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So, here I am still going through my PC and I come across these two cards, replicas of each other except that one is Printed in Canada.

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/140/cid/65249/1990-Fleer-548-Sammy-Sosa

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/59559/cid/3339542

I notice that one is a UER while the other isn't.  As it is unusual that a UER is not copied from one print company to the other, I open the card's page and see that the DOB is what is in error. Ok, great catch but why not change the other card as well??? Chances are you are aware that the Printed in Canada is a parallel of the other USA print. 

This is not wanting to point the finger at any one member. But I see this repeatedly where one card is edited while others that have the same issue are not.  This is similar to sets that are all SN to the same number but only one card is marked as such.  In this case, one may claim that he was unsure if the whole set was the same SN but a simple google search would confirm the fact in most cases.  I think that those who work hard in the IR and look to enter the right info on each and every card would appreciate that those who find these take the time to correct all of the cards that are related.

Enough from my alter-ego.  Back to reconciling my Sosa collection.  Once I switch to my other ID where I have the permision level required to make edits, I will add the UER to the card as well as a few other early Sosa cards that have his wrong DOB.

The card has been editted.  Poor Sammy did not get much love from the card companies as the same error can be found on some cards till 1995.  I editted all of those I could verify as having the error of his birthdate.

What if a step of getting clearance  to add and edit is to have a "mentor" for 100 attempts or some such thing? Someone to double check and handle questions...

The process is already in place:

https://www.tcdb.com/Permissions.cfm

That's not really what I meant. Unless I'm missing something. What if older users were matched with newer users and they could be monitored through a certain number of actual attempts on their own.

Ron, the new guys who actually do want to contribute in a meaningful way on this site (instead of being a user only) ask a lot of questions and ask for people like Dan to walk them through things that they have not done before.  Many of the guys but Dan especially, have the patience to take the time to walk them through till they get the hang of it.  In the case I highlighted this morning, and I am not saying that the guy who did it meant to simply ignore all of the other cards that could be edited, we often see this type of thing happening especially within a set such as the SN note.  It is frustrating as it leaves more work for those who do care (it is easier to update a whole set in one go then to append a note on each and every card).  This site is very much user fed; if we take the time to even correct minor issues even though it is not part of our collection, we contribute to the overall site and make it that much better.

To dovetail of Bruno's comments, I once was in your shoes so I leaned on others and asked questions, yes Dan was my prime emntor. Still is really, even after I've gotten a handle on most editing functions that I can do. As Bruno also pointed out, ask questionsin the forum if you aren't sure. An examlpe is one I started asking abuot the proper set-up for a particular insert set. After putting it out to the "masses" the question was answered (and thankfully no hours of work). Bruno, myself and many others here, get frustrated when people only half-a$$ the work needed here, usually to the benefit of themselves. I'm the type of person that asI am working on something if I see and error I try to get it fixed before I move on to my original task. Do ask Dan suggested and work on getting your permission levels up, really sin't that difficult. When you want to do something reach out to myself, Dan or any of the other regular users here. Everyone will be happy to help.