I don't really care what the community decides so I am stepping out of this discussion.

All I want to know is what I am required to do once the decision is made.

For Ken: If you're going to make a program change, there's actually another possibility. Right now, this field is stuck in a DVD paradigm. In stead of making the field reflect whether the disc is anamorphic, yo could make it reflect whether the total frame including mattes frame is 16:9 or 4:3.

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Maybe I'm being obtuse; but I don't see this as being the same at all.

That is certainly your choice.

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Because those features are NOT on the 3D disc! So why the hell would I want to put them on there? It's idiotic to do so.

For three reasons.  First, because, in my opinion, that is what the rules tell us to do.  Second, because those special features are included in the set.  The fact that they are included on a DVD that also contains the same feature film doesn't change that fact.  And third, because there are a lot of people...I am one...that do not use child profiles for the extra discs.  Why should those people suffer just because you thing something is idiotic?

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Hence, my question (which was not facetious): Are we just saying that's what we should do because child profiles are optional?

I didn't think your question was facetious...which is why I answered it.  Unfortunately, since you have chosen not to accept it, you must think my answer was. 

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The ONLY way this makes sense is if the child profiles don't exist. Personally, I'd rather go with NOT being allowed to add the child profiles than shoving a load of data into a profile that's not there.

That's the only way it makes sense to you.  I think I have given two reasons why it might make sense to other people.

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3) Automatically uncheck the 16x9 enhanced option at the time of contribution for profiles which have the Blu-ray media type checked.

Clearly the better choice as it gives those that want to track this data, the ability to do so, while maintaining the integrity of the rule...that being that the main profile reflect the main media type.

I'll go with #3.

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Are we just saying that's what we should do because child profiles are optional?

I didn't think your question was facetious...which is why I answered it.  Unfortunately, since you have chosen not to accept it, you must think my answer was. 

Well, the simple answer would have been Yes.
The info has to go in the parent profile for the very simple reason that the child profiles are optional.

I was also not advocating doing anything that would result in people not getting the data they want. I was throwing out ideas and thoughts.
My final solution of not adding child profiles does not 'just make sense to me' as you state. It would actually solve the entire issue because all the data would be kept in the one profile; just as people who don't want the child profiles prefer.

From the general tone of your replies I get the impression that you think I was attempting to dictate what should happen; whereas, in reality, I don't care. I just want clear instructions on what to do with these profiles.

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If I get a 2-disc set in my hands that has a Film/Feature on Disc 1 and Features on disc 2 I do exactly as you state.
However, when Disc 2 contains the same film and different features/details etc, then I create a child profile for the second disc to accurately track the data.

So, if I have a Combo set:
Captain America 3D
Disc 1: 3D
Disc 2: 2D
Disc 3: DVD 2D

I have 3 profiles for this set, each containing the details specific to that disc. My 'main profile' for the 3D version does NOT contain ANY of the Features from the other two disc.
Why?
Because those features are NOT on the 3D disc! So why the hell would I want to put them on there? It's idiotic to do so.

This is exactly the way I do them.

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The ONLY way this makes sense is if the child profiles don't exist. Personally, I'd rather go with NOT being allowed to add the child profiles than shoving a load of data into a profile that's not there.

I want to keep the child profiles so as to track discs, features, sound tracks, subtitles, etc., that are unique to each disc.

As I rip the main profile apart, I lock each section. It makes it difficult to update the changes that come along for each disc, but it's worth it to have accurate data for each disc in a profile rather all discs crammed together in 1 profile.

Side note: I also do this for multi movies on one disc. Again, difficult to update, but worth it to track each movie separately.

Needless to say, in both cases, I have more and more profiles with several locks. On the positive side, at least Ken has provided the tools to be able to accomplish this.