| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | StormChaser  | | Posted: | Jan 7, 2019 22:27 | | Subject: | Re: Catalog Guidelines: Minifig Heads | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In General, mfav writes:
| | I would like to suggest the following catalog guidelines for minifig head
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Is it too much to ask that we keep this all in one thread where I can easily
reference it? I don't mind reposting everyone's replies to the original
thread and I can go on doing it as long as need be, but it is taking time away
from approving new catalog entries which I was working on.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2019 20:23 | | Subject: | New Part Category | | Viewed: | 135 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| Today I added a new category: Wheel, Accessory.
I moved 31 parts from Wheel to the new category.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2019 06:36 | | Subject: | Re: Part 35442 and 35449 name - flower or gear? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, WoutR writes:
| | If you look at how these parts are used, then they are actually gear wheels.
Should the name not be "Plate, Modified [size] with [amount] Gear Tooth"?
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Sure, why not. It was an easy fix. Some people in the future might not realize
they're gears and think they're flower petals, so now the titles include
both terms.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2019 23:22 | | Subject: | Re: Overwatch Mercy & Pharah pictures wrong | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | Now I'm off to review the other figures this
member has recently submitted for potential additional errors.
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Everything else is good.
Just to be clear, the fact that figures were incorrectly added to the catalog
was no one's fault other than my own. My job is to check things and I did
not check these things.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2019 23:06 | | Subject: | Re: Overwatch Mercy & Pharah pictures wrong | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, tEoS writes:
| | More bad news. I just checked Lego's website for instructions and it appears
that Genji (dual-sword holder?) and Hanzo (quiver) are missing these neckgear
in their pictures here.
Also, Genji appears to have a piece that connects to his helmet.
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Now I'm beginning to be embarrassed by my incompetence. I've fixed them:
I've also contacted anyone who has the four affected figures for sale and
alerted them of the issue. Now I'm off to review the other figures this
member has recently submitted for potential additional errors.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2019 22:32 | | Subject: | Re: Overwatch Mercy & Pharah pictures wrong | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, tEoS writes:
| | The picture for this fig is wrong.
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I'm confused. The figure doesn't have a picture.
Only kidding. I removed the images just now. How and why did these images get
approved?
Well, the catalog (me) is trying to be more responsive than it has in the past.
That means more and better communication with members, quicker item approvals,
and no more long queues of pending items. One of the casualties of pumping out
catalog entries is that some get in which are wrong.
I have to put some trust in members that items are submitted properly, especially
for new figures for which the assembly instructions are not always immediately
available. Sometimes that trust is repaid and sometimes it ain't. I have
a decent memory and submissions from the member who submitted these entries will
be checked carefully in the future.
It's a messier method in some ways, but I believe the benefits to members
outweigh making sure a catalog entry is absolutely perfect in every way before
approval. That's what change requests are for. This is not to say that
I don't check and occasionally reject things, of course. I'm just not
going to hold catalog entries forever, especially not desirable new items which
can easily be corrected. The inventory administrators, as Randy said, also sometimes
catch errors during the inventory process.
Having said all that, it was my fault that I approved these images/figures when
they were incorrect and I apologize for the error. I believe the instructions
were already available when I approved those figures with those images and I
neglected to download and check the set instructions regarding the correct assembly.
As you've noticed, the images are gone now.
| | This one is up to the admins. The 1st assembly shown in instructions is the
standard w/ legs. I think this version is a good addition to the catalog, but
it may not fit the catalog policies.
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There's kinda only one CA for now, and it's me. If the figure does not
match the assembly first shown in the set instructions, then it's off to
deleteland for that figure, which is where this figure has travelled.
Thank you for bringing these issues to my attention.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2019 17:39 | | Subject: | Re: part 4073: catalog statisics mistake | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, randyf writes:
And I seem to remember a certain person telling me that it didn't matter
if parts appeared in the N/A color. 
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 3, 2019 16:53 | | Subject: | Re: part 4073: catalog statisics mistake | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, yoavheskia writes:
| | i counted only 51 known colors, not 52 as mentioned in catalog statisics.
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That is odd. I cannot explain it. I thought the statistics were real-time data.
Even if not, I don't see any recent changes which could have caused this
discrepancy.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2019 17:28 | | Subject: | Re: Admin Russell, what's with the images? | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, mfav writes:
| | Just thinking
it's smarter to fix the problem now before another gazillion images get posted
and end up in the wrong slot and then need to be "fixed".
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Agreed and thank you for bringing it up. It could be human error since I approved
some of the images you mention. I'm sure Russell will shed some light on
the issue.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2019 16:49 | | Subject: | Re: Admin Russell, what's with the images? | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | you are credited with the large image.
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| | and the small image is credited to hazelsden.
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Oops. Other way around. Confusing, as I said, even to me.
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