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~~==Goals==~~

[[File:BTD6 ProfileAvatar70.png|thumb|200px]]

*Document every single update that ~~has~~ ever released for a ''Bloons'' game.

The '''update history project''' focuses on documenting every single update that ever released for a ''Bloons'' game. Our goal is to document updates as thoroughly as possible, focusing on the ''actual'' changes made in updates, not just what's listed in official update notes. This includes documenting the following:

*Document updates as thoroughly as possible~~. Focus~~ on the ''actual'' changes made in updates, not just what's listed in official update notes. This includes documenting ~~introduced bugs, graphical changes,~~

*Bugs that the update introduced

*~~Redo existing update articles to follow~~ the update ~~history guidelines, which were not formally established until recently.~~

*Text and graphics changes

*~~Catalog as many official descriptions~~ and ~~promotional~~ images ~~of updates as possible.~~

*Added or removed unused content

*Promotional images and teasers

~~==Potential obstacles==~~

Since our [[Blooncyclopedia:Update history guidelines|update history guidelines]] were only recently established, we also need to redo existing update articles to be more consistent with recent update articles. We also need to catalog as many official descriptions and promotional images of updates as possible.

*Updates for most of the Flash games are poorly documented on the internet. ~~Finding exact changes requires uncovering~~ and ~~datamining old SWF files, since Ninja Kiwi did not keep backups of older versions of their Flash games on their website.~~

*Older versions of some discontinued mobile games are lost.

*Ninja Kiwi does not have backups of <code>xpromo</code> files on their servers, so finding URLs for all of the cross-promotional images ~~is not going to be easy~~.

==How to help==

*See [[Help:Update history]] for how to use update history templates and [[Blooncyclopedia:Update history guidelines]] for how to structure update history articles.

*Simple tasks:

**Rewriting bullet points to use the <code>|name=</code> parameter of templates like {{temp|buff}}, {{temp|nerf}}, et cetera

**Updating text changes to use the new {{temp|compare text}} template

**Adding release dates and/or sources for release dates

**Reordering section headers and making them more consistent with the guidelines

**Moving notes about errors in official update notes to a "Notes" section at the bottom of the article

*Complex tasks:

**Finding out specifics of vague update notes, usually ones pertaining to bug fixes and minor issues, ideally by providing references to things like Reddit posts that report those issues in more detail

**Downpatching games to conduct research, for similar reasons to the above

**Moving minor changes to towers to templates like {{temp|BTD6 tower changes}} or {{temp|BTD6 hero changes}}, even if the changes are minor

**Converting lists of changes to minor elements, like Monkey Knowledge, to tables by using templates like {{temp|BTD6 changes table}}

==Articles required==

*For ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'', ''[[Bloons Adventure Time TD]]'', and ''[[Bloons TD Battles 2]]'', every update with a unique version number should have its own article, including updates exclusive to the [[Bloons TD 6 (console)|console version]] and [[Bloons TD 6 (Chinese)|Chinese version]] of ''BTD6''. See [[Update history:Bloons TD 6/Version 54.0]] and [[Update history:Bloons TD Battles 2/Version 4.2]] for examples.

*For the {{~~mobile~~ version of|Bloons TD Battles}}, every ''major'' update should have its own article. Minor updates should be included as sub-sections of these articles instead of getting their own pages, due to their relative simplicity.

*For the {{multiplat version of|Bloons TD Battles}}, every ''major'' update should have its own article. Minor updates should be included as sub-sections of these articles instead of getting their own pages, due to their relative simplicity.

*For the following games, catalog all their updates in a single update history page, similar to [[Update history:Bloons Pop!]] and [[Update history:Bloons TD 5 Deluxe]]:

**[[Bloons 2 (Flash)|''Bloons 2'' (Flash)]]

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**[[Bloons TD 4 (mobile)|''Bloons TD 4'' (mobile)]]

**[[Bloons TD 5 (Flash)|''Bloons TD 5'' (Flash)]]

**[[Bloons TD 5 (~~mobile~~)|''Bloons TD 5'' (~~mobile~~)]]

**[[Bloons TD 5 (multiplatform)|''Bloons TD 5'' (multiplatform)]]

**[[Bloons TD Battles (Flash)|''Bloons TD Battles'' (Flash)]]

**[[Bloons Monkey City (Flash)|''Bloons Monkey City'' (Flash)]]

**[[Bloons Monkey City (~~mobile~~)|''Bloons Monkey City'' (~~mobile~~)]]

**[[Bloons Monkey City (multiplatform)|''Bloons Monkey City'' (multiplatform)]]

**[[Bloons Super Monkey 2 (Flash)|''Bloons Super Monkey 2'' (Flash)]]

**[[Bloons Supermonkey 2 (mobile)|''Bloons Supermonkey 2'' (mobile)]]

***These articles may be split up by year of release if they turn out to be too long.

*For other games, simply list the updates on the article for the game itself instead of having a separate article for it.

==Potential obstacles==

*Updates for most of the Flash games are poorly documented on the internet. Finding exact changes requires uncovering and datamining old SWF files, since Ninja Kiwi did not keep backups of older versions of their Flash games on their website.

*Older versions of some discontinued mobile games are lost.

*Ninja Kiwi does not have backups of <code>xpromo</code> files accessible from their servers, so finding URLs for all of the cross-promotional images is not going to be easy.

==Resources==

Feel free to add any useful resources to this section.

===Release dates===

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===Flash game SWFs===

This list is incomplete.

====Bloons 2====

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-==Goals==
+[[File:BTD6 ProfileAvatar70.png|thumb|200px]]
-*Document every single update that has ever released for a ''Bloons'' game.
+The '''update history project''' focuses on documenting every single update that ever released for a ''Bloons'' game. Our goal is to document updates as thoroughly as possible, focusing on the ''actual'' changes made in updates, not just what's listed in official update notes. This includes documenting the following:
-*Document updates as thoroughly as possible. Focus on the ''actual'' changes made in updates, not just what's listed in official update notes. This includes documenting introduced bugs, graphical changes,
+*Bugs that the update introduced
-*Redo existing update articles to follow the update history guidelines, which were not formally established until recently.
+*Text and graphics changes
-*Catalog as many official descriptions and promotional images of updates as possible.
+*Added or removed unused content
+*Promotional images and teasers
-==Potential obstacles==
+Since our [[Blooncyclopedia:Update history guidelines|update history guidelines]] were only recently established, we also need to redo existing update articles to be more consistent with recent update articles. We also need to catalog as many official descriptions and promotional images of updates as possible.
-*Updates for most of the Flash games are poorly documented on the internet. Finding exact changes requires uncovering and datamining old SWF files, since Ninja Kiwi did not keep backups of older versions of their Flash games on their website.
-*Older versions of some discontinued mobile games are lost.
-*Ninja Kiwi does not have backups of <code>xpromo</code> files on their servers, so finding URLs for all of the cross-promotional images is not going to be easy.
 ==How to help==
 *See [[Help:Update history]] for how to use update history templates and [[Blooncyclopedia:Update history guidelines]] for how to structure update history articles.
+*Simple tasks:
+**Rewriting bullet points to use the <code>|name=</code> parameter of templates like {{temp|buff}}, {{temp|nerf}}, et cetera
+**Updating text changes to use the new {{temp|compare text}} template
+**Adding release dates and/or sources for release dates
+**Reordering section headers and making them more consistent with the guidelines
+**Moving notes about errors in official update notes to a "Notes" section at the bottom of the article
+*Complex tasks:
+**Finding out specifics of vague update notes, usually ones pertaining to bug fixes and minor issues, ideally by providing references to things like Reddit posts that report those issues in more detail
+**Downpatching games to conduct research, for similar reasons to the above
+**Moving minor changes to towers to templates like {{temp|BTD6 tower changes}} or {{temp|BTD6 hero changes}}, even if the changes are minor
+**Converting lists of changes to minor elements, like Monkey Knowledge, to tables by using templates like {{temp|BTD6 changes table}}
 ==Articles required==
 *For ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'', ''[[Bloons Adventure Time TD]]'', and ''[[Bloons TD Battles 2]]'', every update with a unique version number should have its own article, including updates exclusive to the [[Bloons TD 6 (console)|console version]] and [[Bloons TD 6 (Chinese)|Chinese version]] of ''BTD6''. See [[Update history:Bloons TD 6/Version 54.0]] and [[Update history:Bloons TD Battles 2/Version 4.2]] for examples.
-*For the {{mobile version of|Bloons TD Battles}}, every ''major'' update should have its own article. Minor updates should be included as sub-sections of these articles instead of getting their own pages, due to their relative simplicity.
+*For the {{multiplat version of|Bloons TD Battles}}, every ''major'' update should have its own article. Minor updates should be included as sub-sections of these articles instead of getting their own pages, due to their relative simplicity.
 *For the following games, catalog all their updates in a single update history page, similar to [[Update history:Bloons Pop!]] and [[Update history:Bloons TD 5 Deluxe]]:
 **[[Bloons 2 (Flash)|''Bloons 2'' (Flash)]]
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 **[[Bloons TD 4 (mobile)|''Bloons TD 4'' (mobile)]]
 **[[Bloons TD 5 (Flash)|''Bloons TD 5'' (Flash)]]
-**[[Bloons TD 5 (mobile)|''Bloons TD 5'' (mobile)]]
+**[[Bloons TD 5 (multiplatform)|''Bloons TD 5'' (multiplatform)]]
 **[[Bloons TD Battles (Flash)|''Bloons TD Battles'' (Flash)]]
 **[[Bloons Monkey City (Flash)|''Bloons Monkey City'' (Flash)]]
-**[[Bloons Monkey City (mobile)|''Bloons Monkey City'' (mobile)]]
+**[[Bloons Monkey City (multiplatform)|''Bloons Monkey City'' (multiplatform)]]
 **[[Bloons Super Monkey 2 (Flash)|''Bloons Super Monkey 2'' (Flash)]]
 **[[Bloons Supermonkey 2 (mobile)|''Bloons Supermonkey 2'' (mobile)]]
 ***These articles may be split up by year of release if they turn out to be too long.
 *For other games, simply list the updates on the article for the game itself instead of having a separate article for it.
+==Potential obstacles==
+*Updates for most of the Flash games are poorly documented on the internet. Finding exact changes requires uncovering and datamining old SWF files, since Ninja Kiwi did not keep backups of older versions of their Flash games on their website.
+*Older versions of some discontinued mobile games are lost.
+*Ninja Kiwi does not have backups of <code>xpromo</code> files accessible from their servers, so finding URLs for all of the cross-promotional images is not going to be easy.
 ==Resources==
+Feel free to add any useful resources to this section.
 ===Release dates===
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 ===Flash game SWFs===
 This list is incomplete.
 ====Bloons 2====
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