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When a new game is coming, staff members will need to update pages and templates to accommodate the new game. This guide will help make sure everything is done on time and nothing is missed.
When a new game is coming, staff members will need to update pages and templates to accommodate the new game. This guide will help make sure everything is done on time and nothing is missed.


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# Post news about it
# Post news about it
#* [[Template:News]]
#* [[Template:News]]
#* Facebook
#* Twitter
#* Twitter


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# Update the following articles
# Update the following articles
#* {{ps}}
#* {{ps}}
#* [[:Category:Games]]
# Update the following templates
# Update the following templates
#* {{tem|games}}
#* {{tem|games}}
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=== When a big event happens ===
=== When a big event happens ===
# [[MediaWiki Talk:Sitenotice#To update|Edit the warning]] at the top of each page to say something like "We're currently taking in new <game> info. If you want to help, '''[[User:Espyo/New game guide|please follow this guide]]'''. Thanks!"
# [[MediaWiki Talk:Sitenotice#To update|Edit the warning]] at the top of each page to say something like "We're currently taking in new <game> info. If you want to help, '''[[Pikipedia:New game guide|please follow this guide]]'''. Thanks!"
# Update file-related pages
# Update file-related pages
#* [[Help:Files]]
#* [[Help:Files]]
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# Post news about it
# Post news about it
#* [[Template:News]]
#* [[Template:News]]
#* Facebook
#* Twitter
#* Twitter


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==== On the overseas release day ====
==== On the overseas release day ====
# Update [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice]] to mention the release
# Update [[MediaWiki:Sitenotice]] to mention the release
# On the [[User:Espyo/PikipediaUpload|PikipediaUpload]] script remove the auto-categorization of prerelease images
# In the [[User:Espyo/PikipediaUpload|PikipediaUpload]] script remove the auto-categorization of prerelease images
# Ask big NIWA wikis to put up banners asking people to help Pikipedia, if feasible
# Ask big NIWA wikis to put up banners asking people to help Pikipedia, if feasible
# Somewhere, point down reminders of the release dates, so that anniversary statuses can be published on social media.
# Somewhere, point down reminders of the release dates, so that anniversary statuses can be published on social media


=== In the following days ===
=== In the following days ===
# Go to http://www.pikminwiki.com/index.php?title=Special%3AAllPages&from=&to=&namespace=0&hideredirects=1, enter all articles that apply to the new game, and
# Go to https://www.pikminwiki.com/index.php?title=Special%3AAllPages&from=&to=&namespace=0&hideredirects=1, enter all articles that apply to the new game, and
#* Add <code><nowiki>{{game help|&lt;new game's id&gt;}}</nowiki></code>
#* Add <code><nowiki>{{game help|&lt;new game's id&gt;}}</nowiki></code>
#* Add the new game's icon on that page's {{tem|game icons}}
#* Add the new game's icon on that page's {{tem|game icons}}
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#* {{tem|characters}}
#* {{tem|characters}}
#* {{tem|controls}}
#* {{tem|controls}}
#* {{tem|enemies}} (if we haven't split them up in the meantime)
#* {{tem|enemies}}, {{tem|p1enemies}}, {{tem|p2enemies}}, {{tem|p3enemies}}, {{tem|hpenemies}}
#* {{tem|enemy other info}} (?)
#* {{tem|enemy other info}} (?)
#* {{tem|enemy stats}}
#* {{tem|enemy stats}}
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# Create map navbox templates
# Create map navbox templates
# Create an infobox and navbox for challenge/mission mode levels in the game
# Create an infobox and navbox for challenge/mission mode levels in the game
# If caves return, change {{tem|caves}} into <code><nowiki>{{p2 caves}}</nowiki></code>, and create <code><nowiki>{{<game> caves}}</nowiki></code>
# If caves return, change <code>{<nowiki/>{tem|caves}}</code> into <code>{<nowiki/>{p2 caves}}</code>, and create <code>{<nowiki/>{<game> caves}}</code>
# Create a navbox for the collectibles
# Create a navbox for the collectibles
# Update [[Canon]].
# Update [[Canon]]
 
{{procedures}}
[[Category:Procedures]]