Template talk:Patches

Chinese-only patches
As they applied only to Chinese translations and therefore weren't released in non-Chinese regions (and have no English wiki page), should 2.0.9, 2.0.11, and 2.1.4 perhaps be removed from this template? It's a little confusing for them to be present and unlinked while 2.0.0 and 2.0.2 are missing entirely if one hasn't actually gone and researched the patches. 02:36, 8 October 2007 (UTC)


 * If we know about the patches (USA release or not) they should be here -- People make mistakes and miss things on ocasion - if you see a missing patch add it in (just do so proplerly is all that is asked). -- 16:15, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

New template design (if you like)
If you like this - copy it over -- 16:12, 24 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Moved to Forum:Template: Patches - new design

Most recent patch
I just reverted Howbitzer editing for italicized the most recent patch. Please don't revert it again, you shouldn't have favoritism over the most recent patch. The largest number "3.2.0" is already self-explanatory. --Ramu50 (talk) 02:58, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Italicized has always meant not yet implemented. -- 03:07, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * As a side note, it's an abbreviation for "bizarre" (biz+R). 6:35 PM, 29 Jul 2009 (EDT)

Suggestion
Just a simple suggestion: A "current patch status" group that lists the current builds on the Live, Public, and Beta realms. For example:


 * Live Realms: 4.0.1a·Public Test Realm: 4.0.3·Closed Beta: 4.0.3a

When PTR or Beta isn't available, it could simply say "closed" or "N/A". Suzaku (talk) 03:43, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Category suggestion
I have a suggestion about the category on all the patch article. Pretty much, remove the Category:World of Warcraft patches from the patch articles and instead add it to this template. So it is more auto than manual. The defaultsorting for the category to keep the patches listed in the correct order instead of going by "Patch", just adding to Patchbox and create a new parameter to contain the sorting nam, e.g. 0.08, 6.0.3. I've already done this with the StarCraft Wiki by creating a parameter for the patch number and places it in the defaultsort and a child of the patches template contains its own category. The category on that child template is sorted correctly. What do you guys think? Should we go with this and implement it? -- 01:37, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

World of Warcraft: Classic
There is a discussion about including WoW Classic patches on this template or not. If it just happens to have patches (with or without patch notes) when it goes live. 19:07, 22 May 2019 (UTC)