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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 4,680 |
| Posted: | | | | I am a bit frustrated about one of my contributions being declined. This in the one in question: I had created 4 fully audited child profiles and added them to this parent. And at the same time I corrected what I considered an incorrect title. The title was (and still is) Great Sci-Fi Classics: Volume 3. Nothing resembling that title appears anywhere on the cover, so I changed it to Sci-Fi: Abraxas: Guardian of the Universe/First Spaceship on Venus/They Came from Beyond Space/Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet. That is a handful, but it reflects what's on the cover. I had only one vote, and it was a No vote with this comment: Quote: There are currently 7 different profiles in this series of DVDs. Great Sci-Fi Classics: Volume 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8. There are at least 11 volumes in this series that exist. All known on-line as "Great Sci-Fi Classics: Volume 'x". Check it out on-line. I have no reason to question the facts that the voter presents. But I find that the rules are clear - Use the title from the front cover. There are several clarifications to this rule, but I see nothing that supports the notion of taking a totally different title just to harmonize it with other equally questionable titles, or because they are known as something else online. I was disappointed, but not entirely surprised, to find that this one No vote resulted in the contribution being declined. I had hoped that the screener would take the actual rule into account, but apparently not. Now I wonder if Ken or Gerri has ever made any statement that supports this voter's view? Or am I just too anal about this title? | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users. Gunnar |
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Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 5,715 |
| Posted: | | | | Are there different releases with different covers? | | | Complete list of Common Names • A good point for starting with Headshots (and v11.1) |
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Registered: March 29, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,749 |
| Posted: | | | | Per the rules, you can use the back for some clarifications if necessary. | | | Marty - Registered July 10, 2004, User since 2002. |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 4,680 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting AiAustria: Quote: Are there different releases with different covers? Not that I know. And all the titles in the series that are in the online database have the same type of cover layout. Quoting mreeder50: Quote: Per the rules, you can use the back for some clarifications if necessary. There is nothing on the back (or the spine) that resembles that title. | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users. Gunnar |
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Registered: March 20, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,851 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting mreeder50: Quote: Per the rules, you can use the back for some clarifications if necessary. Not for boxed sets. Per the rules: Quote: The title for a Box Set should be the title listed on the front cover, for example Alien Quadrilogy This contribution being declined for one lone "no" vote just proves how broken the contribution/voting system is. --------------- |
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| T!M | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 8,736 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting scotthm: Quote: This contribution being declined for one lone "no" vote just proves how broken the contribution/voting system is. That "rubber stamp"-like processing of contributions is indeed the worrying thing here... | | | Last edited: by T!M |
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Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 5,715 |
| Posted: | | | | Just recontribute and hightlight the fact, that the contribution was declined because of an invalid vote. Screeners take a personal look on negative voted contributions. | | | Complete list of Common Names • A good point for starting with Headshots (and v11.1) |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | whenever I get a vote like that I would update my notes quoting the rules. Then it usually goes through.
Whenever already declined I resubmit and note the rule. If I still get the no vote update the notes to show where the vote is not per rules.
It works for me. | | | Pete |
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Registered: September 29, 2008 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,550 |
| Posted: | | | | I would re-contribute without the Sci-Fi part. That just seems randomly put on there, like a tagline or something. Just use the 4 titles with the / between each one. | | | My one wish for the DVD Profiler online database: Ban or remove the disc-level profiles of TV season sets. It completely screws up/inflates the CLT. FACT: Imdb is WRONG 70% of the time! Misspelled cast, incomplete cast, wrong cast/crew roles. So for those who want DVD Profiler to be "as perfect as Imdb", good luck with that. Stop adding UNIT crew! They're invalid credits. Stop it! |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 4,245 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting huskersports: Quote: I would re-contribute without the Sci-Fi part. That just seems randomly put on there, like a tagline or something. Just use the 4 titles with the / between each one. My take too. It's just a Genre. Would be the same if it was Action, or Romance or Western or whatever. Now if it had on the cover something like Sci-Fi: 4 Film Collection that that would be included with the title. But it doesn't, so I'd do just the titles of the films. |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | yeah... would also agree with that | | | Pete |
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Registered: May 25, 2007 | Posts: 127 |
| Posted: | | | | In this instance Sci-Fi does seem to be the set title, but I would agree with getting rid of the parts of the title not found on the set, and I agree with others that you should resubmit. I've managed in the past to remove stuff from a set like Volume 3 when I couldn't find a volume number on the front, back, or spine, and no one seemed to object. |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 4,680 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting AndyEN: Quote: In this instance Sci-Fi does seem to be the set title Yeah, this is what the spine looks like: So I don't see it as just a tag line. | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users. Gunnar |
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