thanks redman, i deleted the bad recycles. i'll have to put some logic in there so users can not a recycle for a rank 1 item since it's impossible.

good idea about the flagging system. i'll have to think about what would be the best way to implement one.

on the good side though, i think we got almost all (if not all) of the bad items/compounds out of the database but we haven't really gone through the recycles yet. since all new recycles/items/compounds are visible on the home page, it's pretty easy to catch them the day they are created incorrectly. there are a few mods that can help me with the cleanup.

the developers are just me! thanks for the support!