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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2379
12/19/2018
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This is a step by step procedure on how to submit data and increase your ranking on CPG.
Everyone starts off as a “0” rank.  That doesn’t mean you aren’t valued and important only that we don’t know you yet. To get to a 1 ranking, all you have to do is submit 5 pieces of information. I suggest going through books you have that don’t have a price on the site. When someone approves those 5 things you become a 1. Yay you!
After you become a 1 you can go to this page and help verify things.
https://comicspriceguide.com/verify-data
Important Side Note – For any piece of data to be approved some member or admin has to give it 10 points. Obviously, if you’re a 1 you’re not approving anything by yourself, but you are helping. The more things you approve the higher your ranking. To approve a specific creator for a book a member who is a 1, a 5 and a 4 could approve it because that is 10 points. Or a 1 and a 9 could approve it. You get the idea.
We are a tribe of comic book people making something that is awesome by working together.
Back to the step by step
1. Go to https://comicspriceguide.com/verify-data
2. Click on one of the four tabs, covers, published dates, cover prices or creators.
3. Confirm or deny the data based on your collection or a trustworthy source. Cover prices are the easiest because they are usually printed on the cover scan.
4. If you cannot confirm or deny the information, go to the next item.
5. When a book reaches 10 points confirming it will be removed from this list and put on the site with no asterisk.
Some information like missing issues and variants can only be approved by Admins. However, if you get to be a 9 on the site and want to become an admin, please let us know. By the time you’ve reached a 9 we probably already know your name.
Here is my name,
Ron
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BasementComics Posts: 784
12/19/2018
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Hi Ron, is there a point system for moving up between ranks? I have been doing my best to contribute but seem to be stuck in "4" I will make it to 5...eventually. 
Thank you for the above information.
Donald
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solarno Posts: 164
12/20/2018
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BasementComics wrote:
Hi Ron, is there a point system for moving up between ranks? I have been doing my best to contribute but seem to be stuck in "4" I will make it to 5...eventually.
Thank you for the above information.
Donald
It's based on how much gourmet coffee and chocolates you send them. The CPG admins are like hamsters and they need all the energy they can get to keep their hamster wheels moving.
In fact, before the the site redesign, the community stats at the top of the home page included coffee consumption.
edited by solarno on 12/20/2018
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2379
12/20/2018
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Donald, I don't know what number you have to reach to become a "5" or any other level, sorry. Your information has to be approved before it adds to your total.
Solarno, there's chocolate and coffee somewhere? (scouring the area, picking up comics, statues and mail looking) It's funny because I'm drinking coffee right now.
The CPG admins do so much great work for the site. They are the real MVP's.
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kidra Posts: 3
12/10/2019
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This thread is getting on a year old so maybe this follow-up will get lost to the void, but I'm wondering if there's any info on the number of points you need to "level up". I've been at level 4 for a while now, and I feel like it's taking more information to get from level 4 to 5 than it did to get from level 0 to 4. I'm still entering info because I enjoy it, but I wondered if there's something I'm missing in order to get to the next level.
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2379
12/11/2019
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This is my understanding based on conversations with the person who designed the level system.
There are no set numbers to reach the next level, it's a moving scale. I'm going to toss some numbers out to help with understanding. Let's suppose this is true.
Number of Level 9 members - 100
Number of level 8 members - 200
Number of level 7 members - 300
Number of level 6 members - 400
Number of level 5 members - 500
Number of level 4 members - 1000
Number of Level 3 members - 2000
Number of level 2 members - 10,000
Number of level 1 members - 100,000
If you are a level 4 member you have to approve more things than the last person who is a level 5. Because there are a limited number of level 5 members on the site. It was designed this way to keep people who are currently active near the top. Personally I think it should be based on a number of approved items but I don't get to make that decision.
BasementComics who said he was a Level 4 last year is now a level 6 so he got there!
Remember it only counts when someone approves your entry, not when you submit it.
I hope that helps,
Ron
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BasementComics Posts: 784
12/11/2019
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Thanks Ron....you remembered! Lol
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kidra Posts: 3
12/11/2019
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That makes sense then why it's taking as much work to go up this level as it did to go up the other ones. Thanks!
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Gilgandra Posts: 1246
12/12/2019
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I remember years ago seeing all the approved data. A few Members would take forever to go from Level 8 to 9.
I'd approved hundreds if not thousands of data lines over months & months, They would literally stay on level 8.
It's a real privilege to be a Level 9 
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Jayc13 Posts: 48
12/31/2019
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so, i was up to Level 5 a few weeks ago. I've reviewed a few more new issues and creators. Now I've dropped back down to Level 4.
what is up with the rankings?
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BasementComics Posts: 784
12/31/2019
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The way Ronbatman explained it to me is that there are limited "spots" in the numbering system so the more we contribute is what helps us move up. I was in the same position last year bouncing between 4 and 5 and then between 5 and 6.
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2379
12/31/2019
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See the explanation about 6 or 7 comments above.
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Jayc13 Posts: 48
12/31/2019
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Jayc13 wrote:
so, i was up to Level 5 a few weeks ago. I've reviewed a few more new issues and creators. Now I've dropped back down to Level 4.
what is up with the rankings?
so it's like a video game? keep reviewing to maintain your high score??? geez....
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Syphonius Posts: 3
1/18/2020
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What about the creator queue? I have submitted several creators (been a few weeks since I think) but they seem to still be sitting in the creator queue. Is that a separate verify page or just an admin thing?
I'm just looking to then add the creators to some older books.
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thunderize1 Posts: 150
2/20/2020
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I got screwed on the house I was trying to buy which I had my own comic book room. so now back to the drawing board. currently looking for another house that will house my comic book room. hard to do with such a specific hobby/ lifestyle. once i have secured 1 I will be on in full force with my 40k book collection. so many to add to the system including 6 long boxes of books not in database. as well as looking to help expand the brand at conventions. I have family in Indy so I would have a place to stay if I would be able to fly over and help out/ invest.
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rustyauger Posts: 159
7/23/2020
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Hi, I have been submitting dozens of suggested value changes over the least few months but only a couple have been changed. I provided legitimate sales as evidence but I have still not seen any changes in the guide. Is this an issue of being stuck in a queue or what?
Am I doing something wrong?
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BasementComics Posts: 784
7/23/2020
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Rusty, same here. I think they get hundreds or thousands of suggestions so it takes time to get through them all.
I know I've been waiting on some of my submissions for months now...even longer on variant issues.
Donald
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2379
7/24/2020
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Value suggestions don't count toward increasing your rank. (the original topic)
We receive a ridiculous number of value suggestions each day, week, month. When you look at the recent value change page on the site https://comicspriceguide.com/value-changes/ you can see new additions each day. That means we are working on those suggestions. Each collector is concerned about different books, eras, genres so there is a wide variety of books that get looked at. Xena, Prince, Dracula, Batman vs. Predator, Pep Comics, Mars Attacks, Rick and Morty, Redneck and Sandman were all adjusted yesterday.
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