Author:  peregrinator  Posted:  Jul 3, 2022 08:44  Subject:  Re: Please Remove Word from Minifig Titles  Viewed:  32 times  Topic:  Catalog Requests Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card peregrinator (781) Location:  USA, New Jersey Member Since Contact Type Status Jan 21, 2003 Seller Store: Faber Family Bricks

In Catalog Requests, wildchicken13 writes:    I think the problem is searchability. Not everyone on BrickLink is a Star Wars expert, but a lot of people are and they would like to be able to easily search the catalog to find a specific minifigure. Ideally, BrickLink would have a tag system so that all of the relevant details (rank, unit, phase, facial expression, etc.) would be included in the tags, but BrickLink doesn't have that so we end up with some unwieldy item names like   *  973pb4437c01 Torso SW Mandalorian Silver Beskar Armor Plates, Reddish Brown Belts, Red Christmas Scarf Pattern (Din Djarin) / Dark Brown Arms with Silver Beskar Plates Pattern / Black Hands Parts: Minifigure, Torso Assembly, Decor. What does repeating the phrase "silver beskar plates" add to searchability here?

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Re: Please Remove Word from Minifig Titles - wildchicken13 (876)

[...] I think the problem is searchability. Not everyone on BrickLink is a Star Wars expert, but a lot of people are and they would like to be able to easily search the catalog [...] (23 months ago, Jul 3, 2022, to Catalog Requests)

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Re: Please Remove Word from Minifig Titles - jennnifer (3537)

[...] No, it doesn't add to the searchability... but it's an assembly of parts. Minifigure, Torso, Assembly names describe the torso, the arms, and the hands. In this [...] (23 months ago, Jul 3, 2022, to Catalog Requests)

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