Author:  wildchicken13  Posted:  Feb 8, 2024 10:50  Subject:  Re: Proposed Alternative to Catalog Consolidation  Viewed:  46 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card wildchicken13 (876) Location:  USA, Illinois Member Since Contact Type Status Aug 11, 2014 Seller Store: Wild Chicken

In Suggestions, PurpleKangaroo writes:    Of course, each menu would have an "undetermined" option, which would be the default option in order to allow sellers and buyers ease of use. My point is that the solution to this catalog complexity is not the removal of crucial information. There is a better way, and I believe the incredible Bricklink team has the opportunity to simultaneously simplify the user experience while retaining the nuance that has made Bricklink the defacto LEGO parts catalog for so many wonderful years. Am I crazy, or is there room for compromise? Keep half of the variants in the catalog and delete the other half. In all seriousness, I think many people would like something like what you described, but the problem is that the pace of development here is very slow and it will be a very long time before anything like that is implemented. As far as I can tell, the current variant merges are being done using the existing catalog change forms.

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Proposed Alternative to Catalog Consolidation - PurpleKangaroo (139)

So there's been some heated discussion about the recent decision to consolidate certain Bricklink part entries. For example, the merger of certain parts with open studs and [...] (4 months ago, Feb 7, 2024, to Suggestions)

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Re: Proposed Alternative to Catalog Consolidation - SylvainLS (46)

[...] That’s so the changes are logged (in the changelogs that are visible by everyone), not because of a lack of tools. (Though one could argue they could have [...] (4 months ago, Feb 8, 2024, to Suggestions)

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 Msg 1 - PurpleKangaroo (139) 4 months ago Feb 7, 2024 to Suggestions
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 Msg 5 - yorbrick (1185) 4 months ago Feb 8, 2024 to Suggestions
 Msg 6 - BrickCompulsion (3089) 4 months ago Feb 8, 2024 to Suggestions
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 Msg 8 « - wildchicken13 (876) 4 months ago Feb 8, 2024 to Suggestions
 Msg 9 - SylvainLS (46) 4 months ago Feb 8, 2024 to Suggestions
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