Author:  StormChaser  Posted:  Apr 20, 2020 12:05  Subject:  Re: Move Variants Discovered  Viewed:  43 times  Topic:  Catalog Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card StormChaser (570) Location:  USA, Oklahoma Member Since Contact Type Status Sep 10, 2002 Seller  Store: Penultimate Harbinger

In Catalog, WoutR writes:    I can probably provide at least 20 variations of these molded lines on the inside of 2x4 bricks. I looked through your Flickr photo collection and I was most impressed. I've updated the additional note.    As a collector of 2x4 bricks, I think that these mold details are to small and to variable to mention in our catalog. In another post you mention certain specifics, such as functionality or appearance, as criteria for having separate catalog entries. The problem is that BrickLink has no written criteria for separate catalog entries. We've just been kinda winging it for 20 years. Here's an example of that (look at the comparison image):   *  19159 Technic, Pin Double Triangle 1 x 3 with 2 Clips with Squared Pin Holes Parts: Technic, Pin   *  47994 Technic, Pin Double Triangle 1 x 3 with 2 Clips with Round Pin Holes Parts: Technic, Pin How much work was put into this non-functional, non-appearance-affecting part split by everyone involved? And this is just one part. There are more. So what I expect to see change in 2020: the addition of written guidelines specifying exactly how part variants are handled. The current justification for our overall strategy with part variants is that we're serving collectors and purists with the way we do things. But . . . we're not. And not only are we failing them rather miserably, but we're making buyers, sellers, contributors, and administrators go to sometimes extraordinary lengths to serve a system that doesn't serve anyone well. People are buying sealed sets and dismantling them to determine a single part variant, not realizing the whole set box is probably filled with variants. That, as I've said before, is unsustainable and irrational. I don't claim to have a solution yet, but I am giving it thought and I always appreciate your knowledgeable input. I'm not against part variants or having separate entries for them, but we've been doing it wrongly for a long time.

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Re: Move Variants Discovered - WoutR (921)

[...] I can probably provide at least 20 variations of these molded lines on the inside of 2x4 bricks. As a collector of 2x4 bricks, I think that these mold details are to [...] (50 months ago, Apr 20, 2020, to Catalog)

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Re: Move Variants Discovered - SylvainLS (46)

[...] I beg to differ for these parts. The difference is appearance-affecting and is even more functional: you can’t put a bar in a square hole. (50 months ago, Apr 20, 2020, to Catalog)

Re: Move Variants Discovered - WoutR (921)

[...] Thank you. It is a work in progress (all filler brick donations are welcome ;-)) [...] I think that there are 4 criteria 1) Functional difference. [...] (50 months ago, Apr 20, 2020, to Catalog)

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