Adding beers/duplicate listings

Talk Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by barnzy78, Jul 17, 2014.

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  1. barnzy78

    barnzy78 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,601) Jun 2, 2008 Illinois
    Pooh-Bah

    I keep finding more and more. Please be careful when adding a beer. Double check your search to make sure it's not already listed. I know the Bros list specific instructions when adding a beer, but it's getting sloppy lately - too many duplicate listings of the same beer. (Rant over). Cheers! = )
     
  2. dbrauneis

    dbrauneis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,071) Dec 8, 2007 North Carolina
    Mod Team BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Thanks for pointing this out, it is appreciated by those of us that have to process all of the changes. Rest assured there seems to always be a large queue of duplicates that need processing but they are being handled (albeit slower than anyone would like but they are kind of time consuming to process).
     
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  3. barnzy78

    barnzy78 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,601) Jun 2, 2008 Illinois
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    Thank you! You mean they don't just magically go away on their own? I just added 4 more to your queue. :confused:
     
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  4. dbrauneis

    dbrauneis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,071) Dec 8, 2007 North Carolina
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    Thanks :slight_smile: I'm sure @Todd will appreciate it.
     
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  5. markdrinksbeer

    markdrinksbeer Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Massachusetts

    As of today, is the queue still large enough to still include beers reported 3+ weeks ago (probably a month)?
     
  6. dbrauneis

    dbrauneis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,071) Dec 8, 2007 North Carolina
    Mod Team BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Definitely
     
  7. Bierman9

    Bierman9 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,313) Dec 20, 2001 New Hampshire
    BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    1. Yes, people are quite sloppy and lazy.... I just reported a dupe for Victory DirtWolf... Someone just added a new beer last month as Dirt Wolf.... Really?
     
  8. dbrauneis

    dbrauneis Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,071) Dec 8, 2007 North Carolina
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    It happens all the time - I see new entries for Hopslam every year...
     
  9. markdrinksbeer

    markdrinksbeer Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Massachusetts

    It's too bad the system can't identify certain beers that have been already flagged as a duplicate and warn/prevent the user from adding it.
    I "reported" left hand milk stout nitro (it actually had 3 total entries for this one) and it was eventually merged with the regular milk stout. I see it has once again been added.
     
  10. beerjerk666

    beerjerk666 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,155) Aug 22, 2010 Florida
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    In this case I don't see a problem with the base and nitro version being listed separately. And no I am not the one adding it.:grinning:
    I do like the idea of the system somehow identigying the beers that have duplicates from previous attempts.
     
  11. markdrinksbeer

    markdrinksbeer Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Massachusetts

    I don't either, but to quote Todd:

    "
    Cask-Conditioned Offerings/Nitro Beers
    • Cask-conditioned and nitro are serving types, not beer styles.
    • Don't list a separate entry for an existing beer brand.



    It seems that is what they feel it should be.
     
  12. beerjerk666

    beerjerk666 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,155) Aug 22, 2010 Florida
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    I know, but imo this seems to be in reference to offerings at a bar and not those that are bottled/canned with nitro, however I could be wrong (just ask my wife :wink:).
     
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  13. tdm168

    tdm168 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,360) Aug 10, 2010 Pennsylvania
    Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    I know I'm a month late on this thread, but this is a big pet-peeve of mine. It came to my attention (again) most recently with Beer Camp. Almost all of the Beer Camp beers have duplicate entries. Then, I noticed that quite a few from past years do as well. Then, I noticed that Southern Hemisphere Harvest Ale is listed 3 or 4 times. There are quite a few other entries I've noticed too. I love the above suggestion for creating a system to flag a beer though I'm sure there are other modifications that are prescient.

    To get in on the Nitro issue, Old Chub NITRO is also now included.

    I'm not a very organized person, but for whatever reason I get OCD about beer listings. Anyways, thanks for letting me in on the rant.
     
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  14. Sludgeman

    Sludgeman Grand Pooh-Bah (3,356) Aug 17, 2012 District of Columbia
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    Quite the mess. Part laziness, part folks not understanding how to name a beer.
     
  15. Jugs_McGhee

    Jugs_McGhee Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,140) Aug 15, 2010 Texas
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    I remember when this happened. I remember being disappointed my review of the nitro version (i.e. the uniquely branded and marketed serving type) was deleted literally within minutes after your thread went up. Can't we find a way to merge reviews without destroying users' contributions sans any advance notice?

    I'm as nitpicky about adding beers' names and designations properly as anybody. (STOP WRITING PART OF THE NAME OF A BEER AS "IPA" WHEN THE LABEL CLEARLY SAYS "INDIA PALE ALE" !).

    But eliminating reviews from one minute to the next is more likely to vex contributing members than it is to correct future beer-adding behaviour.
     
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