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  • October 07, 2008 00:48
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October 07, 2008 00:48

Just changed the album series 'Illustrated Classics Gulf Oil' to 'Illustrated Classics Gulf Oil Belgian version', because there is also a Dutch version of this advertising edition, which I will introduce tomorrow.
And now it comes.
There were already 2 collectors who had included this series in their collection, namely Ben Helmus and jptexier.
Will these collectors be notified of the change or will they have to find out for themselves at some point?

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October 07, 2008 01:59

No, they don't notice anything.
And maybe they just have the Dutch version. Because of this change, they suddenly have the Belgian version in their collection.
It should actually find something that allows you to choose whether or not you want to be notified of changes to albums in your collection in your profile. And that you then create a special e-mail address for that on gmail or something, so that you can view the notifications quietly and dispose of them after agreement. And they do not end up in your regular mailbox.
As is currently the case, I cannot use Catawiki to accurately keep track of my collection and will always have to have another system next to it. So double work.
While Catawiki is actually a fantastic system on its own.
By the way, I have changed your series name again by inserting a letter c in the word "Belgian".

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October 07, 2008 08:44

This is an interesting point. On the one hand, the advantage of this way of working is that the information about your own collection is getting better and more complete without you having to do anything yourself. Everyone benefits from everyone's specific knowledge. Not many people know that there are two versions of IC Gulf Oil. Not me anyway.
On the other hand, it can also be annoying if someone splits a series or album into two variants. Then you can indeed get the wrong one in your collection.
I think the most important short-term improvement should be alerting users to significant changes to the items in their collection. This split by Kamiel is one of them. If someone fills in a field that was previously empty, such as the dimensions, then that doesn't seem necessary.
We want to introduce a messaging system that allows everyone to have their own mailbox on the site and you can easily send other users a message. We could use that to report important changes to people who have that item in their collection.
Any other ideas about the issue identified by Kamiel? As long as the messaging system is not there yet, perhaps create a topic for major changes to series and album series?

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October 09, 2008 16:03

Very nice to see those 2 variants of the Gulf Oil illustrated classics. Scanners can produce completely different results in terms of color.
Kamiel: By the way, I alerted the people who had the original Gulf Oil series in their collection about your change. Thanks for signaling!

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