Including the pagename in forum thread link
I've encountered a problem with the way I was linking to the forum threads. Previously, I was including the game name in the link before the game ID using {{#regex:{{PAGENAME}}|/\s/|+}} to improve accuracy of the links (I took the game name straight from the page name). This worked for the most part until I hit games that have different names for different versions (for example: Ratchet & Clank: QForce and Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea). For lack of a better solution, I've simply removed the page name from the link which is fine for now. This reduces the accuracy of the links but I haven't seen it fail or link to a wrong thread yet.
But if that does occur, we'll have to consider renaming the threads to fix the issue. --MrHulaHoop (talk) 14:48, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
Using plainlinks and adding commas
With the way the template has been implemented now, there are no commas separating 2 GameIDs. The GameIDs are instead separated by the external link arrow. While this does get the job done, using commas between GameID would be aesthetically better. While implementing this was easy, I did hit a roadblock in cases where GameID was called consecutively. For example, {{gameid|id=BLES01225, BLUS30727|ird=Yes}}{{gameid|id=BCAS20185|ird=No}} would result in BLES01225(IRD), BLUS30727(IRD)BCAS20185. There wouldn't be a comma between BLUS30727 and BCAS20185. There's no way for the templates to identify what is coming before or after them in wikis so that isn't a possiblility. The solution would require user to manually enter the comma in such cases like {{gameid|id=BLES01225, BLUS30727|ird=Yes}}, {{gameid|id=BCAS20185|ird=No}}. While this seems fine, the more formatting we make the users do, the more things will do wrong.
Also, I intend to add another parameter to allow users to add GameIDs that aren't present in the compatibility list. A wiki should list all possible GameIDs and currently we're unnecessarily restricted. Those IDs will be plaintext and will have to be separated by commas. So I think we will inevitably have to switch to commas and give the user the responsibility to add commas between consecutive GameID templates unless a better solution is found. --HerrHulaHoop (talk) 23:09, 1 October 2018 (UTC)