Lolibrary Entries: Creating an Item

(WIP)

Pre-Research

Before you begin, search lolibrary for the foreign name of the item. If it doesn’t come up, search for the item number. If there is still nothing, navigate to the year / brand / item type and do a quick flip through to make sure the item isn’t entered. It’s difficult to delete duplicates right now, so we want to check thoroughly. (Mistakes still happen, even to those of us who have been doing this for years, it’s ok! But checking well helps cut down on dups)

If the item isn’t new, make sure you check the wayback machine (https://archive.org/web/) to see if you can find the item’s webshop listing. This will give you the most accurate info for most brands.

If you are missing images, try googling the item name in Japanese. It’s not uncommon for people to have reposted the stock images to sites like pinterest or tumblr, or even second hand sites.

Adding the item - Basic info

Go to: https://lolibrary.org/library

Click on Items on the left and then Create item on the right