Adding MOCs to the database

Lazertron

Just wondering if there is the chance of adding MOC sets (like the BrickMania ones) to the database. As I have a few of these sets, it would be great to have them within the official LEGO collection here on Brickset.

Of course there should be rules applied what is added and what not:
- Availability in a web shop and/or brick & mortar store and/or at a convention
- ...

I hope I'm not the only one who thinks this is a good idea and I would like to hear your opinion.

oldtodd33

I vote no. The data base is for official Lego sets only. 

stlux

There's already a thread with LEGO Certified Professional sets here. That thread also has links to some resource where LCP sets are tracked.

Brickset only tracks what is sold on [email protected] E.g. 'tat' produced by a licensee is not listed on Brickset. LCP sets are similar; to quote Huw fin the LCP thread: 

They aren't listed because they are not official sets. LCPs have produced hundreds over the years for various clients so there's no way to collate a definitive list, in any case.

Huw

No!

Lazertron

Ok, I understand that adding MOCs will clutter the official LEGO database.

@Brickset Team
Maybe it is possible to introduce something like a new flag, in which the data is user defineable, shown only in our local collections and which does only export to CSV and table?

Shib

The bigger issue will be maintaining such a database.

While it could be done with user submitted data this method often leads to disputes over what should and shouldn't be included and would still require maintaining.

I don't really see much benefit to adding it either, it would be of interest to a small subset of users, unlikely to add any traffic or revenue to the site and further opens to gates to the occassional new member who joins and asks where all the megabloks sets are in the database. 

drdavewatford

^ This.

CCC

It may also annoy custom set designers if their parts lists and/or instructions then get added to accompany the set names.

Lazertron

Nope, now you misunderstood.

I give you an example: I meant a blank database field which I can name (for example BrickMania 1001) and maybe a few more data fields (maybe even analog the existing ones) for entering data like piece count, publishing year,...). This entry will only be seen by me when I click on 'Sets you own' and by nobody else.

Paperballpark

^ or you could build your own website for it.

Or just use a spreadsheet...

Lazertron

^Yeah, nice answer. I rest my case.

CCC

If you could add any MOC as it is personal, then there is nothing to stop people adding their own MOCs, or their own individual part collections as MOCs. It might be useful to add for example "Red 2x4s" as a MOC, and 100 as the amount. And do this for every container of loose bricks. Of course, it could be "2x4s" and then just a number combining all colours, but it might as well be done by colour to get a full breakdown.

But I can imagine that is not great for brickset. I could probably add at least 10000 "MOCs" that way, as individual colour/part MOCs, to catalogue my loose bricks.

If all you are really adding is a MOC name and number of bricks, then I agree with the above, it might as well be kept in your own spreadsheet, if you cannot do any further analysis on the MOCs you have.

drdavewatford

Lazertron said:

I give you an example: I meant a blank database field which I can name (for example BrickMania 1001) and maybe a few more data fields (maybe even analog the existing ones) for entering data like piece count, publishing year,...). This entry will only be seen by me when I click on 'Sets you own' and by nobody else.

I agree with @Paperballpark - why not just use a spreadsheet to capture this information? I don't follow why you think Brickset should provide this....

Paperballpark

Lazertron said:

^Yeah, nice answer. I rest my case.

Your 'case' appears to be something along the lines of 'I want this, therefore someone else should provide it, even though almost no-one else wants it'.

You want it so badly? You do it. Simple as that.

Lazertron

Learn how to read and understand - nowhere in my posts does it read that Brickset 'should provide this'. It was a suggestion. And I don't have a 'case' and I'm not on a crusade either.
Feature would've been nice, but there seems to be no need. So again: case closed.

Paperballpark

Lazertron said:

I rest my case.

Lazertron said:

I don't have a 'case'

Do try not to contradict yourself. It makes you look quite foolish.

Baby_Yoda

@Paperballpark, you don't seem to understand what @Lazertron was getting at when they said

Lazertron said:

^Yeah, nice answer. I rest my case.

but to be fair, I don't think they did either.
The term "I rest my case" is a metaphor often said in reply to an argument that is intended to counter the speaker's argument but instead strengthens it. @Lazertron's use seems to suggest to me that they either aren't aware of this connotation or they used the phrase accidentally, instead thinking of it as "I see what you mean and I agree with you, and I will therefore cease discussion of this topic." In addition, @Paperballpark's reply seems to indicate that they are in fact used to the general interpretation, and, when presented with two contradicting sentences, chose the latter as indicative of the writer's intent, because, as we all know, contradiction in this thread is pretty common. I hate to see fights like this break out because of something as simple as miscommunication, especially when the subject is semantics. Forums are often far too susceptible to such arguments as it's easy to misread or mistype and you can't exactly take back what you say in the same way you can take back a verbal statement.

TL;DR: please be nice

Astrobricks

Yes, no need for condescension (if that’s the right word). It’s not immediately obvious to non programmers why their idea doesn’t dovetail nicely with database design.

Gladiatoring

This thread is a very bad example of what an Afol represents as far as I am concerned, abrupt admins to blatantly rude members, you should clean your act up