Talk:Collecting

message: Weller and McCoy Pottery. Are these really sufficiently significant to be listed? They're not up there with Coca-Cola and Zippo are they? I'm all for including a wide range of collectibles but the article can hardly include every minor brand that a few people are interested in. I say remove these, and if individual china brands are listed then replace with some popular ones. Kevv.
:Agree. There a very few brand names in the article for other colecting so why have these? All are small scale stuff and known are well known. Have to be careful about what is listed otherwise every collector will claim theirs should be here.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.145.71.255 (talk) 14:12, August 25, 2007 (UTC) 
Weller and McCoy are HUGE art pottery makers. Many books have been written on these manufacturers alone. If they don't warrant their own listings, then I suppose they could be grouped under "art pottery." Knapstein 21:03, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weller & McCoy 

message: Collect.com is an online community where collectors can discuss and display their finds, keep tabs on their collection's value, connect with buyers and sellers, read about the latest hobby news, and more. 
New news stories relevant to the collecting pastime are posted every weekday, and you don't need to be a subscriber to take advantage of all the information available. It is not dedicated to any single collecting genre—and it's FREE.
Collectors can "get together" in the forums and discuss their collecting areas of interest. They can also post items for sale or post their "wants." There are NO FEES charged for hooking up buyers and sellers.
Also, collectors can post messages and images in the forum and take advantage of F+W Publications' experts' opinions as to what their collectibles might be worth; a service that is provided free of charge.
Putting "forum" information in the "collecting" page on wikipedia is relevant to the subject because new collectors can speak with experienced collectors about the successes and failures they have had.
If you are not convinced, I am open to further discussion. Knapstein 21:47, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please read WP:EL. --Pak21 22:13, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

text: My personal opinion would be that most of the external links in this article should be deleted, so don't use them as examples. I'd suggest looking at some featured articles. As for adding links to your own site, that would be regarded as a conflict of interest and also discouraged. Cheers --Pak21 08:50, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collect.com 

message: It reads more like a children's how-to guide on how to start off a really neat collection.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.82.217.112 (talk) 21:46, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with one of the above statements made years ago - for whatever reason I expected some info on why so many people become "collectors" of one thing or another. Even if you don't collect something obsessively, it seems a whole lot of people really like gathering similar objects. But why, when the objects don't necessarily help them from a practical standpoint? Just musing. 98.65.247.224 (talk) 11:31, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Is this really a wiki-article?

message: Islands Phonecards Database (http://telecards.islands.co.il) is the leading site in phone card collections (see ratings in Alexa). Why was its link removed?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.166.221.223 (talk) 08:39, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This link, as with the majority of links on this article, do not add to the article itself.  I have removed most of the links under WP:EL.  Please don't add them back. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 17:12, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  telecards.islands.co.il 

message: I've made some substantial changes to the article, particularly to the introduction and psychology sections. It still needs a lot of work, but I think I've got it to the point where further improvements can be made incrementally.
Most of the issues noted in the alert box can probably be removed now, e.g. the article no longer includes how-to content. That's not my doing — the credit goes to previous editors — but the time is ripe for a look-over by an experienced editor.
121.45.35.184 (talk) 14:51, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Have removed the out-of-date alert templates myself, as I don't see any scope for controversy about this. 121.45.35.184 (talk) 13:42, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits of November 2013 

message: Needed: more careful consideration of what information really belongs here and what information would be more appropriately moved to Collectable. The delineation between the two articles currently seems arbitrary. Consider especially the factors affecting collectability section, which is concerned more with collectible objects than with collecting as an activity. Is this article really the right place for that information? 118.210.145.2 (talk) 00:47, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Delineation between "Collecting" and "Collectable" articles 

message: It can be interesting to browse the history of this article, and editors may find it enlightening to see how the current version, with all its faults, came to be. Early versions (e.g. this one from March 2006) consisted of a brief introduction followed by a list of collectable items (since moved to list of collectables). The intro was trimmed beyond the point of excess in April 2007, and a large amount of non-encyclopedic how-to information was added in June 2007. This inappropriate content was gradually whittled down over the following months and years, but editors were reluctant to remove anything that may contain salvageable information, and fragments remain even in the current version. Because much of the article originated as disparate fragments thrown together by circumstance, even though it is now far better than it was, a good editor will still find plenty of things to improve. 118.211.112.27 (talk) 06:53, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notes on the history of this article 

message: This article has come a very long way, and I've had a hand in that under various dynamic ISP addresses. Now I'd like to make a few suggestions for improving it further. You can help.
There should be a section entitled "Societal impact" or similar, for describing ways in which the collecting hobby benefits, enriches or otherwise impacts upon the wider society. For example, sometimes collectors become experts and go on to make new discoveries, sometimes collecting leads to items being preserved that would otherwise have been lost, sometimes collectors donate to or found museums (e.g. Hans Sloane), sometimes collectors become known as public educators (e.g. Tim Rowett), and so forth.
The list of notable collectors should gradually be incorporated into the rest of the article as prose, either in footnotes (following the example of my 4th edit of 12 November 2017) or in the main text. I believe individual collectors should be used primarily to exemplify specific claims made in the article (including in the societal impact section proposed above). I don't think notable people should be included simply because they happen to be collectors on the side, unless some point is thereby illustrated.
The notable collectors list includes several people whose suitability for inclusion is questionable. This is partly because, in the past, this article has been used as a dumping ground for orphaned collector biographies, but as the quality of the article improves this cannot be sustained. Editors should review the list and consider removing those who are insufficiently notable or illuminating. If unsure, discuss here. (I've removed a few but the responsibility is best shared. I've also added some.)
There should be more information on types of resources available to collectors, but it must be kept at a concise, abstract level suitable for an encyclopedia and not permitted to bloat into how-to information as it has in the past.
121.45.72.211 (talk) 12:26, 12 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestions for further improving this article 

message: How do you sell antiques and find the right place to look for buyers of antiques 45.36.106.163 (talk) 13:36, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Selling antique 

message: When hovering over "Premium" (under Terms) in the box to the right, the preview image shown is a graphic photo of surgery being performed. This image is not used anywhere in the linked article.
I am not experienced with editing on Wikipedia, so I'm not sure if the problem lies with this article or with the Premium article. Making a note of it here so someone more capable can hopefully resolve it. 2406:3400:21D:5110:A1E2:B3D1:1191:1889 (talk) 13:51, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect preview image when hovering over "Premium"