Rein escribió:But why are so lenient about what is a mess made by who are supposed to preserve a philatelic heritage? The information in VK is messy and you react as if nobody should be bothered!?
I honestly don't think that this particular issue is a mess. I said, and I agree, that this is a bit misleading in some catalogs. We might argue if it is a bit misleading, very misleading, a small mess, or a terrible horrible mess. Personally, I'm not very interested in this kind of debate.
It is important to correct the mistakes, and to clarify whatever is misleading. Judging the classic authors, using strong despective words, is IMHO, completely pointless at best. I would say it is not even fair. Certainly I don't think it is fair for you to judge VK work, when you admit you (still) didn't see his two main works (1958 and 1974 editions).
Anyway, if you want to start a thread complaining about the catalogs, then I don't think this thread is the right place. This forum is about the JSM issue, and this thread (according to the title) is about the serif departmental overprints. I think it shouldn't be about how messy, or not, the catalogs are about this issue. If a beginner tries to read this thread, then it would probably understand even less than reading the catalogs.
So why you don't start a thread (or you might even ask the admins to create a sub-forum), to complain, list, and debate about all the mistakes and missings in the classic literature? Personally, I would prefer we stick to the actual topic here (which is what I tried to do in my replies).
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Honestamente, no creo que este tema en particular sea un desastre en los catalogos clasicos. Estoy de acuerdo, y ha lo he dicho al principio, que algunos catalogos son un poco ambiguos. Ahora bien, tu quieres discutir si es un poco ambiguo, muy ambiguo, un lio, o un desastre enorme? Personalmente, no me parece una discusion muy interesante.
Me parece importate corregir errores y aclarar lo que pueda ser confuso. Pero juzgar a los autores clasicos con terminos fuertes y despectivos, me parece en el mejor de los casos sin sentido. Yo diria que incluso injusto. Ciertamente me parece injusto que tu hagas un juicio acerca del trabajo de VK, cuando tu haz dicho que (todavia) no haz visto sus dos trabajos mas importantes (las ediciones de 1958 y 1974).
De cualquier manera, si quieres un hilo quejandote acerca de los catalogos, este sub-forum no me parece el mejor lugar. Este forum es acerca de la serie de JSM, y este hilo (segun el titulo) se supone que deberia ser acerca de las sobrecargas perfiladas en esta serie. Me parece que no deberia ser acerca de cuan correctamente eso esta tratado en los catalogos o no. Si un principiante lee este hilo, seguramente entendera mucho menos que leyendo la literatura clasica.
Yo te propondria que, si tanto te interesa, abras un hilo especifico (o quizas pide a los admin que creen un sub-forum), para quejarse y tratar todos los errores y omisiones de la literatura clasica. Personalmente, yo preferiria que aqui en este hilo mantengamos el tema original (que es lo que intentado hacer con mis respuestas).