Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | infinibrix  | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2021 16:51 | | Subject: | Re: Separate Leg Hip wear from Torso Bodywear? | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | In Catalog, infinibrix writes:
| | Can I make a suggestion that we create a new category for parts that are specifically
designed to go over the leg pins/hips and call it ‘Hip Wear’ or ‘Leg Wear’? as
there are plenty of them and probably many more that I have missed?
In my opinion ‘Body Wear’ should be left exclusively for all those parts that
are designed to go over the Torso/Neck piece only?
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I have also asked for this in discussions with the other admins. I believe it
will happen. 
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Okay cool what about also splitting beards/moustaches from the rest of the bodywear
in the same way hair was removed from headgear as it always feels a bit weird
when your looking for wearable items like armour and capes only to find beards
popping up amongst them?
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2021 06:06 | | Subject: | Separate Leg Hip wear from Torso Bodywear? | | Viewed: | 83 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| Can I make a suggestion that we create a new category for parts that are specifically
designed to go over the leg pins/hips and call it ‘Hip Wear’ or ‘Leg Wear’? as
there are plenty of them and probably many more that I have missed?
In my opinion ‘Body Wear’ should be left exclusively for all those parts that
are designed to go over the Torso/Neck piece only?
* | | 24087pb03 Minifigure Skirt Plastic, Ruffled (Ballerina Tutu) with White and Dark Pink Panels, Silver Stars, and Bright Light Orange Border Pattern
Parts: Minifigure, Body Wear |
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[p=bb0886]
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Feb 3, 2021 17:42 | | Subject: | Re: Quote cancellation advises buyer | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, BrickBros20 writes:
| | In Suggestions, Emporiosa writes:
| | Suggestion in regards to automatic quote cancellations:
I've never received a quote cancellation myself, but assuming it doesn't
already say so, it would be beneficial that when a quote cancellation is automatically
sent by the BrickLink system due to an item being sold out, that an automated
message to the buyer is sent out and indicating which item caused the quote cancellation
trigger.
I just received yet another message from a newer buyer asking why their quote
was cancelled and they wanted to accept it. To the buyer, it looks like sellers
are cancelling their quotes, when it's simply that a part that they ordered
is no longer available.
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This would be a great addition! We receive the occasional message asking why
their quote was canceled. It would be a small yet efficient change to how the
quote process works.
~Brick Brothers
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In my opinion it would be better to have parts held during the quote phase so
that the buyer can secure the parts while they wait to be quoted
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Feb 3, 2021 10:27 | | Subject: | Re: Category Changes, Part Two | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Stellar writes:
| | In Catalog, infinibrix writes:
| | In Catalog, Stellar writes:
| | In Catalog, infinibrix writes:
| | We have this style of legs/robes under ‘Minifigure, Legs, Modified, Decorated’
which is all good for finding these McGonagall Robes
[P=36036pb23]
But not this style?
I understand it’s probably due to wanting to keep all the decorated sloped bricks
in one place but when the slopes are specifically designed for use with minifigures
this should take precedence as to where they are located because this is where
people will expect to find them i.e under minifigure entries. Likewise those
searching for decorated slopes for a build I’m sure will have very little use
for these kinds of decorated slope designs making them a search hindrance for
the category if anything?
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What about these, they can be very well used in a build:
What I would suggest is just adding the word Skirt to all the 3678b* that are
for minifigs. So that they will appear in searches alongside 36036*
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Yes and I think someone else once said they could use these robes for some curtains
when I mentioned the same thing before...
* | | 3678bpb027 Slope 65 2 x 2 x 2 with Bottom Tube with Minifigure Dress / Skirt / Robe, White Panel with Black and Gold Trim Pattern
Parts: Slope, Decorated |
but we’re really scratching around the barrel for ideas here on the basis of
a one in a million chance that someone might actually stumble across these parts
and decide to use them for their build either way there is nothing to stop people
having a glance under the minifig robes to see what they can find but overall
they don’t cater very well for builders and likewise slopes with space symbols,
computer panels and numbers don’t cater for the needs of those searching for
minifigure parts hence I feel it would be beneficial to separate them
Likewise we have Minifigure heads which have unrelated heads mixed in with them
from goldfish bowls to death star plans:-
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/search.page?q=minifigure%20head%20without%20face#T=P
These should be given their own category ‘Decorated heads’ also we separated
Plain Legs and Torsos from Decorated Legs and Torsos which I think was a good
move and so I think we should also consider separating plain heads from decorated
heads and separating both these again from minifigure heads
As the catalog expands I think it benefits to cater better for the two main types
of shopper ‘builders’ and ‘minifig enthusiasts’ whereas piling everything into
the same catalog entries just because they are the same design of part doesn’t
actually allow for efficient shopping for either?
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Without the tag system suggested we can't improve things like this with the
catalog system Bricklink currently has.
If we were to move things to Category X or Y depending on how it is decorated
it will very well end in a mess of a catalog...
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Hmmm but for now can I suggest that we add the wording 'slope for Minifigure'
in all the descriptions that way a search for 'minifigure slope' will
bring them all up in one place
If you only rely on words like 'dress, robes, skirt' people will always
end up using different interpretations with each catelog upload meaning a search
for one word may be more/less effective than another whereas if its known that
the word minifigure is always included it's easier to remember making a more
reliable way to search
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Feb 3, 2021 06:45 | | Subject: | Re: Category Changes, Part Two | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Stellar writes:
| | In Catalog, infinibrix writes:
| | We have this style of legs/robes under ‘Minifigure, Legs, Modified, Decorated’
which is all good for finding these McGonagall Robes
[P=36036pb23]
But not this style?
I understand it’s probably due to wanting to keep all the decorated sloped bricks
in one place but when the slopes are specifically designed for use with minifigures
this should take precedence as to where they are located because this is where
people will expect to find them i.e under minifigure entries. Likewise those
searching for decorated slopes for a build I’m sure will have very little use
for these kinds of decorated slope designs making them a search hindrance for
the category if anything?
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What about these, they can be very well used in a build:
What I would suggest is just adding the word Skirt to all the 3678b* that are
for minifigs. So that they will appear in searches alongside 36036*
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Yes and I think someone else once said they could use these robes for some curtains
when I mentioned the same thing before...
* | | 3678bpb027 Slope 65 2 x 2 x 2 with Bottom Tube with Minifigure Dress / Skirt / Robe, White Panel with Black and Gold Trim Pattern
Parts: Slope, Decorated |
but we’re really scratching around the barrel for ideas here on the basis of
a one in a million chance that someone might actually stumble across these parts
and decide to use them for their build either way there is nothing to stop people
having a glance under the minifig robes to see what they can find but overall
they don’t cater very well for builders and likewise slopes with space symbols,
computer panels and numbers don’t cater for the needs of those searching for
minifigure parts hence I feel it would be beneficial to separate them
Likewise we have Minifigure heads which have unrelated heads mixed in with them
from goldfish bowls to death star plans:-
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/search.page?q=minifigure%20head%20without%20face#T=P
These should be given their own category ‘Decorated heads’ also we separated
Plain Legs and Torsos from Decorated Legs and Torsos which I think was a good
move and so I think we should also consider separating plain heads from decorated
heads and separating both these again from minifigure heads
As the catalog expands I think it benefits to cater better for the two main types
of shopper ‘builders’ and ‘minifig enthusiasts’ whereas piling everything into
the same catalog entries just because they are the same design of part doesn’t
actually allow for efficient shopping for either?
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2021 10:21 | | Subject: | Re: Category Changes, Part Two | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
| | In Catalog, firestar246 writes:
as I understand previous admins reason here was that they wanted to have similar
items together in one category. As they are similar a to this one so that is
why they are in the same category.
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Okay but if there is only to be two categories like we have now i.e Hair and
headgear all those parts you mention are already categoried correctly under 'headgear'
and all other hat/hair combos should also be categoried in the same way leaving
only standalone hair for the hair category. There may be a few exceptions such
as this one with hair band which should remain under hair category especially
as its just a print rather than an actual change to an existing hair mold design
I think its fair to say anything found in the hair category should contain standalone
hair which will mean it contains items that can be widely used on almost any
minifigure whereas with regards to most of these hair/hat combos they are very
specific to either a theme, character or trade which in the example you give
are only really suitable for construction type minifigs therefore keep all the
combos, oddities and unique parts together under 'headgear' and leave
the hair category to only contain simple plain hair whether that be anything
from a side partin to a mohawk
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2021 08:02 | | Subject: | Re: Category Changes, Part Two | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| We have this style of legs/robes under ‘Minifigure, Legs, Modified, Decorated’
which is all good for finding these McGonagall Robes
[P=36036pb23]
But not this style?
I understand it’s probably due to wanting to keep all the decorated sloped bricks
in one place but when the slopes are specifically designed for use with minifigures
this should take precedence as to where they are located because this is where
people will expect to find them i.e under minifigure entries. Likewise those
searching for decorated slopes for a build I’m sure will have very little use
for these kinds of decorated slope designs making them a search hindrance for
the category if anything?
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Feb 2, 2021 06:39 | | Subject: | Re: Category Changes, Part Two | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, firestar246 writes:
| | In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, firestar246 writes:
| | Also, can the headgear and hair issue be fixed this time around? Those pieces
that are a headgear with hair should all be stuck in either one category or the
other.
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Can you be more specific with examples here, please?
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Well for example, most are under "hair, combo" in the hair category, like:
are all in hair.
But a few oddballs are in the headgear category, like:
are in helmet.
It's a bit confusing.
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Yes I agree and personally I think all those combos you have mentioned should
come under headgear including these two as well along with I'm sure many
more...
* | | 11420pb01 Minifigure, Hair Shaggy and Short with Braided Beard with Olive Green Laced Shirt, Light Nougat Bald Spot and Chin Pattern
Parts: Minifigure, Hair |
The ruling should be that hair can only appear in the hair category if it ONLY
contains hair! I appreciate having bombur within headgear may not sit very well
for everyone but when I think of headgear to me its more than just hats and helmets.
Its 'gear' that is intended to go over a head piece and in the case of
the bombur that consists of both hair and body areas. Maybe in the long term
you could use headgear for all the hair/hat/body combos only and then create
a new category called 'headwear' for all your standalone hats and helmets
etc..?
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2021 07:06 | | Subject: | Re: Category Changes, Part Two | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | Okay, we're ready to hear what you want moved.
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Currently in ‘Body Wear’ but should be in ‘Minifigure Utensil’ with other similar
items such as Surfboards/Skateboards/Ski’s
Also not sure this one belongs under ‘Body Wear’ either?
Or this under ‘Body Part’ instead of handheld weapons/accessories but I’ll leave
others to decide?
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Jan 21, 2021 19:27 | | Subject: | Re: Have all printed Legs been deleted? | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | In Catalog, LordSkylark writes:
Well, I hope that they don't delete the non-printed versions, because when
I get large lots of used pieces, I end up with lots of misc. legs.
But I definitely would rather have all printed legs added to the catelog.
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As far as the printed legs and hips go I have a feeling its probably just a case
of them being a bit overkill and somewhat of a burden on the catalog to keep
updated and maintained especially when you consider how few people probably search
for them. The thing is those that do search for them are unlikely to find what
they need anyway which makes the whole process of searching for these sub parts
unreliable and not very worthwhile
I guess its a bit different for the plain colours as they have far more uses
and are easier to manage and maintain in the catalog
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