Mini-build inconsistencies

Hoddie

Is there any reason why some mini-builds like these:

http://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-minifig-food-turkey-with-legs-complete-33048
http://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-eagle
http://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-dragon-complete-assembly-with-red-wings

are included in normal categories whereas others like these:

http://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-crocodile

are dumped in the mini-build categories?

If this is simply a case of historical inconsistency I'm happy to try and tidy things up, but in the above examples, should those from the top be moved to the bottom or vice versa?

Lawrence

Essentially historical inconsistency, fixing it would involve changing the item type of existing items. I don't you have a plan for this as it would break various synchronisation things. It's on my list though.

robernat

@Hoddie
It's historical...
Remember that BO started by 'importing' data from other sites, if these other databases used different categories, then obviously they have been sorted under them. For minibuilds *after* the start of BO, admin requested them to be placed in the 'minibuild' section, which is a nice regroupement for all of such items here on BO. I think Admin would like to have them moved to the minibuild section in the long run, so you can indeed file changes for them. Give it a shot on a couple of them and you'll know fast enough whether he agrees with your changes or not ;-)

Lawrence

Please don't file item type change requests for them, I'll deal with them all together when I decide how

robernat

@Lawrence
If I can make a suggestion then: Divide minibuilds in subsections
-Animals (oftenly in 2 or more pieces): sharks, crocodiles, Fluffy, Dewback, Basilisk, Cows, Wargs, Dragons, Tauntaun, etc
-Wheels assemblies: probably the biggest section
-Minifigs and accessories: special figs like Lord Business and Mr freeze but also buckets with handles, wheelbarrels, lightsabers, etc.
-partassemblies: hinge bricks, hinge plates, turntables, etc.
-vehicle related: complete assemblies like the cars series (that would be nice), but also train buffers, motorcycles and such
-Stickered assemblies: not that many at this point, but it would be great to extend it to gain the edge over other websites.
-unclassified: all the rest, untill there is a need to split more (but 'most' will go in previous sections anyway).

Hope this gives a few ideas ;-)

robernat

Oh, and I don't think it would mess up any synchronisation as BS searches for matching ID's , as long those are there, I don't think any item would fail to sync, regardless of the section. @Stragus would need to confirm though...

Stragus

@RobErNat When a lookup fails for a part or a minifig, it falls back on trying to look up a Minibuild. That shouldn't be a problem.