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January 22, 2022 14:31
I'll make a new topic so as not to mix it with messages from Raoul62  and  Frageria.
The issue name for stamps is "year description" by default, but these rules are not always followed.
If you want to help improve the catalog, keep these tips in mind to correct:
- issue blank
- issue [unspecified]
- issue that does not start with a year: usually an administrator can do this faster than a user, but unless that administrator has a lot of time and has a catalog of the whole world, all tips are welcome
- issue whose year you don't know, what then postmaster 
- issue that is only one year ( they are a bit more difficult to filter out)
In short: still plenty of work
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January 22, 2022 14:44
issuance that is only one year
Thanks to the magic search function in the overview of the filter panel, you can see them more easily.
Eg: type 1988 + Enter. The issue name with only the year 1988 is at the first (some take precedence because the text of the issue name contains 1988).

Don't forget: everyone can contribute to the quality here. You don't have to be an administrator.
1. Go to the main screen of the 'Stamps' section.
2. At the bottom left, under 'Issues', click on the orange link 'All issues>'.
3. Look what you see. The first are mainly 'bad'
4. Filter (horizontal selection) a letter (A, or B ...): those are also all 'bad'.
5. type a year in the search box at the top left of the selection screen + Enter. If the first one contains the year without a name behind it: 'bad'.

Try it. You will notice that years of work are ready.

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January 22, 2022 15:21
Thanks to the magic search function in the overview of the filter window you can see it more easily.
Yeah, you only have about 200 to do without being sure if someone else has already done them. For me it falls under "too difficult" and "wasting time". There are other things that could be done faster (if you still want to help).
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January 22, 2022 15:36
Okay, then I'll wait a few days, maybe, if it can be done quickly in another way, will everything be solved by then?

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Raoul62  lol, I'm not saying wait. I say that that point 'year alone' is more difficult and that hundreds of others can easily be found and improved (and turn those days into months, I think).
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January 22, 2022 16:00
Thought so :)
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Worst thing is, if there is already one stamp of an issue, you are expected to give the SAME issue name for the other stamps of that issue (including series, FDC, EDB, EDK etc).
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But this is also good, if you then select the issue, you will get everything from this series.The importer of a new item, only has to look at the issue title beforehand.Can't be a problem because the importer has to see if the item is already in the catalog.
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In an ideal world, yes. But yeah, low discipline here, alas. Sometimes you will find three different issue names within one series (if filled in at all).
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Ah, Dick, we do live in an ideal world. We just have to correct the mistakes of the past, everyone.
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you are expected to give the SAME issue name for the other stamps of the affected issue
Wow, then I have already sinned a lot ...
I always check the current issue name. And if that doesn't seem right, I change all the items in that issue.
It often turns out to be a mixed bag (I've been busy in Togo this week !!). Different issue names, and many without issue name.
Many Pferde and Cheval like states have become Horse :)
Getting all of that together under the same issue name, then you have to sin a lot.
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As an administrator, you can then deal with this a bit flexibly. Most occurring in a series instead of the first occurring, or even completely new ones. Then you have the phenomenon of Roman numerals from the past. Was intended to distinguish the same series name in two different countries. Fortunately that is no longer necessary. The same series name within one country (with the same year!)  that were issued on different dates in that year, can be distinguished by adding Roman numerals.
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Don't forget: everyone can contribute to the quality here. You don't have to be an administrator.

That's definitely true. The more helping hands, the better. Some fields don't require you to have a catalog to make improvements:
- correct notation of the value on the stamp (without spaces, without currency)
- supplement themes: what is on the stamp
- correct or add names of persons depicted

And if you know which issue a stamp belongs to, you can often easily add missing information if it is already available for the rest of the issue.

Could it be a (small) nudge in the back to also provide a badge with the profile that honors the number of 'improvements in the catalogue'? The info is available (is with the profile), but there is no badge for it. Some vanity is not strange to many people, who knows, it might help to achieve more improvements through a larger group of users... idea for Collectioneur ?
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January 23, 2022 15:29
  Could it be a (small) push to add a badge to the profile that honors the number of 'improvements in the catalogue'? The info is available (it can be found in the profile), but there is no badge for it. Some vanity is not strange to many people, who knows, it may help to achieve more improvements through a larger group of users 

This is correct and we will certainly include it in the evaluation of the badges.
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Does anyone know a trick to get a seal from the one Issue to be moved to the other Issue with an identical name, if that doesn't work with just editing? Or does it always have to be a Super Admin to merge the two names?

Edit: I see that the importer is just raising the same issue:
Copy of an item gives a different edition
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Boekenmagazijn You cannot change to identically the same. So the trick is to first change the Issue to something else and then change the Issue back to the correct one, but then you will get the 2 identical descriptions in the dropdown list (and which one is the right one that you have to click, so you stay busy if you are unlucky). Administrators can already make sure (also with a trick) that they certainly have the right one, merging is the simplest and most correct but that is for the super administrator.
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user-1713548 If you as administrator now add the addition [doubling] to one of the two Issue Names (the one with the fewest items) in the management screen. Then you can distinguish the two in the dropdown list and they can be changed manually (by everyone).
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Boekenmagazijn You are thinking in the right direction and for a few items we do this ourselves as administrators to pollute the History as little as possible (for users who want to help there is plenty of other work to do). We leave many items to the super administrator, and in this case I will wait for a response from René (see other thread).
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- correct notation of the value on the stamp (without spaces, without currencyMennoGo 
I have been working on this recently, some had no values at all.
Found this nice to contribute to standardization.
And there is a lot to do.
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I thought "a challenge" and I've come a long way with the Netherlands, but this sort of thing doesn't work for me:

Both issue 1967 Beach finds but not to be combined whether you choose one or the other. Hints?
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portbetaald I merged them
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portbetaald Go back to 22/06 in this thread or search the forum for other posts.
As a user, you cannot rename text to the same text.
Administrators have a little trick to do this (and we'll do it for you).
Our super administrator (postmaster) can do this, but he is already so busy ... but this time he beat me.
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I now know 'that' you can search, but how would you have found 'this'? Anyway...thanks for solving it. I'll keep going... but it's a lot. Especially all that personal stamp 'misery'
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portbetaald I didn't immediately think you would search, but the explanation is in this same thread a few posts earlier. But it doesn't hurt to ask twice...
PS: The search function works very well, just search for "change issue" and you will get all messages.

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Especially all that personal stamp 'misery'

Don't open my mouth...because I've written very long posts about it already :)
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