Guild Wars 2 Wiki:Projects/Skill Version History/Table format

Note: If you have a suggestion for improvement, go ahead and post it on this discussion page.

Please use the following format when creating or editing skill history tables.

• Copy the suggested format from this page and place it on the skill/trait/effect page.
  • If there is a Trivia section, place it above said section.
  • If there is no Trivia section, place it at the bottom of the page.
• Add all mentions of the skill/trait/effect paired with its update date from all game updates (easiest way is to check what links to the skill/trait/effect page and check all game update pages).
  • Attention: You may not catch all changes for a skill/trait/effect if you only check what links to the page - search for additional parameters (e.g. weapon type, skill type).
    • Example 1: Illusionary Persona was made baseline with the June 23, 2015 specialization update.
    • Example 2: Mesmer scepter skills have had their projectile velocity increased by 33% with the October 22, 2012 update.
    • Example 3: All engineer skills that cause explosions got an explosion skill fact with the February 22, 2017 update.
  • Include the game update entry for its creation, like this: {{Version history table row|2015-10-23|Herald|r=y}}.
    • If this update is the game release, use this format for the template: {{Version history table row|release|r=y}}.
    • If the page name differs from the skill name, use the 'name' parameter as well (example: {{Version history table row|release|r=y|name=Flee}}).
  • If a game update simply lists the new version of the skill/trait, check what changed and add only this information to the table.
  • If a game update lists more than one change, create a new bullet. Example:

{{Version history table row|<<yyyy-mm-dd>>|<<header>>}}
* Reduced cooldown to 10 seconds.
* Fixed a bug [...]

• Add a Header to the game update link (usually it's <<profession>>, but you can use this DPL utility).

This project at this time is not intended to list beta or pre-release skill versions.

Suggested format

== Version history==
{{Version history table header|<<profession>>/<<boon>>/<<condition>>}}
{{Version history table row|<<yyyy-mm-dd>>|<<header>>}}
* <<change 1>>
* <<change 2>> (if exists)
{{Version history table row|release|r=y}}
|}

See also

You can use some custom editor buttons that reduces the amount of copy and paste/typing by a fair bit, see User:Nefastu/JS/VersionHistory.js. You can add these by pasting the following code to your user JS page:

RLQ.push(function () {
    mw.loader.load( '/index.php?title=User:Nefastu/JS/VersionHistory.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript' );
});