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Series templates format
Currently, the series templates commonly have lists of games all on one line, separated by only Dot templates. This makes the code hard to read and work with, and it's not very semantic. It should be possible to have the game lists formatted as bullet lists in the code, so it'll be easier to read and type, and use CSS to make it still be displayed the same way. Wanderer (talk) 19:18, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree that your proposal would be preferable, but how can CSS be used to do that?  Pro  cyon  20:42, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The template could wrap the game list in a DIV element with a class name, let's say, "series-game-list" or something, and the CSS could have something like:

div.series-game-list ul, div.series-game-list ul > li { display: inline; } div.series-game-list ul > li:before { content: "\00B7\0020"; } div.series-game-list ul > li:first-child:before { content: ""; display: none; }
 * This will display the list as a line of text, and render the dots as pseudo-elements before all but the first list item.Wanderer (talk) 21:47, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The idea sounds pretty good to me too, can you set up a demo template? We can then look into using a bot to make the change. -- Prod (talk) 21:56, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I set up a demo here, but I can't edit the style sheet. Wanderer (talk) 00:29, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I've updated common.css. You should be able to see the changes if you purge your cache. -- Prod (talk) 01:35, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Wow, that looks pretty cool. Nice job.   Pro  cyon  01:47, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Fyi, you guys are all great and appreciated. --Zaiqukaj (talk) 05:43, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I think we need to clean up a bit of the styling still, but it is a cleaner solution. -- Prod (talk) 22:31, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I just added a few more examples with different formats on the demo page. Wanderer (talk) 23:58, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's possible to switch to lists like this without changing how they look. It seems impossible to have an optional first "heading" in the list format. The option where you've included it with the first entry seems less intuitive than just using the dot. -- Prod (talk)
 * Trying to keep the headings on the same line does seem to be proving problematic. Wanderer (talk) 05:20, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Template:Infobox
Should Infobox be renamed to Game? This would match System, Series, Company, etc.. -- Prod (talk) 02:35, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Makes sense, lots of pages would be impacted by this but that's what bots and redirects are for. -- 17:21, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm on board. Would really like a refactor of the entire box tbh...   Pro  cyon  18:48, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Copyright policy regarding official manuals
Is it acceptable to upload graphics taken from the official manual of a game? I see that at least some complete walkthroughs do this.

I'd like to improve the Zelda II walkthrough. Using the existing Ocarina of Time as an example, I see that the walkthrough landing page includes an image of Link sitting on a stump with Navi flying around. This image comes from the official manual of the game.

Following suit, I uploaded an image of Link taken from the Zelda 2 manual to the landing page of the Zelda 2 walkthrough. The text of the image upload screen seems to indicate that this content is prohibited.

Cedearia (talk) 03:31, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

The copyright policy page gives me the impression that the image I uploaded is okay.

Cedearia (talk) 03:36, 12 March 2016 (UTC)