Yep, we changed the rules again. In this forum section, you can now report ANY missing comic again, recent or older, big publishers or small ones.
We really thought that using “Submit to Core” for the older or more obscure comics would help to get them added to Core more efficiently… but… we were wrong. It may be more efficient for us, the CLZ crew, but it is simply asking too much from you all, the users.
When using Submit to Core for missing entries, you have to:
use Add Manually to create an entry in your app, entering all details manually or by duplicating an existing entry
Submit that entry to Core
Wait until we process your submitted entry, without getting any feedback on that, without knowing if and when it is processed.
Then use the CLZ Cloud site to Link to manual entry to the new Core entry
On the other hand, when reporting on this forum:
you can just let us know what is missing
the CLZ crew adds the missing comic to Core for you (and lets you know!)
you can just use the Add Comics screen to add it from Core, resulting it a linked entry immediately
So we changed our mind and we are back to the normal “anything goes” rule for reporting missing comics.
Of course, we will still prioritize based on recency and popularity. Thanks for your understanding.
Is the preference that we do this in the forum, or can we still use Submit to Core? I’m already using “Add Manually” when I run into books that aren’t in the system, so the only issue I ever really have with that is the lack of feedback re: processing.
I’m happy to do whichever, just clarifying whether this is “you can submit via forum again” or “return to only/primarily submitting via forum.”
Then use the CLZ Cloud site to Link to manual entry to the new Core entry
A suggestion - if someone does a Submit to Core, maybe it can create a temporary Core entry that the manual entry is linked to, and then once the submission is processed then either:
the temporary Core entry is updated and made to be the permanent Core entry.
the temporary and new Core entries are merged together.
on the next Sync, the temporary Core entry redirects to the new Core entry and deletes the temporary.
Either way, the manual entry would always be linked to some Core entry that would eventually have the latest info automatically, no need to go to the Cloud account to link manually.
