1 Topic by Pi72

(5 replies, posted in General discussion)

Could we get a year column when listing discs? I mean the listing when you go to "Discs" and then click one of the categories; or when you do a search like "command". While all the info in the listing is nice, I am missing this little data for the listing to be really valuable.

I also think that a "year=" tag in the XML datfiles would do no harm. Actually any data could be put in the XML datfiles, like disc number id and such, but I think I understand they're not data oriented but file oriented so maybe adding the year would lead to more requests to put even more info in the datafiles, and that might not be what you wanted. It would be close to make the whole DB generally available, and if you haven't done it yet, I guess you have your reasons.

So in short, with the first suggestion I would be more than satisfied.

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2 Reply by Pi72

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I don't mean in the DB. The dates in the DB are in YYYY-MM-DD format, at least all I've seen were like that. I mean in the submission forum, people aren't submitting dates in that format because the guides don't mention it. And I think that, since redump.org is an international collaboration, and people can submit by mistake or unknowingly in different formats, that might cause errors when introduced in the DB. That's why I suggested to update the guides to reflect the need of submitting dates in YYYY-MM-DD format to avoid confusion and misinterpretations.

One example: http://forum.redump.org/topic/5464/ps2- … -2-europe/
Another example: http://forum.redump.org/topic/5419/adde … -verified/

The last one is not an apparent error, since one of the numbers is 15 and there's no confusion. But if the day is 12 or less, and people keep submitting dates that way, sooner or later mistakes and errors in the DB will occur.

Regards, Pi

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3 Topic by Pi72

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I have a few games that I'd like to add to the db; I've been reading the guides, and watching the forums to see how others submit their games.

Besides not finding IsoBuster 2.1 (I guess 2.6 is equally good, right?) and a couple of doubts, I immediately noticed something: dates. Someone just submitted some game with the EXE date of 07/09/2005. Does that mean September the 7th? Or July the 9th? Before answering, take into account that the submitter used a dot as thousand separator, not the comma, so it might be July the 9th actually. Or not? Did the submitter adhere to the MM/DD/YYYY of an english environment but forgot to change the dots by commas? Did the submitter not notice anything wrong with adding the data as he saw it in its own locale environment?

I suggest that everyone submits dates (and the guides are updated to reflect this) in YYYY-MM-DD format to avoid any confusion. If you start with the year, you know that always the next thing is the month. If you end with the year, who knows with what did you start...

I noticed the first time I started looking at redump.org that in the disc sheets, dates are in this format; that made me realize how serious this project is for preserving data. I think that this suggestion towards specifically telling how dates must be submitted.

Just a suggestion.

Regards, Pi

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