Frequently Asked Questions

What if an insert matches the design of a different release, should it be listed under the set it was inserted into or under the release it matches?

Every effort should be made to list inserts under the sets into which they were inserted, even if the design matches or is a continuation of a different release. This applies to previews (sometimes previews of one release are inserted into packs of a different release), stamped buybacks, and updates.

https://www.tradingcarddb.com/FAQ.cfm?ITEM=ListingInserts

So I think this insert (even so it's a one card "update" insert) is in a right place.

Just to let everyone know, ColinS was the recipient of my "nastygram". (I wasn't really that nasty, but it could have been interpreted as such.)

He wrote me back before SDC posted his findings (the same info). Additionally, he was nice. He was apologetic if he had, in fact, done something wrong, but he didn't feel he did. And he was correct in that thought.

Folks, ColinS is a class act. He's been instrumental in getting a lot cleaned up through IRs and has been very responsive to questions. I hope no one is left with a bad impression of him after this, because that would be inaccurate. (I have informed him he has no need to be apologizing, I have apologized to him for my message, and I hope he accepts my apology.)

I'd also like to add one other point, and that Ryan (rmpaq5) had some good reasons to say something. In the past, we have seen plenty of 1-card checklists (4 or 5 cards out of 300) get posted by members who did not do the needed research to get a full set listed, they only got what they had listed. This is a very selfish act that makes for way too much work for others (even if it's simply Admin wiping out a set, it's work on his part as well). As you can see, this does not sit well with the membership here.

And with this info I do offer an apology. 

I'm not sure I'm getting this right. If there is a 1 card CL for a 1 card set, the members don't want the set added? Why not? What if it's a 3-card set? Is that ok? We are a Trading Card Database, all cards and sets should be acceptable. No? 

Also, if I own that 1 card of the 1 card set, I should be able to list it, just like if I had 3 cards of a 50 card set, I should be able to list them. And, if I had a set not listed, yet I had all the info, I should be able to add it. I don't get this selfish stuff, IF I have a card or set, I can list it, Who knows if somebody else has it in "cardland" and can add it to this great site. Sometimes our members make no sense at all.

Bob, did you read the whole thread? Both Ryan and I admitted that we jumped the gun and have apologized to ColinS for doing so. As I put in my note, we have seen WAY TOO often members adding 1-card "sets" when the checklist is, in fact, much larger. The 1 card they add is the one they just happen to have - in other words, they are being selfish members only looking to log their own collections and to heck with everyone else.

Yes, when a set is only 1 card, it should be added. It just gets a lot more scrutiny these days due to the selfish members of the past (some recent).

To reiterate - Ryan and I thought ColinS added 1-card sets that should have been larger. We apologized when we were informed that these are actually 1-card sets and were not entered to log only his collection as other members have done.

What we are trying to keep from happening is having members enter 1 card when the set has more than that. That's all.

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Thank you SDC for doing a little research and coming to my defense. Appreciate that Brother!

Apology accepted friend. 

Dan, I appreciate the public apology and kind words that followed. Apology accepted.

I also want to say that I emphathize with those people who get frustrated by careless and self-centered "help" within the site. I have read some of the other threads and see that unnecessary fixing of careless work is a real problem. However, if ADMIN has not made this a top priority-then why should I? I can only do my best right?

This is the way things should be more often!! Awesome ending all. =) Not to worry the Upper Deck SPA is terrible for that as well.