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Template issues

(using Template:Message)  This template has issues with overflow at smaller sizes. I'm sure you already knew this, but just in case, you could try and use clamp(), min() or max() on your margins, padding and more to try and fix this issue.

Personally I would attempt to fix this myself, but I'm lazy and can't be bothered, so I find it easier to just inform you instead.  --Mailmanmicky (talk) 0:11, 25 Feb 2023 (UTC)

(using Template:Message)  Dito.  --Popcorn (talk) 1:20, 25 Feb 2023 (UTC)

(using Template:Message)  Fixed.  --THE OWL (talk) 13:10, 25 Feb 2023 (UTC)

(using Template:Message)  Great solution!  --Popcorn (talk) 22:29, 26 Feb 2023 (UTC)

Hidden categories idea

(using Template:Message)  I noticed that for the hidden categories idea that there are links to categories with the raw parameter text as titles (Ps3). When I did the automatic Category thing for platforms a while back--which can be seen below the current platform text--I used the strings in Template:Software page/Strings

PlatformSwitcher section for the page titles (PlayStation 3). I was wondering if it would be preferred to use that method or use the abbreviations instead.

☑ Resolved. in User talk:THE OWL.  --Equalizer5118 (talk) 15:10, 7 Apr 2023 (UTC)

Some odd categories with icons elsewhere

(using Template:Message)  See Half-Life 2: Lost Coast for example.  --Lxm6 (talk) 21:21, 9 Apr 2023 (UTC)

(using Template:Message)  This problem was known, but until the transition to the search for products by category is completed, some pages will be broken for a while.  --THE OWL (talk) 4:28, 10 Apr 2023 (UTC)

How to suppress For developers links?

(using Template:Message)  See Quake by Id Software, Inc. in 1996 for example.  --Lxm6 (talk) 6:28, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

(using Template:Message)  I fixed this in Quake by Id Software, Inc. in 1996.

Now, if you want to remove the link to the development documents, just delete the parameter or leave it without a value. Also, do not specify false for the workshop if the AppID is not specified.  --THE OWL (talk) 6:57, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Updated branch parameters

(using Template:Message)  I changed the branch parameters Source 4, Source 7, and Source 9 to Source 04, Source 07, and Source 09, respectively, to line up with with how these branches are usually abbreviated (stemming from usual abbreviation of years in English). This seems to have broken the automatic categories for these branches, however.  --SirYodaJedi (talk) 23:55, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

(using Template:Message)  Looks like you fixed it. Black Mesa and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines are in the right categories. Pages of other games and mods that are not included in the categories most likely have an uncleaned cache.

Perhaps we should start using the discussion page of the active editor of the desired article or template, so that he quickly notices and fixes the bug, and does not remain silent for weeks. This idea can make a mess on the user discussion pages, so we need a template that will create a collapsible list with all user reports.  --THE OWL (talk) 20:29, 7 Jun 2023 (UTC)