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 Author: mfav View Messages Posted By mfav
 Posted: Feb 8, 2020 22:49
 Subject: Re: Description standardization note
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 Topic: Catalog
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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Unfortunately, single digits are thrown out of many of the search results.

Aren't you the fella to talk to to get that changed, Mister Site Manager?


  But I think in general one would find more numerals in item names than the words
spelled out simply because it makes the name shorter.

While that is undoubtedly true, it's not particularly helpful in any way.
If you search, say, legs assemblies...

search for "three" you get two results
search for "3" you get: The following keywords were excluded from your search:
3
...however there are 13 entries containing "3"

Isn't the point of StormBluser's standardization plan to fix this stuff?
To paraphrase the StormBluser: why name something like this when 75% of the search
words are invalid?

Again, I'll make the point you need to distinguish between identification
and discovery. The identification of a thing is irrelevant if it can't be
discovered. People use the search box to find things, they don't browse 180,000
individual items looking for "3". Hope you get my drift.

Aren't you the number one proponent of making the catalog useful? Let's
figure out a way to make it useful.
 Author: Leftoverbricks View Messages Posted By Leftoverbricks
 Posted: Feb 8, 2020 22:24
 Subject: Re: Sticker # When adding Items
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In Catalog, OmnipresentECA writes:
  I have come across a few tiles with stickers that are not in the catalog.
, nor in their set inventory.

How do I go about determining the Sticker # when Adding to the catalog.

For example one is a 87079pb###, how do I determine the last few digits?

Search for 87079pb*
You will get 725 results. The next ‘free’ number should be 726.
 Author: Admin_Russell View Messages Posted By Admin_Russell
 Posted: Feb 8, 2020 21:24
 Subject: Re: Description standardization note
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In Catalog, mfav writes:
  It would be good for consistency in the catalog description if all instances
of numbers were either integers or words, not arbitrarily some of each.

So:

Three eyeballs, Three earlobes

or

3 eyeballs, 3 earlobes

not

Three eyeballs, 3 earlobes

...that kind of thing.

There are pros and cons for each option. Please investigate how the search mechanism
works to see which option yields better results.

Unfortunately, single digits are thrown out of many of the search results. But
I think in general one would find more numerals in item names than the words
spelled out simply because it makes the name shorter.
 Author: mfav View Messages Posted By mfav
 Posted: Feb 8, 2020 21:08
 Subject: Description standardization note
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 Topic: Catalog
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It would be good for consistency in the catalog description if all instances
of numbers were either integers or words, not arbitrarily some of each.

So:

Three eyeballs, Three earlobes

or

3 eyeballs, 3 earlobes

not

Three eyeballs, 3 earlobes

...that kind of thing.

There are pros and cons for each option. Please investigate how the search mechanism
works to see which option yields better results.
 Author: OmnipresentECA View Messages Posted By OmnipresentECA
 Posted: Feb 8, 2020 15:30
 Subject: Sticker # When adding Items
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I have come across a few tiles with stickers that are not in the catalog.
, nor in their set inventory.

How do I go about determining the Sticker # when Adding to the catalog.

For example one is a 87079pb###, how do I determine the last few digits?

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