Is it OK that parts are deleted from unofficial library?

[Denis]

Hi there,

Just wanted to confirm if one can expect parts to be deleted from unofficial library from time to time. 

This definitely happened recently with the part 5306c01 that used to be in the library but is now gone. It wasn't moved to the official list, so I assume it was simply deleted.

I know that such kind of thing cannot happen with files in the official library, because they stay there forever for backwards compatibility. But looks like things work differently in the unofficial library, which makes it even less reliable.

[Magnus Forsberg]

The simple answer is: Yes.

The problem with this "part" was that 5306 is a setnumber. The correct number for this part is 75652.
Here it is:
https://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.c.../75652.dat

I reworked the wire too, to be more like the other parts in this family.
72631c01
72631c02
72632c01
72632c02
72633c01
72633c02
72634c01
72634c02

The number 5306 is placed as a keyword in the file, since it was present under that number a long time.

[Denis]

The simple answer is: Yes.

The problem with this "part" was that 5306 is a setnumber. The correct number for this part is 75652.
Here it is:
https://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.c.../75652.dat

I reworked the wire too, to be more like the other parts in this family.
72631c01
72631c02
72632c01
72632c02
72633c01
72633c02
72634c01
72634c02

The number 5306 is placed as a keyword in the file, since it was present under that number a long time.

I see. Alright, at least it's good to know that in this particular case it hasn't happened by accident.