On the topic of carbon stars and misleading descriptions, I noticed that the MS class description actually describes an SC class star. Has anyone seen an SC star or an MS with an appropriate description?
Would you, please, give us an example?
I doubt that by now we haven't discovered by now all Carbon star types there currently are.
Similarly, I could say I had doubted that by now (by now I mean before your finding) we haven't discovered such a bug with G-type supergiants descriptions as they are more common than carbon stars - yet, you found the bug. Don't you see a bigger picture here? If people missed the bug for so long they could have missed it in case of carbon stars (or any other star-type and subtype), too, and in this way even a new type could be missed - why exactly do you doubt it?.
As for white dwarfs. They are so rare, and so many types. makes little sense to split them up.
White dwarfs rare? Compared to what? They are abundant in comparison to carbon stars. They just have buggy distribution in space and in their types (not that many types if you don't count subtypes) - once they are remodeled they will be a great addition to the book. I am happy to tell you that the QA team have recently sent the issue to FDevs for corrections.
As for newbies. Might be confusing. But everything is and ppl here are very helpful. As for missing records. Most ppl have no clue this book exist. a lot who do don't care. and some who might consider it to much work. adding a req to screenshot and submit even more info will just make it worse.
f/g corrections. took me 30 mins to check them all. will take 10 mins to sendPMs to ask for galaxy screenshot. and and a bit to correct the book. all minor efforts imo.
you cant prepare for all eventualities. and if you do. you make everything to cumbersome.
to paraphrase braetak: let's jump off those bridges when we come to them?
I am not sure why you are trying to downplay the problem and to show the simple remedy as cumbersome. Have all those people submitting for over 3 months G-type supergiant records as F-types been newbies to you? Yet, they have got confused... It's quite possible there are more similar bugs and if we weren't so focused on descriptions they could have been clearly identified and corrected by now as eg. descriptions of class II and M-R/HMC planets. We have no other way in case of planets than to be simply attentive enough but in case of stars there is an easier solution: providing a single additional screenshot of a system on the Galactic Map - what is so cumbersome about it taking under consideration that some records demand submitting dozens of pictures?
Your say f/g corrections is all minor efforts... Really? Then why all those corrections are not in the book, yet, and wrong entries stop people from submitting real but currently worse records? If the matter takes days to straighten out then I wouldn't say at all it's minor.
I have reconciled with the book becoming temporarily the book of bugs and I've even realized it could be good for the game because it could help to get rid of some of them faster - wouldn't you agree that alone is enough of a reason for the solution I proposed?
It's obvious that usually you can't prepare for all eventualities and I even agree that you can't in this case - this is why I am not trying to and I have no idea why you think I am. However, as I've tried to show you above, taking your paraphrase, we are already standing on the bridge so what is stopping you from jumping off? I just did
