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reviews (not) linked to games

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I noted some of the reviews I wrote for the review contest aren't linked to their games.
Now I wonder, what if someone revied one of my games/demos and I would not see it? :???:

Is there a way to figure out wich reviews were not yet linked to their games or something to make this process more visible?
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Post by Bob the Hamster »

If I remember correctly (and I might not), Mogri has to manually confirm each review to connect it to the game. He probably just hasn't had time to do it lately

(I'm a moderator, but I actually have no idea if I can do that or not. I don't know how it works)
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Post by marionline »

If I remember correctly (and I might not), Mogri has to manually confirm each review to connect it to the game. He probably just hasn't had time to do it lately

(I'm a moderator, but I actually have no idea if I can do that or not. I don't know how it works)


That's what I remember as well, that the reviews have to be confirmed manually.
So, I guess that's correct. :)
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Post by TMC »

I believe that for the last few (or many) years, SDHawk has taken over the responsibility of attaching reviews to games.
Are there any reviews that still aren't linked? I couldn't find any.

Linking is accomplished by a moderator posting to the thread for a game, example. (Note the URL is viewtopic.php instead of viewgame.php)
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I found these reviews that are not linked to their games (I only looked at 2 pages though):
  • Gizmog's Running Review of Labyrinthilium
    Gizmog's Grapnes 2: Kepnalcide is pretty good!
    Gizmog's Gomie doesn't want to dogpile on Dragon Chaser
    Guizmog's Gomie Came Close To Hating Blackeagle
    marionline's Mini-Review for Yi
    marionline's Review for Wandering Hamster
    Virtuous Sword's Review of Wandering Hamster
    Gizmog's Gomie Liked Bale
    Virtuous Sword's Review of Blackeagle
    Virtuous Sword's Review of Spooks and Summons (Halowoof)
    Virtuous Sword's Review for Sour City
    Pepsi Ranger's Review of C.Kane
    marionline's Review for Dungeon Bout (Alpha)
    TheLordThyGod's Review for Quodia
    TheLordThyGod's Review for Necromancer Ate My Cat
    TheLordThyGod's Review for Mirrored Soul Gaiden - Demo
    TheLordThyGod's Review for Blackeagle
    TheLordThyGod's Review for Andy & Ollie Save Christmas
    TheLordThyGod's Review for Labyrinthilium
    marionline's Mini-Review for Gnomie's LoveTester
    marionline's Review for LinearQuest III: Dungeon Maze
    marionline's Review for Dark Planet
    marionline's Mini-Review for ColorOrganizer
    marionline's Review for Overgrowth Demo
    marionline's Review for Spooks and Summons
    marionline's Review for Void Pyramid
    marionline's Review for witch2
    marionline's Review for The Successor's Legacy - Demo
    marionline's Review for Blackeagel
    marionline's Review for Puckamon
    Rogissidor's Rogi Reviews Dragon Chaser
    Rogissidor's Rogi Reviews Andy and Ollie
    marionline's Review for Grapnes 2: Kepnalcide
    Spoonweaver's WAFFLES
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Post by TMC »

Oh! Now I realise that each review links to the game it reviews, but the other way around is linked manually. It's strange that Mogri didn't automate that...
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Post by marionline »

I think it wasn't automated to prevent spam? :???:
But it would be good to improve/make easier the process somehow.
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In the past, we've had someone do it manually. It's a bit of a thankless job, though if you want it, it's yours.

The reason I implemented it the way I did was (pick one):
  • PHPbb really wasn't built for this
  • a really good reason that I can't remember anymore
  • I was lazy
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I'd take the job to link reviews to game, if that helps. :)
I'm usually not online regularly, but I could try to change that and long in at least once a week.
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Post by SDHawk »

I still link up reviews, but only like once or twice a year (last time must have been part way through last year's review contest?). If you want to do it more frequently, go for it.
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Post by FyreWulff »

Mogri wrote:In the past, we've had someone do it manually. It's a bit of a thankless job, though if you want it, it's yours.

The reason I implemented it the way I did was (pick one):
  • PHPbb really wasn't built for this
  • a really good reason that I can't remember anymore
  • I was lazy
fun fact, i finally learned to program correctly once i gave up on trying to mod phpbb. It's like software made by people that hate other people. I downloaded Simple Machines and that one was a relative dream to work with (but it's fairly dead end as far as updates go these days)

Now I'm writing my own forum software because I hate everyone else's.
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FyreWulff wrote:It's like software made by people that hate other people.
That is a spectacular sentence.
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Post by marionline »

One needs to be moderator or something to link reviews.
I can't link them.
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SDHawk wrote:I still link up reviews, but only like once or twice a year (last time must have been part way through last year's review contest?). If you want to do it more frequently, go for it.
I, uh, actually don't remember the procedure anymore. If you want to tutor marionline, I can handle the permissions.
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Post by SDHawk »

1. Go to the review's page and note the url. ie, https://www.slimesalad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7464
The number at the end, in this case 7464, is what you want.

2. Go to the game's page and click on "post reply".

3. Write a post with [review]7464[/review] and submit it (the number changes with each review).

4. Done! You might want to check the game's page again to make sure everything linked up correctly and you had the correct review.
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