Talk:EB trade in values

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Rename Page?

I posted this in the regular forums too, but figured I'd stick it here. I'd like to rename this page to "EB and Gamestop trade in values". Tried doing it with "move", but what I can't figure out is how to update the categories page: http://wiki.cheapassgamer.com/index.php/Category:Trade_in_values so that it lists the new name and links to the new page. I assumed that categories page was somehow created dynamically since it doesn't have much of anything in it when you try to edit, but apparently not. (I've moved this page back to it's original name until I figure out how to do this right...at least I don't seem to have broken anything yet :D )

Actually, further confusing to me is I don't see where this page is tagged in the "trade in values" category-the only category tags seem to be for EB and Gamestop --Puppy 12:19, 1 March 2007 (EST)

I'm hardly a wiki formatting guru, so someone tell me best practices here. Would it be acceptable to keep the "EB trade in values" link, and add a "GameStop trade in values" page, where the EB link is redirected to? And for the record, I used the EB name because my store remains an EB, and I still hate every GameStop I've been to. --botticus 16:11, 6 March 2007 (EST)

We'd certainly want to put a redirect at the current page name, but I think wiki will do that automatically when a page is moved. My vote would be to move it to "EB and Gamestop trade in values" as per the original suggestion. (I also added some sections to the talk page since there are two seperate topics here.) wubb (talk) 22:04, 6 March 2007 (EST)

I believe for this wiki, most pages are dynamically generated (especially the special pages such as category pages), and sooner or later, the category page will update to reflect any changes to any pages that you make or any new pages that are added. That being said, you could always try clearing the wiki's cache (if MediaWiki supports such a thing). You should also make sure that the redirect page (which is what 'EB trade in values' will become) doesn't have any category tag information on it, and that the new page has all the appropriate catgeory tagging. --hack 12:40, 7 March 2007 (EST)

Also, the reason why this page is categorized as 'Trade in values' yet has no such tagging, is because each trade in values page uses a template that automatically adds them to that category, which makes individuallly tagging each page to be in the 'Trade in values' category unnecessary. You can see the template being used at the top of the page, where it begins "{{ Trade in values ..." (the template can be found at Template:Trade in values), that's the use of a template, and that template has the category tag information on it, so any page that uses that template will also be part of the category. So when you move this page, make sure that nothing is on the redirect page except the redirect itself. Also, and this is probably just me being anal, but can we capitalize the 'stop' part of GameStop for the new page (so GameStop instead of Gamestop)? Haha. Sorry, it bothers me. --hack 13:12, 7 March 2007 (EST)

DVD section added

I just added a section for DVDs. I stuck it on the end, thinking fewer people would be interested in it than the games...but maybe it should be alphabetized? ie DS, then DVDs, then GBA? --Puppy 14:47, 17 January 2007 (EST)

It might be better to make a separate page for it. Radjago 17:12, 17 January 2007 (EST)

I think we might need a separate Gamestop EBgames trade-in values. I had two different users PM me prices. Both had traded Crackdown in one at EB for $16, and another at Gamestop for $20.