Just to summarize what happened here:
- A member uploaded a partial checklist.
- The partial checklist actually belonged to another set in a different year.
- The "names" in the partial checklist was based on text on the cards which could repeat and would not be unique.
- Images were uploaded, which makes it impossible to "delete" without Admin's involvement
I hope others can learn from this how much work is now involved in cleaning up this.
I did contact the member who did this with this information (just to be clear, I had worked with this member on some other stuff in the past, and found him to be very helpful and community-oriented, so it was surprising to see what happened here, and those previous positive intereactions are what I'm referring to in point #3 below):
Looks like you uploaded a very incomplete checklist (only the ones you have). Just so you understand what that does:
1 - It makes it more difficult for anyone who has cards in that set to locate them here.
2 - It makes it difficult for others who know the full checklist to get that loaded correctly, and get the images and collection info you added in the correct places (in order).
3 - It makes others who look at the change log and contributors to the set think you are self-centered and only care about adding the cards YOU have and don't care about anyone else (since I have dealt with you, I KNOW this is not the case, but the perception will now be there amongst those who haven't).
Please be VERY careful about doing this. Adding to incomplete checklists can be an arduous task for the members who have the permissions to work on those areas. This is now going to require 1 Level 8 to update the checklist (hopefully, just append the entire correct checklist - which now they won't crdit for adding, even though they did most of the work), it will require a member to put in 1 set of IRs for the cards you added to transfer the images and collection info to the cards in the right spots. It will require a Level 8 to propose the changes in the IR system. It will require 2 other Level 8s to make the approvals so they get moved. Then it will require a member to put in another set of IRs for the cards you added to delete the cards you entered. It will require a Level 8 to propose the changes in the IR system. It will require 2 other Level 8s to make the approvals so they get deleted.
As you can see, what you did just created A LOT of work for many members here.
Please be more careful.
-- Dan --
Note: Please see my profile for more info regarding trading (section updated 3/4/2024). I have added a large portion of my inventory to the site, and currently have trading turned on (details are in my profile).