Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | bje  | | Posted: | Aug 27, 2020 08:48 | | Subject: | Re: Please give notice before deleting a listing | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, starbeanie writes:
| | Minifigs have different rules than parts. Stickers are classified as parts. When
you remove a sticker from the sheet, you have used it. The Sheet itself is no
longer New.
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Might be, but the listing policy page was only updated today to reflect that.
Previously of course you could list and state in the comments, exactly as this
seller did and it was not against official published listing policy.
| | This was discussed way back when.
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That is not the way to make a policy. It is of course understood that a sticker
sheet missing stickers is not complete and hence not new, but there was nothing
in the previously published rules prohibiting a seller from listing as new.
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And no I don't agree with how mini-figures are listed.
In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Suggestions, mockingbird writes:
| | Before deleting an item listed for sale, please give a notice to the seller.
That way the seller can change the listing to comply with the rules (instead
of having to enter everything again).
The e-mail does not give the full listing details, so it is not always clear
what is wrong with the listed item. Also the reason given is not clear.
I just recieved an e-mail stating that a few stickers I listed are deleted.
Reason given: "Item is incorrectly defined as New/Used or Complete/Incomplete/Sealed"
It concerns a few incomplete sticker sheets. I have more incomplete sheets listed
and they are not deleted or mentioned in the e-mail.
Is it wrong to list incomplete sticker sheets as 'new' (with a picture
of the actual sheet and clearly stated in the comments that it is incomplete)?
The stickers still on the sheet are new (never used).
Just to be save I changed the remaining incomplete sticker sheets to 'used'.
And I will re-list the deleted items as 'used'. Hopefully I can still
fing the pictures of the deleted items.
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Sticker sheets missing stickers must be listed as Used.
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Why can't partial sheets be sold as new, but indicating incomplete? After
all, it happens a lot with minifigures, even though parts are missing and there
is no formal incomplete setting.
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| Author: | bje | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2020 07:37 | | Subject: | Re: Catalog Project - Moving Things - Technic | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| | Hmm, I agree it's good to move some stuff out of the vanilla Technic category,
but I do think it's best to keep things that are really very much Technic
in Technic categories - especially the turntable.
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Trouble is some of those turntables are used almost as much in non-Technic sets
than in Technic, making it almost impossible to say that it is more of Technic
part than not.
19/33 for Technic, or
or
* | | 2856c03 (Inv) Technic Turntable 56 Tooth Extended Arms with Light Bluish Gray Top (2856 / 2855)
Parts: Technic |
0/3 for Technic
It is specifically the turntables which led me to think that this category can
do with some changes.
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| Author: | bje | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2020 04:39 | | Subject: | Re: Catalog Project - Moving Things - Minifigs | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Since we have sub-categories in minifigure categories, please consider moving
all unclassified minifigures to sub-category "other" in each main category
Collectible Minifigures and Ninjago minifigures is classified with an "other"
category included, thus there is no need for the curly brackets next to the name
of the main category to serve as an indicator that there are minifigures that
do not belong to any of the sub-classes, such as these:
Star Wars: 47 unclassified figures out of 1168;
Town: 330 unclassified figures out of 2754;
City: 426 unclassified figures out of 1408;
Classic Town: 570 unclassified figures out of 755;
Space: 3 unclassified figures out of 207;
Racers: 12 unclassified figures out of 83;
Alpha Team: 9 unclassified figures out of 31;
Castle: 92 unclassified figures out of 551;
Duplo: 341 unclassified figures out of 866.
Furthermore, Superheroes minifigures have a sub-category "Super Heroes Other",
which should ideally be renamed just "Other"; and
Star Wars have unclassified minifigures (47) and a sub-category "Star Wars Other"(30)
which should ideally be renamed just "Other" after including all those presently
not classified.
This is of course not necessary if admins and members are comfortable knowing
that the curly brackets next to main categories names for minifigures refer to
an inconsistent treatment of unclassified items for some categories of minifigures.
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| Author: | bje | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2020 03:45 | | Subject: | Re: Catalog Project - Moving Things - Sundries | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Please consider:
* | | 2650 Hook Slider, Arm Base with Hinge with 3 Fingers
Parts: Hook |
to hinge
* | | 6040pb01 Propeller Housing with Red and White Danger Stripes Pattern (Stickers) - Sets 1782 / 6441 / 6442 / 6557 / 6559 / 6560 / 6599
Parts: Propeller |
to "aircraft" as these are probably not so much a component part of a propeller
or can better be used on the vehicle rather than to accessorise the propeller
* | | 2566 Bar 1.2L with Top Stud and 4 Bar Arms Up (Palm Tree Top)
Parts: Bar |
to "bar"
* | | 4022c02 (Inv) Train Buffer Beam with Black Train Coupling and Black Magnet Cylindrical (4022 / 2920 / 73092)
Parts: Train |
* | | 4022c01 (Inv) Train Buffer Beam with Black Train Coupling with Pin and Black Magnet Cylindrical (4022 / 4023 / 73092)
Parts: Train |
* | | 29085c01 Train Buffer Beam with Sealed Magnets - Type 3 (flat closed bottom)
Parts: Train |
[p=clikits108]
* | | 74188c01 Magnet Brick, Modified 2 x 4 Sealed Base with Extension Plate with 2 Studs and Hole
Parts: Magnet |
all to "magnet" by definition;
to "baseplate, raised" or "baseplate, road"
Please consider amending the definition of "string" to include "strands joined
to form a net", to avoid a new category for "net" only and consider renaming
the category to "string and net" and then consider:
to "string and net"
to "crane" by definition;
and deorated variants to "Baseplate, Road" or "Baseplate, Raised"
And possibly all the sports filed sections to "Baseplate, Raised"
Sports mask, helmet, chest protector, hockey player body, promo body and promo
parts, should these not be large figure parts by definition rather sports items?
All of "Vehicle, Mudguard Fast Food Racer" such as and to
"vehicle, base"
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| Author: | bje | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2020 02:44 | | Subject: | Re: Catalog Project - Moving Things - Windows etc | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Window, Glass, Door, Door Frame, Windscreen
Consider please:
Window sashes and the like and shutters and the like do not
meet the definition of a window.
Consider making a new category "window, sashes and shutters" containing the 13
items that are sashes and shutters, or alternatively, combine these with glass
and rename glass to "glass, shutter and sashes" with a minor adjustment to the
definition of "glass" to include these items.
Also, consider combing "Window" and "Door Frame" into one category for all frames
and assemblies featuring doors, glass, shutters and sashes.
Please consider:
to windscreen, by definition
Please consider:
part 2352*
and assemblies;
and assemblies;
to window (or new combined category "window and door frames") by definition;
Roll cages:
These are not windscreens by definition. Also not windows or glass. Consider
please:
to category "vehicle"
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| Author: | bje | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2020 02:12 | | Subject: | Re: Catalog Project - Moving Things - Technic | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Main "Technic" parts category:
Please consider cleaning this parts category up and moving items belonging to
underlying categories, such as:
Turntables from "technic" to "turntable" eg:
Tipper drums, bumper, digger buckets, air scoops, froklift forks from "technic"
to "vehicle"
Slopes from "technic" to "slope" or "slope, decorated" as the case may be eg:
* | | 2744pb021 Technic Slope 6 x 1 x 1 2/3 with Gauges, Red Rectangles and Olive Green Buttons Pattern (Sticker) - Set 79121
Parts: Technic |
Hooks from from "technic" to "hook" eg:
Propeller and propeller parts from "technic" to "propeller" eg:
* | | 99012pb03 Technic Rotor Blade Small with Axle and Pin Connector End with White Stripe on Dark Azure Background Pattern on Top (Sticker) - Set 70129
Parts: Technic |
Please move regardless:
Seats from "technic" to "technic, figure accessory", by definition:
and all decorated items of same;
and
[p=x136] to "Technic, Shock Absorber" by definition
Other considerations:
Saw Blades could possibly move to "Technic, Disk", by definition
* | | 37495 Technic Circular Saw Blade 9 x 9 with Frictionless Axle Hole and Teeth in Alternating Directions
Parts: Technic |
* | | 61403 Technic Circular Saw Blade 9 x 9 with Pin Hole and Teeth in Same Direction
Parts: Technic |
* | | 41125 Technic Circular Saw Blade with Pin Hole and Six Teeth (Large Shuriken Throwing Star)
Parts: Technic |
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| Author: | bje | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2020 01:21 | | Subject: | Re: Catalog Project - Moving Things | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Please consider:
-Moving watch parts currently under gear item "watch" such as :
[g=bb1051b]
from gear to parts under a category "watch" such that the completed and built
watch item is the human accessory, which will then have an inventory consisting
of parts, not gear. By my count this would require a category consisting of 66
parts;
-Adjusting the definition of a item type "part" to include parts used to build
gear items;
-Moving all items under gear item "sticker sheet" to parts "sticker sheet";
-Moving the speech bubbles and decorated speech bubbles such as from
gear "office supplies" to parts "minifigure, bodywear".
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| Author: | bje | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2020 14:48 | | Subject: | Re: Was a decision made about smooth slopes? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, Brickitty writes:
| | Back at the beginning of July there was a thread about removing 5 entries for
"smooth slopes," and the consensus seemed to be strongly in favor of removing
them.
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| | I'm curious if a decision was made about those entries
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Site management put the brakes on. We were therefore unable to address the issue.
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I've parked those I thought should be redone in a stockroom. Are the brakes
on permanently, ie a screeching halt, or is it a temporary issue which will
be addressed later? Eventually I would like to drive again.
I think the only issue site management should have is with programming resources
since those seem forever to be taxed by overwork when something does not suit
them them and freely available when it does. I do not particularly see that this
can be a programming issue.
Or do we go for the unwritten rule thingie again when we consider it inconsistent
to have some variants allowed for textures and others not?
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| Author: | bje | | Posted: | Aug 21, 2020 03:31 | | Subject: | Re: Make neutral feedback actually NEUTRAL | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, bje writes:
| | […]
Scene at Bricklink office: Some user made a new suggestion!!! Lets see the votes:
200 Yes votes;
10 No votes;
700 000 Abstains
% wanting the suggestion: 200/700210 = 0.02%
Obviously members do like this suggestion, so we can ignore it. Yes!! Less work
on a Friday!!
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A “not” missing? “members do not like”
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Friday typo, my normal curve got distributed to the weekend
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| Author: | bje | | Posted: | Aug 21, 2020 02:37 | | Subject: | Re: Make neutral feedback actually NEUTRAL | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, CanadaFirst writes:
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snip
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Yep, voted yes. Pretty simply equation really: If there are 3 options, and one
of them accounts of 98% of the cases and the other two options are left for the
other 2%, that is just bad design. That means these are not meaningful options.
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When I read this, I had the disturbing thought that BL do not understand statistics.
Scene at Bricklink office: Some user made a new suggestion!!! Lets see the votes:
200 Yes votes;
10 No votes;
700 000 Abstains
% wanting the suggestion: 200/700210 = 0.02%
Obviously members do like this suggestion, so we can ignore it. Yes!! Less work
on a Friday!!
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