Is there, or maybe should there be, some heirarchy of how SGA sets are named in the database? If I have missed in the guidelines, feel free to direct me there.
I've found it difficult at times, particularly for set with no numbers to know if the set listed is the set I have. I've noticed for these types of sets, either the they are noted as: "SGA", "Team Issue" , "(sponsor name)", "(local printer name)" or in some cases no differentiation at all. My thought would be:
- IF there is not already another set made by the same printer, use the printer name
- IF there already a set by that printer, use the sponsor name as the identifyer
- IF no sponsor listed, use "SGA"
- Hopefully this would eliminate the need for "Retail"
With that said, I really don't care, as long as it's consistent.
BACKGROUND TO THE ISSUE: I was in the process of adding the "2006 Springfield Cardinals" Multi-Ad retail set, when I realized that the Stadium Giveaway (SGA) set for that year is listed without any identifier of it being an SGA set. So, I thought about either naming the retail set I planned to enter as "Retail" or renaming the SGA set by adding an identifyer. The issue is, as I looked to other years for Springfield Cardinal sets in order to be consistent in how I named it, I realized there is no consistency on how these SGA sets are named. This issue is not limited to the Springfield Cardinals. In the case of the Springfield Cardinals, here is how the sets including SGA's are identified for 2006 through 2008 currently in TCDb. It should be noted that all of the SGA's in those years are sponsored by Chevy.
- 2006 Multi-Ad Springfield Cardinals (This is an SGA set. Note there is no identifier, probably because the retail set has not been added yet)
- 2007 Grandstand Springfield Cardinals (this is the retail set; looks OK to me as named)
- 2007 Grandstand Springfield Cardinals Chevy (Note that the sponsor is used to distinguish from the retail set)
- 2008 Grandstand Springfield Cardinals (this is the retail set; looks OK to me as named)
- 2008 Grandstand Springfield Cardinals SGA (Note that the sponsor Chevy is not used to distinguish)
Thanks for any insight.
