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I understand what you are saying Ed to a point..You had made a post in a forum a while back, that Alex Smith(QB) & Alex Smith(TE) needed to have the positions removed from the name field. Well Alex Smith (QB) had about 3,500 cards that had the QB after the name.. So all those only count as 1 point?? I'm just trying to understand.. We want the names listed in the set to reflect what is on the card and thats what I'm trying to help with.. based on the guidelines set for naming cards..

The thing is, when you look a tthe FAQ, there is no direct definition of how many points you earn for what. So a lot of it is guesswork.

Frequently Asked Questions | Trading Card Database (tcdb.com)

Yup, edits help the site and community in a big way, but they aren't a great way to earn points.

Here are some easy ones that I know earn points for each:

1. On profiles and sets, unless something changed, you earn a point for each External Link you add. If you see a player without a Wikipedia link, a Baseball-Reference.com link, a TheBaseballCube.com link, a HockeyDB.com link, etc., or a set that's missing a link to BaseballCardPedia, CardboardConnection, etc., that's a place to help out. Just make sure they're correct when you add them because we can't edit them.

2. Within each set, see if there are any YouTube videos about people opening packs from that product, doing box/case breaks of that product, reviewing that product, etc. If there aren't, check YouTube for something appropriate. If you find a video that could be beneficial here, click the "SHARE" icon on the YouTube video, click the "Embed" icon, and copy all the iframe code you see (including the iframe tags), then on this site, click the Add Video button under "Videos", add the code you just copied, and you got yourself a point.

(Both of those are Level 1 Permissions and can be done by anyone that passes the first quiz.)

3. Under "Things to Do" at the bottom of every page, the "Crop Help" section is where we approve/deny image uploads. I forget how many points you can earn here...something like 1 point for every 10 approved images maybe?

Building up Permissions to the point of being L6/L7 will open up so many other options, like adding checklists and sets, etc., but the ones I listed above will help anyone starting out and looking to be a bigger part of the community!

Spike, I'll help you out more than anyone else has so far for your specific concerns. EDIT's do not earn a full point, but a portion of a point that is given to you around the end of a month. Check your points on Monday versus what they are today. The general thoughts are about 25% of a point for each edit or info addition. The guaranteed points at the time of addition are only CL's and scans. Five points for a CL and scans are 1 point for the front and 2 points for the back (IF you submit both at the same time). If you only submit back scans, you get 1 point each until you submit the front scan too. This change was due to the "point-farmer" issue. All other info that you submit gains various percentages of a point around the end of the month. If you altered all 3500 listings for Alex Smith QB, you should see 800-900 points added to your total when the monthly reset happens. I think Ed is right about #'s 1, 2 & 3 though.

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Thanks Guys... Better info.. I'm not trying to be nothing but a points monger.. I'm retired now so I have more time to help fix issues, or add images.. etc.. I'm currently working on uploading images for cards I have in my collection. that are missing.

Everyone has been very helpful and this is the best site with everyone contributing to make it better..

Thanks again,  Mike