Help:Updates

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.

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:
 * January 1, 1970 Patch or January 1, 1970 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: 
 * 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.

Community requests
Add the URL of the update page to the source line at the top like this:
 * Added a new cvar

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.

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Go to Template:Updates and make sure patch-month and patch-day are all correct and up-to-date.</li> Go to the patch just before the new one and update its after line with a link to the latest patch:</li>
 * on the old patch article now becomes (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.</li> You're done.</li> </ol>

Advanced
For more complicated patches.

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 * Handling two source links at once:
 * source       = http://store.steampowered.com/news/1234/
 * 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 received major updates)
 * update    = http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/
 * updatelink = The Engineer Update
 * Handling update pages in different languages:

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 * update     = http://www.teamfortress.com/scoutupdate/german.htm
 * updatelink = Das Scout Update
 * update-lang = de