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User talk:Josephine Lithius/Template:Fangame

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More Games

There's some fangames on the site (at least Mushroom Kingdom Fusion, Sonic Robo Blast 2, Super Smash Bros. Crusade, and Super Smash Land; there might be more, but those are the only ones I can think of at the moment) that should have this template present (and hence should be in Category:Fan games) but don't. Thing is, I'm not really sure what to link to for the "a TCRF admin gave permission" requirement. I've seen a number of talk page messages saying they were created before the "no fangames" rule was added and got grandfathered in, but I'm not sure if that'd count and I don't feel comfortable with adding the template (even in nocat or commented-out form) without the required link. -WarioBarker (talk) 19:28, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

After a lot of experimentation, I successfully updated the template to kind of compensate for pages which were alleged to be "grandfathered in" or otherwise don't have explicit written permission to exist. That being said… I did some digging.
Both of those Smash Bros. fan games had pages which existed before the rules were given a proper page (late January 2013)… but Mushroom Kingdom Fusion (March 2013) and especially Sonic Robo Blast 2 (January 2022?! Really…!) both go against the rules of the time and as of now. Not… entirely sure what to do about that other than make a note of it on the relevant talk pages.
~ Jo Li (U, T, C) 04:15, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

About this template

Isn't it against the rules for non-admins to make new content templates like this (or at least without admin permission)? esp if you're already adding it to game pages... --Zyxyz (talk) 04:50, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

If I was making this template in the main page space – or rather, if I had it as a "Template:" pages – then yeah. That's probably hugely frowned upon. But, since it's still in my user page space, and especially since I haven't toggled the template as part of the available templates (it's kind of a "trial run", I guess), it's probably semi-sorta okay? No one's said anything so far…
As for adding it to actual pages? Again, no one's said anything. But, it's entirely possible someone eventually might. Guess we'll see what happens. Thank you for bringing it up.
~ Jo Li (U, T, C) 07:56, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
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