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kamstutz
#51
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08 March 2019 21:46:49(UTC)
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A quick Friday "Wiki" update:
The new embedded
eBay global search is now open for use by non-registered users
of the
Model Railroad Collector Wiki
Originally the search feature was only open to those users that are registered. While I hope that those collectors in the forum register and have a look at the project, the Wiki Worldwide eBay search feature is now available to anyone and is useful to find that item you are looking for regardless of where (which country) the item is listed for auction. After all - we are worldwide collectors anyway...
Instructions on usage are posted in the previous Update #7 inside this thread or on the Wiki's What's New page here ->
MRC Wiki What's New
Collectors of Maerklin analog locomotives rejoice
- Thanks to contributions from many Wiki users the Wiki Directory now has
ALL
3000 series locomotives and ALL of their versions entered into the public database. This is not a milestone to be lightly considered as there are more than 500 individual entries in this category - All entries contain, at a minimum, a thumbnail image, to visually identify the locomotive. What this means is that the collector only need search for the locomotive and click to add to their collection. No data entry is required to get these locomotives into your collection -
just point and shoot
and you add these to your collection(s) in seconds instead of minutes. Additionally most all entries have detailed versioning descriptions to help identify which version item (Koll's) you have. The English translations from German are not always 100% accurate, but thanks to online translators
they are usually sufficient enough to version your item. Digital collectors don't despair either as the collection of registered digital locomotives continues to grow. Little by little we'll fill in the missing items with the continued help of crowd-sourcing the Wiki's model train Directory.
Maerklin 4400 series freight wagons
- Thanks to contributions from California and across the pond in the UK, the number of registered freight wagons has grown with almost 100 new items added to the Directory. These include a number of Beer and Container wagons. If you are a collector of these type items then have a look and see what has newly been added to the database. New additions are always shown on the
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Hi Kurt, I tried to enter my own collection to the wiki. But something strange is going on. I have a collection, it says it has 12 items in it, but when I selected it and press the view button there is a message that there are no results. I didn't tick the selection boxes to hide sold items and so on. Maybe it is a bug in the system?
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Originally Posted by: JWO
Hi Kurt, I tried to enter my own collection to the wiki. But something strange is going on. I have a collection, it says it has 12 items in it, but when I selected it and press the view button there is a message that there are no results. I didn't tick the selection boxes to hide sold items and so on. Maybe it is a bug in the system?
Johan
Hello Johan - I'll bet that you have a filter set on the collection items - either in the search box or on a column - and no items in your collection fall into that filter. To resolve please try this:
In the collection Main menu button bar try clicking on the "Reset filter(s)" button. This will remove any search terms and/or column filters you may have added previously and you should see all of the items in your collection. If that doesn't work then I can help you with the issue offline via email. I'll send you a short message by email.
Thanks for trying the Wiki.
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11 April 2019 18:02:36(UTC)
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I had a similar problem Jonah. It was an easy fix once I was shown what to do. After I reset the filters, I could see the whole collection again.
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12 April 2019 08:32:10(UTC)
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Kurt, thank you for the message. It was indeed the sticky entry in the search field. Once you're used to it it works perfect :-)
In the near future i will look into the description of how to add items. I'm missing a few so i would like to help to complete these items. Very nice database system you put together!
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Model Railroad Collector Wiki
- Update #8 - April 27, 2019
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Several updates to report on the latest progress for the
Model Railroad Collector Wiki project
. Big performance improvements and updated eBay searches highlight this month's updates.
A few highlights of recent changes include:
Calendars
- It was brought to my attention that the calendar date pickers (used in personal collections for setting the "ordered on", "acquisition" and "sold" dates) had some anomalies especially with the international (German) version. All date pickers in the Wiki have been upgraded.
Date rendering in Directory and Collections
- The formatting of dates in the Directory and Collection lists were not always consistent, nor correct - especially when viewed with the German version of the Wiki. Renderings now correctly reflect the English or German localization of date formatting.
Checkbox columns indicating if item is "In Collection ?" or "In Want List ?"
- Now adding an item from the Directory to one of your Collections or Want List immediately updates these columns thus allowing a quick check if you have an item already in one of your collections or have flagged it as "Wanted".
Performance tweaks
- Extensive reworking was done to the common processes of adding new records to the Wiki Directory and to User Collections as well as editing these same lists. Adding or updating records is now significantly quicker even when using slower internet connections.
Price History list
- The Price History list (used to record the date and price items sell for) now supports entering dates and displaying them correctly in both the English and German versions of the Wiki. Previously there were issues choosing and rendering the dates.
User Collections - Moving items from one collection to another
- Bug fix to correctly allow easily moving an item from a Want List to another collection or vice versa.
Multiple column sorting
- Now clicking on a column header in either the Directory or a Collection will intelligently sort on multiple columns. It is now possible to do custom sorting on multiple columns simply by sorting on one column as usual (by clicking the column header title) and then holding down the SHIFT key and clicking on another column header with your mouse.
Adding New Directory items - Smart defaults
- Prior to adding a new item to the Directory many users have discovered that preselecting a similar item, opening it for editing, and then immediately closing the edit form, will save those details and then PREPOPULATE the form fields with that item when creating a new entry in the Directory. This not only saves a considerable amount of effort when entering details for the new item (only change the fields that are different), it also ensures consistency when creating the same items with different versions. The update in the April release prepopulates the Railway company and prototype class from the previously selected item.
EBay Global search improvements - 1 - Custom search keywords
You may now enter your own keywords for a custom eBay seach. The text box will prepopulate with the manufacturer name and article number that was selected when opening up a new eBay search, but you may change the keyword text to anything you like. The eBay search syntax is quite powerful for those users that understand the formation of search keywords and operators. It is not possible to go into detail of how this works in this forum post, but if you would like more information you can visit eBay for a technical summary of search syntax.
https://developer.ebay.c...PIGuide.html#usekeywords
. The important take-away is that the Wiki eBay search can now accomodate ANY custom search in the "eBay Search Keywords" textbox
EBay Global search improvements - 2 - Select if eBay search is related to Model Railroads or not
While most of your eBay searches will be related to trains, the Wiki eBay search functionality has a configuration checkbox which allows a user to search for an item on eBay that is NOT related to the Model Railroad hobby - just uncheck the checkbox next to the text "Search is related to model railroads ?". Depending on the type of search you wish to do checking or unchecking this checkbox will produce more relevant results.
EBay Global search improvements - 3 - Remove duplicates
The global eBay search functionality which allows a user to search for an item in all countries (previously announced) now has a feature that tries to remove duplicate items from the same seller's auction in different countries. To make this feature work registered users may now sort the list of countries according to their needs by clicking on "Preferences" in the main menu and then select "EBAY SEARCH". A new list will appear with all countries. You may then drag and drop the country names from highest to lowest priority. The settings only need to be configured once and the settings are persisted. In the event that the eBay seller posts an item to more that one country - only the country at the top of the priority list will be shown and the others will be removed. Make sure to check the checkbox "Remove duplicates from results ?" to experiment with this new feature.
Special thanks
Although many users have contributed several items to the public database of (mostly) Marklin trains, the MRC Wiki would like to thank collector
Nic B
., who single-handedly entered more than 350 items in the Wiki Directory in late March and early April covering most if not all Maerklin items from the 1980's. This is a significant milestone as it means that all collectors that own any items from this decade can easily add them to their collections in a matter of seconds WITHOUT having to register new items. If you have any items from this period or desire any for your Wish Lists then have a look (thank Nic for all his work.)
Closing Notes
Thanks again to all those collectors that have contributed to the public database. Each entry makes it that much easier for those starting out. If you have not registered why not register and give a try at managing your own collection. ? You might be surprised at how easy it is to do.
Happy collecting
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Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! Happy birthday Kurt and thanks again for all the hard work and long hours you put into the Wiki. It's a great product that I can not thank you enough for letting us share it.
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Model Railroad Collector Wiki - What's New - Update #9 - August 2019
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Item Maintenance
- New functionality has been added to convert the collection Maintenance list from a simple list of completed maintenance tasks on a locomotive or car in a personal collection to a full blown Task List that includes TO DO tasks as well as already completed ones. To access this new functionality start by selecting an item to which you wish to attach a task. Click on the row of the item desired to enable the "Item Maintenance" button (identified with an icon of a "wrench"). See image below for location of the button.
Next click on the "Item Maintenance" button and a new table will open. You will see a list of previously attached tasks OR an empty table if no task have previously been created for the item. If you have existing tasks then you will notice the "Status" checkbox in the first column of the table. An unchecked box indicates that the task is in TO DO status and a checked box indicates that the task has been completed. See image below for a visual explanation.
To add a new task start by clicking on the "NEW" button. A simple form containing 4 fields will open.
1.
Service Type
- The first field, called "Service Type" is a dropdown list. If this is the first time your are using the Maintenance List then the Service Type dropdown list will be empty. To add new items select the dropdown option called "
<< Not in list - add new >>
". Selecting this option will pop up a small window which will allow you to create/add your own Service Task type. Enter the name in the text field and click "Save" to register your new custom type or "Cancel" to return to the Service Log form. See example below.
It is not uncommon to have many different custom service types. Below are some suggestions. Feel free to copy some of these or create your own.
2.
Service Date
- Use the calendar selector to select the date that the task was completed or, in the case of a TO DO task, the date by which you want to perform the task.
3.
Notes
- Use this field to enter any supplemental information that you need related to the task.
4.
Status
- Select either "Completed" or "To Do" from the dropdown list to indicate if the task has been complete or is scheduled for some time in the future. In this manner you may schedule future necessary service on a needy locomotive - perhaps, for example, to indicate that you need to add or replace a decoder, or change the tires or brushes. See below:
Task List
- To complement this new task status functionality a collection menu feature has been added called "Task List".
The Task List summarizes in list form all of the completed tasks within a collection as well as all of the TO DO tasks
. The Task List can be filtered by Completed or To Do items, sorted by date or type of task or service to perform, and, like all other lists in the Wiki, may be printed out for reference on your workbench. To access the Task List first make sure that no item is selected (highlighted) in your collection list. The new "Task List" menu button appears in the button bar as shown in the image below.
Click on the "Task List" button and you will be presented with a list containing ALL of your tasks, both completed and TO DO for the selected collection. Once the list is displayed you may filter (using the Search box), sort (click on a column header), Edit (click on a row and then click the Edit button) or Print the Task List. TIP: When a TO DO task is completed simply edit the task record - change the Status dropdown to "Completed" and update the Service date to the actual date that the task was completed.
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If you haven't seen the Model Railroad Collector Wiki project in action then have a look and if you are interested in contributing to the public database and/or managing your own collection(s) then register and explore the Wiki features. The entire project is community driven. All questions and or comments are encouraged and appreciated.
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Model Railroad Collector Wiki - What's New - Update #10 - November 2019
One of the joys of model railroading is that our hobby is truly international. Because of the MRC Wiki project I have had the opportunity to correspond with MRR collectors like you from all over the world - expanding both my knowledge of model railroading and my understanding of other cultures. Currently the Wiki project has registered users from the 28 countries listed below. Since the MRC Wiki database contains mostly European (Marklin) items it is no surprise that the majority of users are from Europe, but there are also representatives from South America and Asia.
Model Railroad Collector Wiki - Countries with users
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
Canada
Chile
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
While it is a joy to welcome model railroaders from all over the world, this internationalization raises a number of challenges from an application development point of view. How to create an application that is useful for users that speak languages other than English? The MRC Wiki launched nearly 2 years ago supporting both the English and German languages. It is possible to add additional languages to the Wiki, but the time investment would be severe and dependent upon others donating a significant amount of translation time. One of our Spanish collector users recently reached out to me and pointed out that the date formats in the Wiki were in the American style for anyone using the English version of the application. Clearly few, if any, European collectors NOT using the German version of the Wiki, were satisfied using the formatting of dates in the US style (month/day/year).
With that challenge in mind I have created a solution, much simpler than would be required to add all new localized text, and added a new Wiki configuration that allows the registered collector to format the dates in their collection BASED ON THE LANGUAGE and DATE FORMAT of their choosing. This customization now includes language specific calendars as well with day of week and month names displayed in the language selected.
In addition to choosing the language for the rendering of dates the collector has the option of choosing any one of four (4) possible display options. There are two abbreviated date options and two expanded date format options that may include the day of week and month names in their favorite language.
While is it not possible to completely localize all of the display text in the Wiki into all possible languages, the addition of custom date formats should provide a useful feature to all those collectors that wish for more relevant date fields in their collection lists.
To use this new feature follow these steps. Samples are shown for the Greek language.
1) Log into your Wiki account.
2) Navigate to the "My Collections" / "Meine Sammlungen" page.
3) Click on the row containing the collection you wish to customize. The row will become highlighted letting you know that it has been selected.
4) Click on the "Edit" / "Bearbeiten" button in the table button bar area.
5) The "Edit collection" / "Bearbeiten Sammlung" form will appear.
6) Using the dropdown selector select the "Language for dates" / "Sprache für Datumsangaben" and set your preferred language from the 75 different languages available.
7) Once the language has be selected then, using the dropdown selector for the "Date format" / "Datumsformat", select one of 4 different formats available for the chosen language. The two abbreviated date formats at the top may appear to be the same, but the difference is that the first option will display months and days with a leading zero when applicable. Example January 5th will appear as "01/05" or "05/01" (European format) rather than "1/5" or "5/1". This difference will only be apparent in dates that contain months represented by only one digit.
8) Click the "Update" / "Aktualisierung" button.
9) Repeate steps 3-8 for any additional collections you have (including Want Lists / excluding Shared Collections)
When viewing and or exporting collections the three date fields - order date, received date and appraisal date will be rendered in the language and format selected. The created on and modified on dates will be rendered in the language chosen, but the format is fixed.
Column sorting continues to be maintained regardless of the language and formats selected. Click the column header once to sort the column dates in ascending order, click it again to sort in descending order.
Let me know what you think about this new feature for your Wiki collection(s). Configure one of your collections and see if the dates are much more relevant for your collection management needs. Keep the suggestions and comments coming...
Happy collecting.
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Happy New Year to my Marklin collector friends!
As the Model Railroad Collector Wiki passed it's second birthday this past week I thought that I'd like to provide you with a bit of insight into the project and how it has grown since it was lauched in December 2017. Below is a table showing some interesting facts about the Wiki Directory database and the collections built using it. Many thanks for all of your contributions this past year. (Were there really over 4,000 images added to the Directory photo galleries this year?).
Early plans for 2020 call for adding in a feature to associate one item with another/others, thus allowing you to see, for example, what locomotives might pair with your coaches OR which coaches might be pulled with your locomotives. These associations are a pre-requisite for a planned integrated Train Consist Builder on the development horizon.
December marked a milestone in the Wiki Directory - 99% of all Marklin steam engines produced over the past 80 years are now registered in the Directory. What that means for Wiki users is that adding almost any Marklin steam locomotive to your collection is as easy as searching for it by model number and clicking one button to add it to your collection. Plans for 2020 include adding more items to both the Electric and Diesel locomotive categories.
If you haven't seen the latest updates to the MRC Wiki browse the "What's New" page for a listing of all major features added since the project launched. Link here:
www.ModelRailroadCollector.Wiki-What's New ?
... and if you have any questions or suggestions for the project please feel free to reach out to me by email.
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I'm very pleased to announce that the Model Railroad Collector Wiki project has just been released in
Spanish
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I would like to thank Javier E. for translating the more than 800 words and expressions required to create the MRC Wiki's third supported language (English and German were already supported).
Many thanks also to the Marklin collectors in Spain - especially Antonio M. and Fernando M. who have begun to add Spanish item translations to the more than 8,000 items in the Wiki database and multi-language model railroad dictionary.
The work of these passionate Marklin collectors will now help the Spanish speaking collector's community from both Europe and the Americas.
If your native language is Spanish have a look at the new language version of the Wiki. If you don't read Spanish then continue to use the English or German versions.
The MRC Wiki project continues to evolve with contributions and suggestions from it's users.
If you are not familiar with the "Wiki" then have a look. Register and contribute new items and translations to the public database, create collections of your own items, and share them with other Wiki users.
Spanish version here:
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Nice.
Entering Locomotives/250 entries/37421 in the search box shows "No matching records found." Either it's not in the DB or the search function is just filtering items displayed on the page. If that is the case, a global search function would be great (or improve the error message).
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Originally Posted by: HerrDoktorBD
37421 in the search box shows "No matching records found." Either it's not in the DB or the search function is just filtering items displayed on the page. If that is the case, a global search function would be great (or improve the error message).
Tony - The 37421 was not in the database. The search function will filter the entire category group (in this case locomotives) and not just those items displayed on the page. If the item does not show up in the search then the item is not in the category being searched. It is possible to appear in another category group (boxed sets ?), but you would need to search that group as well to confirm it's non-existence.
I have added the missing rail car to the database Directory so you should be able to find it there now.
I hope that you find the database useful and can use it to build up a list of the items in your collection. I will be publishing a users guide very soon and since you are now registered you will receive notice when it is available. Please contribute to the public database if an item you own is not in the Wiki. You help yourself and others by doing so. If you have any questions please feel free to continue to post them here in this thread or send me a PM. If your question would be useful to forum readers then post here - if more specific then send me an email and I'll answer any questions.
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I am indebted to Nicolas Boutiinon who directed me to Kurt’s site, as I wanted to catalogue my collection. Kurt was very helpful and guided me through the process and answered my questions promptly. Also advised of local members offering repair services.
I have used his Wki Marketplace and bought some great additions to my collection.
Congratulations to Kurt for providing a very useful platform
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Model Railroad Collector Wiki - Update #11 - September 19, 2020
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It has been a while since the last Wiki newsletter (Nov 2019 to be exact) so I wanted to update you on what has been going on with the
Model Railroad Collector Wiki
project since the beginning of the year.
The Wiki User Guide has finally been published to help both existing Wiki users and newbies understand some of the basic features of the application. Download your English language copy here:
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Plans are underway to translate the User Guide into German and Spanish.
A few of the project highlights so far this year in the Wiki application include:
Jan 2020 - Full translation of MRC Wiki website into Spanish
Jan 2020 - Bug fixes for back/return button, Firefox rendering issue and international number formatting
Feb 2020 - Bug fix for saving records in non-USA time zones
Feb 2020 - Model Railroad Collector Wiki wins website award (Experimental Category) -
http://www.dnnwards.com
Mar 2020 - Collection improvement - Allow registration of more than one original box/packaging.
Mar 2020 - Collections list improvement - Included column for collection owner's name (useful with Shared collections)
Apr 2020 - Worldwide eBay search fixed and redeployed.
Apr 2020 - Bug fixes for filtering, and sorting within Want Lists and Shared Collections
May 2020 - "Associations" set implemented (soon to be released)
May 2020 - Launch of Advanced Search to Directory database (see user guide for explanation)
Jun 2020 - Collection Photo Gallery launch (see all photos of a collection at once)
Jun 2020 - Improved display of prototype Eras all in one column.
Jun 2020 - Launch of Advanced Search with user collections.
Aug 2020 - Added ability to share a link to an internal database page. "Link Sharing"
There has been a good amount of community contributions to the Model Railroad Directory database so far this year. The numbers continue to grow thanks to all the collectors that help improve the Wiki project. A few statistics on changes since January of this year...
2,914
New items added to the Directory database (Total of
11,398
)
7,720
Directory database records have been updated
15,368
Images have been added to the Wiki photo galleries
126
New collectors have registered and
147
new collections have been created.
Special shoutout thanks to
Antonio M / Heinz B / Dave C / Will F / Peter F
- Each of these collectors have contributed large groups of new items to the Directory database in various categories.
The Directory database still contains a majority of Marklin European items, but recently there has been an influx of items from other manufacturers. A number of
Fleischmann, Roco, Bemo and Trix
items have been added recently that are sure to help any collector that owns items from these manufacturers.
Do you collect
beer cars
? Thanks to an initiative by Antonio M. there are now more than 1,000 different Marklin model #
4415
's with photos and searchable descriptions in the database. Find yours and add them to your collections.
Did you know that the Wiki has a free
Marketplace (click to visit)
where you can post items for sale and look for items to buy? Recently several collectors reached out to let me know that they sold several items from their collection due to their listing in the Marketplace. Read more about the Marketplace in the
MRC Wiki User Guide
.
Collection sharing
has started to gain more momentum this year. This feature of the Wiki allows you to privately share one of more of your collections with any other Wiki user. This is a great way to share your Want List or privately share a For Sale collection with another user. The possibilities are endless with this feature. Check out how to share a collection in the
MRC Wiki User Guide
.
As always I am open to suggestions for how to make the Wiki more useful to those that are using it. With few exceptions, all of the new features and bug fixes have come about because of comments and suggestions from collectors like yourself. If you are using the Wiki and something doesn't work the way you expect or you have an idea then reach out to me.
Happy model railroading !
Kurt
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