The site awards for 2017 are coming in January 2018. Members will get to vote for winners in a bevy of categories and others will be selected based on contributions to the site. January 2018 will also mark the 10th year anniversary of the site. As a countdown and retrospective, each month we’ll review the stats and present the awards as they would have gone down (minus the categories based on features that weren’t available yet or the ones that require member voting). Last month, we looked at 2014. This month, we look back at 2015.
2015 – A Look Back
Some of the new features added this year included the “Birthdays” area, additional biographical fields for names, browsing by the biographical info, card number editing, the ability to edit the card numbers and notes for a full insert set at once, inserting missing cards into checklists, set fields editing, more set galleries, arrow next to set listing to expand and view all inserts and related sets, insert and related sets in search results, brand filtering, glossary browsing, Transaction Manager upgrades including the ability to select actual items and have them transfer to your collection when received, more collection reports, mailing addresses and last login dates in profiles, more validation options, and the ability to associate players with hobby publication covers. The mobile compatibility project was also started late in the year.
Here’s a screenshot of what the site looked like in November of 2015 courtesy of the Wayback Machine:
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Awards
Most Card Images Added
Category
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Winner
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Runner-up
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Baseball
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Dave Sosidka
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nicksang
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Basketball
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Billy Kingsley
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nicksang
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Boxing
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Young Kilo
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truthseer
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Football
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carthage44
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nicksang
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Golf
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grim25
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The Bub 88
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Hockey
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nicksang
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gb24
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Misc Sports
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dobbie
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marty
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MMA
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IronButt
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Young Kilo
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Multi-Sport
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dah15
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capewood
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Non-Sport
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gb24
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Nigel Taylor
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Racing
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spazmatastic
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Billy Kingsley
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Soccer
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Nigel Taylor
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holhoa96
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Tennis
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JimStaub
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thesemers
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Wrestling
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ShoTime
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Nigel Taylor
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Most Checklists Added
Category
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Winner
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Runner-up
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Baseball
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DaClyde
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grim25
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Basketball
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Billy Kingsley
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UKboogie
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Boxing
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Ballfan
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moore5009
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Football
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armac
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carthage44
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Golf
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grim25
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jlamberth
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Hockey
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avsbruins65
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Aiutsm
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Misc Sports
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grim25
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thesemers
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MMA
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grim25
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Young Kilo
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Multi-Sport
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DaClyde
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UKboogie
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Non-Sport
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IronButt
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grim25
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Racing
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med58ian
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grim25
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Soccer
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holhoa96
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maestro
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Tennis
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DaClyde
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thesemers
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Wrestling
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grim25
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ShoTime
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Most Miscellaneous Additions
Category
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Winner(s)
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Runner-up(s)
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Baseball
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kaholland
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RoundtheDiamond87
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Basketball
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Billy Kingsley
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xv3thekid
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Boxing
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moore5009
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Billy Kingsley/Young Kilo
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Football
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ThreeLions
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thesemers
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Golf
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grim25
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Billy Kingsley/Fuzzopi
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Hockey
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reakins
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ranfordfan
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Misc Sports
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Ballfan
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-
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MMA
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grim25
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Billy Kingsley
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Multi-Sport
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dilemma19
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thesemers
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Non-Sport
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bkklaos
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IronButt
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Racing
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Lea DeFoote
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Billy Kingsley
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Soccer
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holhoa96
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maestro
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Tennis
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Billy Kingsley
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-
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Wrestling
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DaClyde
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sav39
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Top Forum Posters
- C2Cigars
- switzr1
- NJDevils
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Top Database Editors
- Redsfan
- carthage44
- snocko
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Top Traders
- dsorek
- 49ants
- wjsenke
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All-TradingCardDB First Team
- Billy Kingsley, C2Cigars, carthage44, DaClyde, Dave Sosidka, gb24, nicksang, Redsfan
All-TradingCardDB Second Team
- armac, cynicalbuddha, dah15, dobbie, grim25, Nigel Taylor, sandyrusty, ShoTime
Biggest Trade of the Year
- TCItan and SMSiegell (2,128 cards)
Best Use of TradingCardDB T-Shirt
- DaClyde at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown
Milestones
- Card image #1,200,000 submitted
- Transaction #600 completed
Coming in December: Site Awards – 2016
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