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 Author: Cob View Messages Posted By Cob
 Posted: Oct 3, 2017 17:41
 Subject: Update item numbers of marked deletion items
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Cob (3563)

Location:  USA, Missouri
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Nov 18, 2014 Contact Member Seller
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Store: Cob's Brick House
Suggestion:

Please update the item numbers of items marked for deletion to end with "-md"
or something similar. I am putting together older figures and keep running into
guys that are marked for deletion. There is no way to know they are marked for
deletion on Brickstock until I pull up the catalog or try to upload the parts.

The best solution would be to delete the items marked for deletion.

Thanks,
Cob
 Author: novabrick View Messages Posted By novabrick
 Posted: Oct 4, 2017 08:46
 Subject: Re: Update item numbers of marked deletion items
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novabrick (14529)

Location:  Germany, Schleswig-Holstein
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In Suggestions, Cob writes:
  Suggestion:

Please update the item numbers of items marked for deletion to end with "-md"
or something similar. I am putting together older figures and keep running into
guys that are marked for deletion. There is no way to know they are marked for
deletion on Brickstock until I pull up the catalog or try to upload the parts.

The best solution would be to delete the items marked for deletion.

Thanks,
Cob

Maybe put the item number in italics and then delete the item after like 3 month
or so. Like [p=4070a] has been marked for deletion for years it seems. I am not
sure what keeps items from being deleted after being marked for deletion. Bit
of clarification would be nice.

Christian

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 Author: qwertyboy View Messages Posted By qwertyboy
 Posted: Oct 4, 2017 09:14
 Subject: Re: Update item numbers of marked deletion items
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qwertyboy (7848)

Location:  Canada, Alberta
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In Suggestions, novabrick writes:
  In Suggestions, Cob writes:
  Suggestion:

Please update the item numbers of items marked for deletion to end with "-md"
or something similar. I am putting together older figures and keep running into
guys that are marked for deletion. There is no way to know they are marked for
deletion on Brickstock until I pull up the catalog or try to upload the parts.

The best solution would be to delete the items marked for deletion.

Thanks,
Cob

Maybe put the item number in italics and then delete the item after like 3 month
or so. Like [p=4070a] has been marked for deletion for years it seems. I am not
sure what keeps items from being deleted after being marked for deletion. Bit
of clarification would be nice.

I believe an item cannot be deleted as long as it is actively referenced elsewhere
(most commonly in people's shop inventory, stock rooms, possibly set inventories).

Niek.
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: Oct 4, 2017 10:35
 Subject: Re: Update item numbers of marked deletion items
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randyf (442)

Location:  USA, Ohio
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In Suggestions, qwertyboy writes:
  In Suggestions, novabrick writes:
  In Suggestions, Cob writes:
  Suggestion:

Please update the item numbers of items marked for deletion to end with "-md"
or something similar. I am putting together older figures and keep running into
guys that are marked for deletion. There is no way to know they are marked for
deletion on Brickstock until I pull up the catalog or try to upload the parts.

The best solution would be to delete the items marked for deletion.

Thanks,
Cob

Maybe put the item number in italics and then delete the item after like 3 month
or so. Like [p=4070a] has been marked for deletion for years it seems. I am not
sure what keeps items from being deleted after being marked for deletion. Bit
of clarification would be nice.

I believe an item cannot be deleted as long as it is actively referenced elsewhere
(most commonly in people's shop inventory, stock rooms, possibly set inventories).

Niek.

Correct. As long as an item marked for deletion is referenced in the database
anywhere (set inventories, store inventories, stockroom inventories, old orders,
etc.), I don't think it can be removed by the Catalog Admins from the catalog.
Since some users never update their stockrooms or stores and disappear forever
into the LEGO abyss, some items will be in the database indefinitely. Unless
some updated guidelines and policies are created to remove items marked for deletion
after a certain amount of time (no matter the intended consequences to users'
stores), these items may never actually get deleted.

Cheers,
Randy