So my question I think I asked a decent bit ago,
Will games like Pokemon Sun and Moon have separate entries?
I have both titles in that example and they show up under the same tile together in the shelf, even if I select a specific version for each.
Normally I wouldn’t be bothered, but the games are technically different enough to have separate boxes in shelves
Given the new data is based on IGDB and Sun and Moon each have their own entry, the revised database entries here will likely eventually match that once the transition is complete.
May I ask how far along we are in the transition
@BMO is correct. They have 2 entries. They’re actually already in the database.
This is one I don’t know how to handle the merge yet.
All the data is in the database from IGDB, and it’s getting updated every day. I’ve fleshed out the IGDB pages quite a bit, although they still need a couple of things added to them. You can use those entries on your shelves without worry. The only way they show up in search is if you type in the name exactly. So Pokemon you have to have the accent over the e. I’ve done some merging and worked out some kinks with my merge code. The next step is to finish building out my “fast merge” interface. I’ve got a pretty good idea for what I want the interface to look like and how it’ll work for my super curator team.
I’ve had to fight off LLM bots the last couple of weeks, so that has sucked any time away from coding.
From what I gather from this thread, the switch to IGDB is a fait accompli at this point. But I wanted to at least bring to your attention that the new owners of Giant Bomb recently said that they’re committed to getting their wiki back in shape: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/update-on-the-giant-bomb-website/1100-6524/.
That said, what I’ve seen of the work you’ve already done on the transition to IGDB looks good. You’re doing a great job as usual. Thanks for all you do for us!
Thanks!!
I heard on the last bombcast that they were going to be open sourcing their wiki and rewriting the whole thing from scratch. I wish I had known about their whole buying the site away and doing this. I know Bakalar has used Grouvee at some point and time, and I bet we could have done something to help out. The IGBD thing is still the right decision for this site at this point and time, but it would have been cool to have been a part of keeping the legacy of their wiki alive.
Will we be keeping the ability to change the date a game was added to our collection in this work?
Yes. You can still edit that field on your shelf pages. I’ll be getting that field back on the new pages very soon!
Speaking of editing data - I recently noticed that the feature to record playthrough data was readded to the game pages, and I couldn’t be happier because recording play time data is one the main things I’m using on groovee. With this I now have all the features that I used back, and with game data coming from IGDB there is now a significantly higher game coverage compared to giant bomb.
This is absolutely amazing and I really appreciate it!