Template talk:Video game reviews

Layout question

Is there any way to fix the layout so that the various system sections will consistently line up? It looks odd the way it works out now.2002:620D:3AF:0:4810:B21:DC5A:6F79 (talk) 19:50, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 22 February 2025

General consensus at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#Template talk:Video game reviews additions for the addition of RPG Site (rpgsite.net) to this template. Helper201 (talk) 04:06, 22 February 2025 (UTC) Helper201 (talk) 04:06, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: please make your requested changes to the template's sandbox first; see WP:TESTCASES. There is not an actionable edit request here. What is the code change you want? What should the abbreviation be? – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Jonesey95 I still don't follow how to do that. I've tried editing Template:Video game reviews/sandbox but all that appears on the edit page is "{{#invoke:Video game reviews/sandbox|reviewbox }}<noinclude>{{template doc}}<!-- Add categories to the /doc sub-page and interwikis to Wikidata. --></noinclude>". Helper201 (talk) 23:37, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Good point. I think the page you want to edit is Module:Video game reviews/data/sandbox. – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:26, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Edit request 28 March 2025

Description of suggested change:

To add new reviewers for Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) and Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)

As follows

{ "''[[Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)]]''", 'ODMUK' },
{ "''[[Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)]]''", 'ODMUS' }

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Coyg (talk • contribs) 06:58, March 28, 2025 (UTC)

Has this been discussed somewhere? If not I would suggest starting a discussion at WP:WPVG. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:18, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

@Coyg: Is there any news? Est. 2021 (talk · contribs) 23:20, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Mobile dark styles

While looking at a review table in dark mode on my phone, I saw that the Awards section will display the table with a white font on a white background color, which renders it unreadable. The other Aggregate and Individual review tables display properly. Is there an issue with the Award table's CSS? (Guyinblack25 ^talk 03:23, 16 April 2025 (UTC))

Please link to an affected page. When I look at Template:Video game reviews#Multi-platform/column layout in the Vector 2022 dark mode (using the option in the sidebar), I see near-white on #d1dbdf for the Awards header and near-white on black for the body cells in the Awards section. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:58, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

I saw this in NHL Hockey#Reception and Time Gal#Reception. However, I should specify that this is within the Wikipedia iOS app and not a browser app. Could it be the vgr-awards class? Here's a breakdown of what I'm seeing:

• the text in the caption tag is black and the background is a dark grey
• the text in the TH tags is black and the background is white
• the text in the TD tags is white (unless it's linked then it's blue) and the background is white

Hope it helps. Thanks for looking into this. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 19:43, 16 April 2025 (UTC))

I don't have a way to test this, but it looks like this is almost enough information to report a bug. From what I am reading, the iOS app has at least three settings for the display mode: sepia, dark, and black. Which one of those, if any, do you have selected? Also, are you using the latest version of the iOS app from the Apple app store? – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:38, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

@Jonesey95 CSS and styling isn't my forte, but I think this should be fixed. Even on Desktop, I can see that the formatting for the "Awards" sections differ from "Aggregate Scores" and "Review Scores". I can't imagine any reason one section of the table should be formatted differently, so it should probably just be made to match. -- ferret (talk) 00:25, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

@Jonesey95: Regarding your questions, I am using the latest iOS and the latest version of the Wikipedia app from the App Store. I normally have it set to black, but I just tested it on all four modes: white, sepia, dark and black. Here is what I see:

• Caption - the text remains black while the background color changes with the mode
• TH content - the text is black and the background is a light grey (it looked white to me on the black setting before). This stays the same for all four modes.
• TD content - the background remains light grey for all four modes. The text is black for the two lighter modes and switches to white for the two darker modes (unless it is linked, then it is blue for all four modes).

Hope this helps. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 14:04, 17 April 2025 (UTC))

It does help. Does the sandbox version at User:Jonesey95/sandbox look any better to you? – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:45, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the mobile app appears to be optimized for article space. When I navigate to anything in the user or template space, the app opens it via a web browser, which is using different settings. Not sure how else to test it, and I hate to suggest a live test with a template that is so widely used.

Also, I just noticed this. The "Reception" text with the "vgr-title" class remains black on desktop when I switch to dark mode via option sidebar. Oddly enough though, this text's font color switches just fine on the mobile app and in a mobile web browser. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 15:41, 17 April 2025 (UTC))

It sounds like the app is not as useful as just using a browser. I have reported this as T392246. I think the iOS app's dark mode should mirror the Vector 2022 dark mode. We'll see what the developers have to say. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:55, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Cool. Thank you very much for your help with this. And to be fair, the app is much better for reading and navigating articles than a mobile browser; editing isn't too bad either. But yes, there is certainly room for improvement. Thanks again. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 19:16, 17 April 2025 (UTC))