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This page documents the procedure for adding patch notes to the wiki. Patch notes now use the template {{Patch layout}}
to keep their layout consistent.
Instructions
Creating a new article
- New patch articles should use the name format
Month DD, YYYY Patch
. If the patch is for the Xbox, append(Xbox)
to the end. Examples: August 20, 2010 Patch
orAugust 20, 2010 Patch (Xbox)
- Copy and paste the following code:
- Copy and paste the patch notes directly from the article on http://store.steampowered.com/news/ and format them like this:
- Add the URL of the update page to the
source
line at the top like this: | source = http://store.steampowered.com/news/4210/
- Add the date of the previous patch to the
before
line like this: | before = August 17, 2010 Patch
- Add
N/A
to theafter
line. - Preview your article and if everything works fine hit Save page.
Updating the rest of the wiki
- Go to Template:Updates and make sure
patch-month
andpatch-day
are all correct and up-to-date. - Go to the patch just before the new one and update its
after
line with a link to the latest patch: | after = N/A
on the old patch article now becomes| after = August 20, 2010 Patch
(the date of the latest patch)- Go to the article on Patches and add the latest patch as a new item to the top of the list.
- You're done.
{{Patch layout | source = | before = | after = | notes = ... }} {{Languages}}
* Fixed a bug with the game * Updated cp_dustbowl ** Made it less spammy ** Fixed glitch * Updated the game === Community requests === * Added a new cvar
Advanced
For more complicated patches.
- Handling two source links at once:
| source = http://store.steampowered.com/news/4210/ | source-title = Part 1 | source2 = http://store.steampowered.com/news/1234/ | source2-title = Part 2
- Handling update pages:
| update = http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/ | updatelink = The Engineer Update
- Handling update pages in different languages:
| update = http://www.teamfortress.com/scoutupdate/german.htm | updatelink = Das Scout Update | update-lang = de