Help:Updates

Follow these instructions to update the relevant sections of the Wiki when there is an Update to any of the games, or the Portal blog.

Naming
Patch pages should be named according to the following rules:
 * Portal 2:
 * PC:
 * e.g.
 * PS3:
 * e.g.
 * Xbox:
 * e.g.


 * Portal:
 * PC:
 * e.g.
 * PS3:
 * e.g.
 * Xbox:
 * e.g.

Patch page contents

 * 1) Copy and paste the following code:


 * Copy and paste the patch notes directly from the article on http://store.steampowered.com/news/ and use the asterisk to recreate the indents, for example:
 * Fixed a bug where Portals were two-way.
 * Fixed a bug where co-op robots had Portal guns.
 * Gave them work to do in an assembly plant instead.
 * Fired the guys who made those robots.
 * If there are no patch notes, simply write: "Patch notes are unavailable at present".
 * Add the URL of the update page to the source line at the top like this:


 * As above, if patch notes have not been published, do not enter a url.
 * Add the date of the previous patch to the before line like this:


 * Add N/A to the after line.
 * Preview your article and if everything works fine hit Save page.
 * On the previous patch page, adjust after to link to the new patch page.
 * Preview and save this.

Advanced
For complicated patch pages:  | source       = http://store.steampowered.com/news/1234/  | update    = http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/ 
 * Handling two source links:
 * source-title = Part 1
 * source2      = http://store.steampowered.com/news/5678/
 * source2-title = Part 2
 * Handing update pages (Using TF2.com examples, as the Portal series has never recieved major updates)
 * 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

Update Template:Updates

 * Edit the Template:Updates. The format is pretty straight forward.

Update Patches

 * Ammend the Patches article to list the new patch.
 * There are seperate sections for Portal and Portal 2 patches. Use them correctly.
 * Format the link to your patch page as:
 * For patches to specific platforms, append the Platform in brackets for the link text. For example,