wikipedia if not possible.</s> | |||
* <s>Update the following info: genres, multiplayer status, developers/publishers, special controllers from game FAQs, www.jp.playstation.com</s> | |||
** <s>Ongoing update: game FAQs: controllers, descriptions, ratings.</s> | |||
** <s>Ongoing update: genres, multiplayer status, developers/publishers, Metacritics links from game FAQs</s> | |||
* <s>Use [http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/list-999 Game faqs] to create still missing titles, serials, release dates, AKAs. I'd even get boxarts from them but I'd need their permission for that. So no luck here I guess.</s> | * <s>Use [http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/list-999 Game faqs] to create still missing titles, serials, release dates, AKAs. I'd even get boxarts from them but I'd need their permission for that. So no luck here I guess.</s> | ||
** <s>Clear all existing serials from nonuniform, duplicate and bad entries</s> | ** <s>Clear all existing serials from nonuniform, duplicate and bad entries</s> | ||
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** Other places to check: http://mirage.just-size.net/slps/slps.html (mysterious place), http://playstationcollecting.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Search.PS2 , http://www.gony.pe.kr/wiki/gony/moin.cgi/PS2_20_c1_a4_bd_c4_b9_df_b8_c5_20_b8_ae_bd_ba_c6_ae (small Korean DB), http://www.gameplanet.co.kr/xe/2337317 (small Korean DB), http://www.arcade-history.com/index.php?page=database&listtypes=44&lemot=&annee=0&editeur=&keyword1=0&gallery=&Tri=0&position=1 , http://www.suruga-ya.jp/search?category=20002&search_word=&cookie=true&inStock=On (unsure), http://homepage2.nifty.com/gamedatabase/software/DB_SNC2_PS2_top.html (unsure), http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/ps2/list-games/ (unsure, data differs from game FAQs), http://gamee.cc/doc/ps3_ps2id.php (easy), http://oplmanager.no-ip.info/site/index.php?gamelist (unsure). | ** Other places to check: http://mirage.just-size.net/slps/slps.html (mysterious place), http://playstationcollecting.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Search.PS2 , http://www.gony.pe.kr/wiki/gony/moin.cgi/PS2_20_c1_a4_bd_c4_b9_df_b8_c5_20_b8_ae_bd_ba_c6_ae (small Korean DB), http://www.gameplanet.co.kr/xe/2337317 (small Korean DB), http://www.arcade-history.com/index.php?page=database&listtypes=44&lemot=&annee=0&editeur=&keyword1=0&gallery=&Tri=0&position=1 , http://www.suruga-ya.jp/search?category=20002&search_word=&cookie=true&inStock=On (unsure), http://homepage2.nifty.com/gamedatabase/software/DB_SNC2_PS2_top.html (unsure), http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/ps2/list-games/ (unsure, data differs from game FAQs), http://gamee.cc/doc/ps3_ps2id.php (easy), http://oplmanager.no-ip.info/site/index.php?gamelist (unsure). | ||
** Use http://ns348841.ip-91-121-109.eu/psxdata/psx2/ntsc-j_list2.html to include additional serials (game FAQs does not have all of them), found 244 dupes in all site's serials. :-\ Should I bother cleaning this at all?! (148 left, I postponed parsing this until all the other sites are parsed and loaded, too many errors). | ** Use http://ns348841.ip-91-121-109.eu/psxdata/psx2/ntsc-j_list2.html to include additional serials (game FAQs does not have all of them), found 244 dupes in all site's serials. :-\ Should I bother cleaning this at all?! (148 left, I postponed parsing this until all the other sites are parsed and loaded, too many errors). | ||
* Many descriptions (~2300) are still missing, should be updated from Wikipedia in the future. | |||
* <s>Build a list of articles without verified descriptions (either with no description at all or with description added by someone else, which should be verified). Many of such unverified descriptions contain only useless basic info from Wikipedia.</s> Update articles with the list. | |||
* Renew Japanese original names for the titles lacking them, remove all dupe original names with prefixes and postfixes like "PlayStation®2 the Best", "コナミ・ザ・ベスト", etc. -- they are just useless... | |||
* Update Australian game ratings (at least give it a good try), only available [https://www.playstation.com/en-au/ here]. | |||
* Automatically set Wikipedia links (where possible) | |||
* Build a list of articles <s>without images or</s> with bad quality images (low-res, small size) | |||
* Renew Japanese names | |||
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* Automatically set Wikipedia links (where possible) | |||
* Game properties | * Game properties | ||
** Update widescreen=1 statuses, using pretty chaotic *.pnach database (hard), <s>decide if splitting widescreen=1&2 to widescreen & widescreenpatch is needed</s> | ** Update widescreen=1 statuses, using pretty chaotic *.pnach database (hard), <s>decide if splitting widescreen=1&2 to widescreen & widescreenpatch is needed</s> | ||