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Several months ago I submitted multiple checklists to the database.  Some for sets that had to be added prior to submitting the checklists.  I never earned any points for these submissions and on the set pages the contributor is a different user.  Is there a reason why a different user would get the credit for the submissions?  I know the points don't really do anything but a small reward for helping this site grow.  I left here for awhile after but there isn't anything like this group to trade and grow my own collection so I'm back.  But I'm hesitant to spend hours typing up checklist and scanning and cropping card images if someone else gets the credit.

If you duplicate an existing checklist, I’m pretty sure you don’t get points for those.

Wasn't a duplicate checklist the sets weren't even listed when I submitted them.  Also one one of them I submitted I mistyped one of the card names so I'm 100% sure that the lists in the database are the ones I've submitted.

https://www.tcdb.com/FAQ.cfm?ITEM=Points

I don't see any images or checklists added under your profile. Did you do the actual work of uploading the checklists you're talking about or just submit the requests to have them added?

Also, just to clarify, the points are so much a reward as a system that goes along with the permissions tests so when you've done enough you can earn the highest current level (level 8). The threshold is high enough that you should have spent enough time learning the rules and tools so you can be trusted with those permissions.

I went to the submit a set page added all the set info attached the checklist and hit submit.  Is there more I need to do to get credit?

It sounds like you submitted an inaccuracy report and attached or linked to a checklist. The member who actually used the site's tools to upload the checklist is the one who gets credit.

You need to be level 5 to be able to "process" checklists and there are guidelines at that link. As it mentions, there's multiple ways to process a checklist, one of them being importing an Excel spreadsheet. The members who process checklists have to look over what's been submitted to make sure all attributes are accounted for (numbers, names, teams, and notes), and sometimes after the upload process they need to do other work like creating new IDs for subjects/teams not in the database yet, format variations, and more.

This isn't to say that what I think I'm understanding you did--supplying the checklist in an IR--isn't valuable, it's just that that's not what earns points here.

If you'd like to learn more about that process please feel free to reach out in this thread or DM me for help. I know of other members who are also happy to help those willing to learn.

In the meantime, the best way to build up your points is to submit scans that meet site requirements and gain the various permission levels that allow you to do more.

Just to clarify a few things:

When a user without the permissions to add a set tries to add a set the "normal way" (clicking on the "+ Add Set" button on the year page), a report goes to the Inaccuracies Manger, essentially an IR is created. For those that go into the Inaccuracies Manager, any of the IRs with "Possible Missing Set" in the "set Name" column are from that process. They are not actual Inaccuracy Reports or were they created from the "See any inaccuracies?" links.

It's fairly easy to attain Level 6 of the Permissions (which allows users to do quite a bit of stuff). Getting to L7 and L8 takes points and time on the site because the things they are allowed to do is pretty serious to the site, and it takes some trust on Admin's part to allow users to do those things. One ofthe prerequisites to L7 is to get the ability to be able to approve your own images - which takes a steady stream of consistently uploading scans that need no cropping and don't get rejected.

There are many members here who have gained these various levels who are happy to help you out, show you what you can do, and guide you through various processes. The key is you wanting to learn to be able to do these things - and if you don't want to learn, that's fine too. (We have members who have been here for years who still submit requests for parallel sets to be added, teams to be updated, and Name changes on cards - all stuff that can be done with permission levels below L7 - and that's fine. If you aren't confortable trying it, please, don't do something you don't want to do.) Please look to those members to help you. (I am one of those members.)

Also on that first paragraph, if a user of any permission level tries to add an insert to a set that's completely locked down, those also get submitted as IRs.