Author:  randyf  Posted:  Feb 18, 2024 12:57  Subject:  Re: Reaction to the R.R. Slugger video  Viewed:  73 times  Topic:  Catalog Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card randyf (442) Location:  USA, Ohio Member Since Contact Type Status Sep 16, 2009 Seller  Store: The Bricking Spectre BrickLink Catalog Administrator (?)

In Catalog, brxstore writes:    In Catalog, randyf writes:    In Catalog, Teup writes:    In Catalog, Nubs_Select writes:       (and I thought variants were going to be merged on 15 feb but looks like nothing has been merged ) https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReqList.asp?viewYear=&viewMonth=&viewGeDate=&q=&viewStatus=1.2&itemType=&viewAction=* It’s started but they said it will take while. Up to several months if I remember correctly until every last part of this merge is done Ah thanks, will bookmark that link. I know renumbering the decorated pieces takes long (initially posed as "this way it will be easier for people and services to adapt", later admitted it's just because they don't have any upload capabilities so they have to do it all manually). But I really thought at least the merging of the variants (just a handful of entries, like a bunch of 7-teeth and 9-teeth hinges) would actually happen on the indicated date. Even if you do it all manually it shouldn't take too long. Well, at least they did... 3 entries it seems Every part that gets merged is attached to inventories, so all of the inventories that contain it have to also be manually updated one by one (remove duplicate entry, update Match IDs, possibly update inventory notes, etc.). It is a painstaking process, so it can take a bit to just get through one part merger. I am glad that I don't have to do it. Well, have you thought about not doing it then? I had nothing to do with it. All I did along with the rest of the Catalog Admin team was help to save some of the entries that were going to get merged (32064c, 10247, slopes with connections between studs, etc.). This came from the BrickLink corporate level, not the Catalog Admin team level. Thus, those at BrickLink corporate are doing all of the additional work for this instead of the Catalog Admin team. Simply put, "I am glad that I don't have to do it."    If it ain't broken, don't fix it. Problem solved, everybody is happy, you can spend your time on more useful stuff that has actual benefits, instead of inflicting pain on so many users of the platform. It is still not too late to cancel this madness. Please come to your senses. BTW: There are much better solutions to the problems you are trying to solve. You could for example improve the search engine and the matching engine behind the 'Buy All' feature to allow matching all variants of a particular item, if someone is not interested in specific variants. Instead of getting rid of catalog items with Undetermined Type, you could keep them for sellers who don't want to invest the time to differentiate variants in their inventory. I am surprised nobody at BrickLink thought about alternative solutions that don't involve reducing the granularity of the catalog.

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Re: Reaction to the R.R. Slugger video - brxstore (794)

[...] Well, have you thought about not doing it then? :D If it ain't broken, don't fix it. Problem solved, everybody is happy, you can spend your time on more useful [...] (4 months ago, Feb 18, 2024, to Catalog)

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