Is this a correct use of group dividers?

Writing:
Alan Ball (1957): Created By
Based on the Sookie Stackhouse Novels by      <---- group divider
Charlaine Harris: Original Material By
Brian Buckner: Writer

Unfortunately it is not supported by the Rules, so no it's not a valid divider contribution.

Quoting GreyHulk:

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Unfortunately

Really?

What's the point of tracking Song Writers at all if we don't know what songs they wrote. That just doesn't make any sense. Yes, I am one of those who contributes Song Titles. To date, they have all been approved.

Quoting mreeder50:

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What's the point of tracking Song Writers at all if we don't know what songs they wrote.

Similarly, one could ask: what's the point of tracking personal makeup artists if we don't know whose personal makeup artist they were? And what's the point of listing someone as "Original Material By" if we don't know what original material they wrote? Again: either we use dividers for all that kind of context, or we don't. But you can't single out one group, as the reasoning applies equally to all these examples. You seem to use dividers for one of these examples, but not for the others - at the very least, that's inconsistent. The rules certainly don't make that distinction: it's all or nothing. Either we put the context in the custom role field, or we put it into dividers - but then we should do it accross the board, not just for songs.

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To date, they have all been approved.

Incorrect IMDb-mined data continues to be approved every single day. Does that make it right? Please, let's not go there...

The fact of the matter is, that if you support dividers for song names, then there's no basis to refuse them for book names or similar context for personal makeup artists - and lots more! They're all exactly the same thing: each time, it's context that only belongs in the custom role field, not in a divider. Again, any line of reasoning that supports using dividers in the case of song names, equally applies to these other examples, and again, the rules certainly don't make such a distinction. At absolutely no point do the rules specify that it's okay to use a divider for the name of a song, but not for the name of a book - they just don't. By all means, correct me if I'm wrong. No, either they all get dividers, or they all don't.

Quoting T!M:

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The fact of the matter is, that if you support dividers for song names, then there's no basis to refuse them for book names or similar context for personal makeup artists - and lots more! They're all exactly the same thing

And to add to that, one cannot even use group dividers for all songs because many songs are written by an individual and crew teams don't even come into play.  So for the sake of consistency (which Ken has said should be one of our goals) we should avoid using group dividers for song titles, etc. because they cannot be used consistently without violating the rules.

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Quoting mreeder50:

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This is a movie database

No it is not. This is a database for DVDs and BluRays and the main goal is to collect all the data relevant to these media (e.g. audio formats, region coding, feature length, bonus materials, etc.) and only basic information about the content.

If you want a good movie database I'd recommend IMDb.com. There you can find all the information you are looking for.

I agree with mreeder50 and surfeur51, this is a movie/tv series database. If it were a Disc based database then we wouldn't care one bit about cast & crew. We wouldn't try to find common names or needed birth years. Or search for good headshots?

Perhaps, years ago it was primarily a disc database, but it has now morphed into a combo disc/cast & crew database.

What is more important the disc itself or the program contained on it? Does one collect films released by a certain studio or of a favorite actor?

Sure, we buy the programs on disc, but we don't buy any disc released. We buy the disc because the program is something that we want to watch and own. The disc is just the media that it's contained on.