Help:Updates

Follow these instructions to update the relevant sections of the Wiki when there is an Update to any of the games, or the Dota 2 blog.

Naming
Patch pages should be named
 * e.g.

Patch page contents

 * 1) Copy and paste the following code:


 * Copy and paste the patch notes directly from the article on http://store.steampowered.com/news/?feed=steam_updates (http://store.steampowered.com/news/) and use the asterisk to recreate the indents, for example:
 * Invented heroes.
 * Thought it'd be cool to make them fight eachother.
 * Yep, it is cool; gave them weapons now too.
 * Ate waffles.
 * If there are no patch notes, simply write: "Patch notes are unavailable at present".
 * Add the URL of the update page to the source line at the top like this:


 * As above, if patch notes have not been published, do not enter a url.
 * Add the date of the previous patch to the before line like this:


 * Add N/A to the after line.
 * Preview your article and if everything works fine hit Save page.
 * On the previous patch page, adjust after to link to the new patch page.
 * Preview and save this.

Advanced
For complicated patch pages:  | source       = http://store.steampowered.com/news/1234/  | update    = http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/ 
 * Handling two source links:
 * source-title = Part 1
 * source2      = http://store.steampowered.com/news/5678/
 * source2-title = Part 2
 * Handing update pages (Using TF2.com examples)
 * updatelink = The Engineer Update
 * Handling update pages in different languages:
 * update     = http://www.teamfortress.com/scoutupdate/german.htm
 * updatelink = Das Scout Update
 * update-lang = de

Update Template:Updates

 * Edit the Template:Updates. The format is pretty straight forward.

Update Patches

 * Ammend the Patches article to list the new patch.
 * Format the link to your patch page as: