kal9000 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I've noticed that most games in my launchbox don't have a series tag. Even series which I would expect, like Mario and Sonic aren't showing any data. I've tried running the 'download meta data' for all games and that doesn't seem to fix it. Are most games just lacking series data? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Yes. I do believe a lot of game are missing series data. Just checked a bunch of games (Sonic, Mario, Castlevania, etc..) and a lot do not have that metadata listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kal9000 Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 Interesting. I looked at the gamesdb and I didn't see where that info is stored there. I wonder how to contribute... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhrvivor Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 41 minutes ago, kal9000 said: Interesting. I looked at the gamesdb and I didn't see where that info is stored there. I wonder how to contribute... You can contribute to the database by going to gamesdb.launchbox-app.com, create an account there if you don't have one yet, search for a game and edit its data, then wait for the moderators to approve your changes (you need 1 approval from 3 different moderators for your changes to be merged into the database). You can also moderate other people contributions by going to gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/moderation. Just make sure you follow the rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kal9000 Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 I signed up for gamesdb, but there's no series option on the edit screen that I can see. Maybe it's coming from somewhere else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 7 hours ago, kal9000 said: I signed up for gamesdb, but there's no series option on the edit screen that I can see. Maybe it's coming from somewhere else? I do not believe it is a field available in Launchbox DB. At least I have never seen it. The series info likely comes from wikipedia since Launchbox also pull metadata from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kal9000 Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 Ah, maybe that explains it. I never pull metadata from wikipedia as launchbox recommends against it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 27 minutes ago, kal9000 said: Ah, maybe that explains it. I never pull metadata from wikipedia as launchbox recommends against it. Hmmm, I don't think I have seen that. When you import I know the metadata screen simply shows "(recommended)" after the Launchbox database listing. However, on the wikipedia listing it does not show not to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 No not in the program itself but it has been recommended not to use it. I recommend you not use it personally I feel it has more bad info than good the way they handle games which is by the game means if you get wiki info for it you could get stuff that pertains to a completely different platform as it doesn't differentiate well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Thanks @DOS76 I dont use wikis really for anything at all, even outside of emulation wold, since that data is not really validated and any one can post data. So makes sense not to recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kal9000 Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 Oh yeah it doesn't say 'not recommended', but it does say 'recommended' for gamesdb and leaves wikipedia unchecked so I guess it's kind of implied that it's not recommended. A feature I would like would be to scrape Wikipedia just for the series data and nothing else, since that seems to be the only source available at the moment, unless launchbox can start using giantbomb api or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coleman Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 How do i edit the series list to add new series fields that are missing from the default list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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