New tool link for moderators: http://admin.steepster.com/dashboard

With everything that’s going on, and the changes Steepster’s about to undergo, I think everyone can agree that the Steepster Database is in BIG need of a deep clean.

We already have a topic for spam accounts and posts, but I think we need one to coordinate efforts to tidy things up to the best of our abilities with the tools we have. Admittedly, this isn’t a lot, but we can still edit entries and mark them for removal.

So here’s what I’m proposing:

Tea Database
◦ On this post we’ll start a list of ‘Accepted Company Names’. This’ to help us weed out duplicate companies. So things like ‘DAVIDsTEA’ not ’David’s Tea’. That’ll make for an easy reference on what you’re working on. Post them here and I’ll try and edit them into a list.
◦ Either change relevant tea’s companies to the ‘correct’ company, or mark it as ‘Duplicate’ if a tea already exists under the ‘correct’ name. Do this by renaming it something like “Tea Name [DUPLICATE]” so that it’s 1) easy to tell what tea it’s a duplicate of, so that The Higher Ups can merge it with the CORRECT tea and 2) that THIS is the ‘duplicate’ tea, not the ‘master’ tea.
◦ Mark spam similarly. You don’t know HOW many ‘call girl’ teas I’ve found. I think the EASIEST way to deal with these is to leave the name whatever it is (so it’s unique and doesn’t conflict/cause errors—otherwise just keyboard smash), and change the company to ‘SPAM’, so they’re all housed under one ‘company’ (https://steepster.com/companies/spam).
◦ Broken images: I’ve found that I can remove broken/old images and select a new Featured image. I don’t know when this was added, or if this is something just the moderators can do, so I suggest check. If you can, great. Fix it. If you can’t, add the correct image and then link the tea here so the ‘broken’ image can be removed.

Places Database
◦ Similarly, this is kind of a mess… It’s been taken over by random advertisements for law-firms/what have you. I’ve just been renaming these ‘SPAM’ or ‘SPAM1/SPAM2’, deleting the original name entirely.
◦ Places is pretty borked as-is, likely due to a lack of updates needed for it to mesh with Google Maps. But I mean, best we can do.

Master Company List So Far
Tour de Tea (incorrect: tour de te)
Yunnan Sourcing (incorrect: yunnan sourcing (private label), Yunnan Sourcing (China), Yunnan Sourcing Menghai Tea Factory, Menghai tea Factory (Yunnan Sourcing), Yunnan Sourcing | Mandala, Yunnan Sourcing US, Yunnan Sourcing US and Taiwan Sourcing, Yunna Sourcing, Yinnan Sourcing)
Taiwan Tea Crafts (incorrect: Taiwan Tea Crats, Taiwan Tea Cr)
Steven Smith Teamaker (incorrect: steven smith)
White2Tea (incorrect: white 2 tea)
Farmerleaf (incorrect: Farmer leaf teas, Farmer Leaf)
Keep Calm And Carry On Beverage Company Ltd.
Unknown
1001 CVET
1001 delights
1001 Plateaus
101 Tea Plantation
1040 Giah
105 Degrees
10th Avenue Tea
1837 TWG Tea
1TTEN
Two English Ladies
24mantra
2737bc
3 Leaf Tea
3 Teas
3-Crown
365 Organic
3:15 PM
3CUPS
4 Origines
411
52teas
6 1/2 Cups
7noshin
85c Cafe
Čaj Chai Teahouse
Čajek Cafe
Čajevi.hr
Čajkovski
Čajový Dom
Épicerie Shung Lee
Épices de Cru
Öztürk
Žolynélis
Epicuean Delights
Østerlandsk Thehus
Zabar’s
Zack’s Coffees, Teas & Gifts
Zaira Tea
Zanzibar Gifts
Zarafina
Zarrin
Zas
Zawadi African Tea
Zealong Tea Estate
Zed’s Cafe
Zee Tea
Zelly
Zen Gardens
Zen no Ocha
Zen Organics
Zen Tara Tea
Zen Tea
Zen Tea Life
Zen Tea Traders
Zen Zoo Tea
Zen’s Tea House
zen8tea
ZenCha
Zenhodo
Zenique
Zenjala Tea Company
Zenjicha
Zenkouen Tea Garden
ZenMatcha
Zenobia’s Garden
Zensation Tea
ZenTea
Zentei Matcha
ZenZeu
Zephyr
Zero Tea
Zest Tea
Zesta
Zhang Jia Jie moyeam Co., LTD
Zhangyiyuan
Zhang_Yunhai Private Production
Zhao Li Qiao Tea Factory
Zhao Zhou
Zhehang Tea Group, China
Zhejiang Anji Impression, Tea Co., LTD
Zhejiang Tea Group Co., Ltd
Zhena’s Gypsy Tea
zheng ming
Zheng Shan Tang
ZhenTea
Zhi Ming Du
Zhi Tea
Zhi Zheng Tea Shop
zhifayulong
ZhiJian Puerh
Zhong Guo Cha
Zhong Hua
Zhong Min Wei Shi Ecological Tea Company
Zhong Tea
Zhong Xing Tea Factory
Zhongcha Brand
Zhu Xiang Ji
Zhuoqon Menghai Tea Factory- Taobao
Zi Chun Tea Co
Ziamese Sisters
Zingerman’s
Zion Health
Zisha
Zlatý šálek
Zoe!
Zoka
Žolynélis
Zomia Tea
Zona Sun Tea
Zoomdweebie’s Tea Bar
zotea
Zun An
Zuo Wang Tea
Zurit
zzgolestan
Złoty Smok

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