Forum:Changing The Sims 3 Store parameter on Template:Era

This thread is to divert your attention to Template_talk:Era, where more editor input is needed.

Basically, the idea here is that the current parameter on Era for The Sims 3 Store is " ". This parameter conflicts with The Sims 2 Store, and if The Sims 4 has a store (which it most likely will), then it would conflict with that too.

Here's my suggestion - we change The Sims 3 Store template to "TS3STORE", similar to what we did with The Sims 2 Store (TS2STORE), and any future games will use that same format, like "TS4STORE" or "TS5STORE".

This means that a bot will be needed to change "STORE" to "TS3STORE". My idea is to make the "TS3STORE" parameter, but the "STORE" parameter will still work until a bot changes all of the parameters. Once "STORE" is fully retired, we can remove it from Era.

--k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 13:59, September 12, 2014 (UTC)

Discussion
I support the change to TS3STORE. Ѧüя◎ґ (talk) 19:42, September 13, 2014 (UTC)

I support this. Although if this approved, I guess we had to change the Era name from page to page...  .ThePeculiarMe  |  (talk to me)  |  (my mistakes)  04:18, September 14, 2014 (UTC)
 * Nah, a bot would be useful in this situation. --  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 04:27, September 14, 2014 (UTC)

In progress
The template has been updated right now to support both parameters, so existing pages with  will still function correctly. K6kaBOT is currently on the case, replacing "STORE" with "TS3SE". --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 21:33, September 20, 2014 (UTC)

Bot task done
The bot has gone through the 4000+ pages that use Era and has changed all the parameters from "STORE" to "TS3SE". Should we keep the "STORE" parameter or throw it out completely? I am personally leaning towards the latter, since there's no use for the conflicting "STORE" parameter now. --k6ka (talk &#124; contribs) 01:53, September 24, 2014 (UTC)

Conclusion
Thread is dead. Users should proceed boldly to wrap up the business conducted here, or else start a new discussion in the forum or on the Development Portal talk page. --  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 01:01, October 12, 2014 (UTC)