Please make the necessary corrections to the Category list.
As early as in October, I and others reported some pretty bad errors in your Category List.
While you may argue that some of the allocations that shock me personally are borderline cases (Iran is NOT a Middle Eastern Country, but an Asian country, just like Afghanistan, etc...), there are some REAL MISTAKES that reflect badly on your site and make it look amateurish!
Image is important, Mark! If you need a reference for some difficult cases, you can check a world atlas or even some of the other sites. But some of the mistakes are just not acceptable:
I was just looking at one category (Middle east) that needs a MAJOR rework:
As an example, GIBRALTAR is now shown under Middle East! (it is in Europe)
Brunei is now in Middle East. Look at the map, it sits on an island near the Philippines and Indonesia!
Gaza per your list is a country? The two stamps listed today are Palestine O/P...not surprising someone got confused.
Dubai is missing completely
here are some other blatant mistakes I ran into...and I did not spend my time going over your whole list line by line, but someone at Hipstamp should.
It is EMBARRASSING!
Cocos Islands is shown in the Central and South Americas Region (it is in the Indian Ocean and is an Australian Territory!)
While Armenia, and Azerbaijan straddle the Europe/Asia border just like Turkey, the mass of their territory is in Asia.
But Kazakstan, Tajikistan etc etc....are clearly in Asia, and NOT in Europe. Many of the former USSR republic are misplaced.
And I don't understand at all the Worldwide category (traditionally for UN, and a few misfits), and in particular the created regions of Indian Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean, which seem to have gathered a very strange list of occupants, many not belonging there at all, (not surprising since I am not aware of such a designation in other geographical lists).
The content of this category as it stands now is SADLY hilarious...just take a look!
I hope we don't have to wait another 3 months before someone looks and corrects these embarrassing mistakes.
I know the automatic allocation of the previous listings from BS did create some issues, but shouldn't someone have dealt with them by now? Or at list corrected the basic list, so that sellers can do it themselves right?
Otherwise..I still like the site, and what you are doing!
rrr...
While you may argue that some of the allocations that shock me personally are borderline cases (Iran is NOT a Middle Eastern Country, but an Asian country, just like Afghanistan, etc...), there are some REAL MISTAKES that reflect badly on your site and make it look amateurish!
Image is important, Mark! If you need a reference for some difficult cases, you can check a world atlas or even some of the other sites. But some of the mistakes are just not acceptable:
I was just looking at one category (Middle east) that needs a MAJOR rework:
As an example, GIBRALTAR is now shown under Middle East! (it is in Europe)
Brunei is now in Middle East. Look at the map, it sits on an island near the Philippines and Indonesia!
Gaza per your list is a country? The two stamps listed today are Palestine O/P...not surprising someone got confused.
Dubai is missing completely
here are some other blatant mistakes I ran into...and I did not spend my time going over your whole list line by line, but someone at Hipstamp should.
It is EMBARRASSING!
Cocos Islands is shown in the Central and South Americas Region (it is in the Indian Ocean and is an Australian Territory!)
While Armenia, and Azerbaijan straddle the Europe/Asia border just like Turkey, the mass of their territory is in Asia.
But Kazakstan, Tajikistan etc etc....are clearly in Asia, and NOT in Europe. Many of the former USSR republic are misplaced.
And I don't understand at all the Worldwide category (traditionally for UN, and a few misfits), and in particular the created regions of Indian Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean, which seem to have gathered a very strange list of occupants, many not belonging there at all, (not surprising since I am not aware of such a designation in other geographical lists).
The content of this category as it stands now is SADLY hilarious...just take a look!
I hope we don't have to wait another 3 months before someone looks and corrects these embarrassing mistakes.
I know the automatic allocation of the previous listings from BS did create some issues, but shouldn't someone have dealt with them by now? Or at list corrected the basic list, so that sellers can do it themselves right?
Otherwise..I still like the site, and what you are doing!
rrr...
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Quite frankly, it is embarassing!
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We all make mistakes - have some patience. I've been with Mark over 10 years and at some point he will correct this issue.
Gibraltar was fixed awhile ago. They are now showing up as a cat under Europe.
I never said the thread wasn't relevant. All I was going by was the fact that it mentioned that Gibraltar had been set up in Europe. (My fault I didn't go and check in British Europe.) The point that should be taken from is that some of things are being worked on,but just not in the time frame some may think it should be done in. It will get there.
How many other things are being worked on at the moment?
The ironic part is that a number of the people who have had a laundry list of multiple issues that they see as being needed to be fixed even after Mark has fixed a number of those issues are still the same ones wondering WHY it's taking so long to fix some of the other issues. Chill out guys,it will get there.
No problem,we just have to remember it's a fairly new site,it's only been up and running for a little over a year. I do agree it needs to be taken care sometime down the line. The question is is it a top ten priority towards the running of the site?
If not then it will be awhile before it's done,as the items that are most critical to be done should be done first. The rest will come in time. Till then it's a waiting game.
it will get done one day...or not. It is not the end of the world!
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