Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | calsbricks  | | Posted: | Feb 9, 2020 04:49 | | Subject: | Re: Description Standardization Note | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | 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.
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I have noticed this before and definitely agree it needs to be worked on. The
problem is (and I'm starting to understand the rearranging the chairs thing)
there are too many problems.
In the case of this problem, you can't even find the problem because you
can't search for it. So it would involve examining every single catalog
entry. All 100K+ of them.
And perhaps, when the next problem comes along, examining all of them again.
It almost makes a person think that there must be a better way . .
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The answer is really quite simple - talk to a SQL person and they will advise
you how to organise your query to find precisely what you want. It isn't
rocket science. .
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| Author: | FreeStorm | | Posted: | Feb 9, 2020 03:59 | | Subject: | Re: Description Standardization Note | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In the case of this problem, you can't even find the problem because you
can't search for it. So it would involve examining every single catalog
entry. All 100K+ of them.
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What do you want to find?
Something like this?
"* three *" = 153 results
"* 3 *" = 6675 results
"* three *" AND "* 3 *" = 16 results
As example, last search find:
"Technic, Panel Car Spoiler 3 x 8 with Three Holes and Black and Yellow Danger
Stripes and Mud Pattern (Stickers) - Set 7968"
"Primo Brick 1 x 1 with Three Flowers and Number 3 on Opposite Side Pattern"
Of course,I made query to find only for "three" and "3" on same description,
but with a regexp it should be simple to spot every "word digit" with "digit"
on same description like "blah with two legs and 1 arm"
Some other incoherence (digit 3 should be between '' when you have pattern
after):
"*number 3 *pattern*" = 22 result
"*number '3' *pattern*" = 3 result
If you know what you want to find, it should be easy to make a search query,
to spot the majority of incoherence.
-Fred
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| Author: | SezaR | | Posted: | Feb 9, 2020 03:44 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6074-1 | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Blue 4502a Minifigure, Plume Feather Small {Regular to Extra}
* Change 1 Part Red 4502a Minifigure, Plume Feather Small {Regular to Extra}
Comments from Submitter:
I do not see these parts used on any model. If they are not going to be in the inventory as sprue, isn't it better to move them to the extra section?
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From the Additional Information About Regular Items section of the Inventory
Sections: Regular, Extra, Counterpart, and Alternate help page:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1562
Parts on Sprues - Complete sprues are included in this section unless
some parts from the sprues are used in minifigures. In that case, the parts from
the sprues that are not used in minifigures are included in this section.
These requests will not be accepted.
Cheers,
Randy
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I don't find this a good policy for this case.
Cheers,
Reza
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All parts used for main or any other model of the set go to the regular section.
This is a good policy for regular section. Any other part that happened to come
with the set, not used in any model, directly or indirectly, is better to be
in the extra section.
I see we will have anyway some inconsistency with parts coming with sprues, no
matter which policy is chosen.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Feb 9, 2020 03:29 | | Subject: | Re: Description Standardization Note | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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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.
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I have noticed this before and definitely agree it needs to be worked on. The
problem is (and I'm starting to understand the rearranging the chairs thing)
there are too many problems.
In the case of this problem, you can't even find the problem because you
can't search for it. So it would involve examining every single catalog
entry. All 100K+ of them.
And perhaps, when the next problem comes along, examining all of them again.
It almost makes a person think that there must be a better way . . .
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Feb 9, 2020 03:22 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6074-1 | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Blue 4502a Minifigure, Plume Feather Small {Regular to Extra}
* Change 1 Part Red 4502a Minifigure, Plume Feather Small {Regular to Extra}
Comments from Submitter:
I do not see these parts used on any model. If they are not going to be in the inventory as sprue, isn't it better to move them to the extra section?
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From the Additional Information About Regular Items section of the Inventory
Sections: Regular, Extra, Counterpart, and Alternate help page:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1562
Parts on Sprues - Complete sprues are included in this section unless
some parts from the sprues are used in minifigures. In that case, the parts from
the sprues that are not used in minifigures are included in this section.
These requests will not be accepted.
Cheers,
Randy
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I don't find this a good policy for this case.
Cheers,
Reza
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Opinion noted.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Feb 9, 2020 03:00 | | Subject: | Re: Description standardization note | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | 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.
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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.
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Please drop the keyword exclusion altogether.
It does not make sense to make use of a full text English language keyword exclusion
list, when the contents of the database is actually not normal full text English,
but a specific dialect: Bricklink English (EN-BL) in which it makes more sense
to search for keywords like 'with' and 'without' and for single
digits. It should be easy to adjust the database configuration. No programming
involved.
Hans-Peter
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| Author: | SezaR | | Posted: | Feb 9, 2020 02:52 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6074-1 | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Blue 4502a Minifigure, Plume Feather Small {Regular to Extra}
* Change 1 Part Red 4502a Minifigure, Plume Feather Small {Regular to Extra}
Comments from Submitter:
I do not see these parts used on any model. If they are not going to be in the inventory as sprue, isn't it better to move them to the extra section?
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From the Additional Information About Regular Items section of the Inventory
Sections: Regular, Extra, Counterpart, and Alternate help page:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1562
Parts on Sprues - Complete sprues are included in this section unless
some parts from the sprues are used in minifigures. In that case, the parts from
the sprues that are not used in minifigures are included in this section.
These requests will not be accepted.
Cheers,
Randy
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I don't find this a good policy for this case.
Cheers,
Reza
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Feb 9, 2020 02:46 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6074-1 | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Blue 4502a Minifigure, Plume Feather Small {Regular to Extra}
* Change 1 Part Red 4502a Minifigure, Plume Feather Small {Regular to Extra}
Comments from Submitter:
I do not see these parts used on any model. If they are not going to be in the inventory as sprue, isn't it better to move them to the extra section?
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From the Additional Information About Regular Items section of the Inventory
Sections: Regular, Extra, Counterpart, and Alternate help page:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1562
Parts on Sprues - Complete sprues are included in this section unless
some parts from the sprues are used in minifigures. In that case, the parts from
the sprues that are not used in minifigures are included in this section.
These requests will not be accepted.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Feb 9, 2020 02:38 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 4758-1 | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, axaday writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part {Earth Orange to Dark Nougat} 30374 Bar 4L (Lightsaber Blade / Wand)
Comments from Submitter:
Pics to follow
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Congratulations on being the first person to get a true Dark Nougat part into
an inventory! 
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| Author: | SezaR | | Posted: | Feb 9, 2020 01:35 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6074-1 | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Blue 4502a Minifigure, Plume Feather Small {Regular to Extra}
* Change 1 Part Red 4502a Minifigure, Plume Feather Small {Regular to Extra}
Comments from Submitter:
I do not see these parts used on any model. If they are not going to be in the inventory as sprue, isn't it better to move them to the extra section?
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Look for posts from 62bricks and the admins’ answers….
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Sylvain,
Comme tu as lu leur opinion, tu n'as pas vu que j'ai meme participe aux
discussions?
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