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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorMagmadrag
Master of childprofiles
Registered: May 25, 2007
Germany Posts: 453
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We all know that contributions depend on voting. Am I right that you are allowed to vote for a contribution as soon as the same EAN/UPC is part of your collection?

Well, I can ensure you that this is absolutely not enough!!!

The ones who recognize loadas of my contributions know that I am working on child profiles for tv series very much. No matter if the series has two discs, five or more. The same I just did for the docu-series "Civil War"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098769/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

So the german release contains 5 discs with the 9 episodes and I did a box set with child profiles for each disc. And I got a No-Vote with the argument: "imho this doesn't fit the boxset definition. It's not a TV series and does not include more than one film"

Really? REALLY? That only proves that the voter does absolutely not know what he owns! And that is why "owning" alone is not enough right to vote!

Especially: Just imagine that he is the only other person owning this EAN like I do. So I only get his vote and that's a "No". Child profiles are initial and he can't avoid, but a declined contribution of the parent would avoid the connection of parent profile and the childs.

Similar case - but there the voter at least seems to know what he has - for another series. 2 discs, 6 episodes. I prefer the childs - and get another No-Vote. Argument: "there is no need to create a boxset". Smart statement! When is there ANY need for a box set? Wether you like it or not, but saying for all other owners that there is "no need" is nothing than a personal opinion. If he doesn't want it a box set, then it is his choice.

I had similar posts for awful contributions, destroying excisting material. No it's about ignorant (or stupid?) votings. More and more it becomes neccessary to install kind of a test to get the right for each of them! Would anybody be so kind and tell guys like them to take a look at what they own and not to vote out of their stomach?
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantPWolverine
Registered: March 21, 2007
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We all know that contributions depend on voting. Am I right that you are allowed to vote for a contribution as soon as the same EAN/UPC is part of your collection?

Well, I can ensure you that this is absolutely not enough!!!


I don't believe you have to have the title in your collection to vote.  I recently had someone removing an entry, that they didn't own, claiming a video disk wasn't video, just audio.  So quite clearly not owning the title and just meddling for the sake of their own OCD.  I'd love people to stick to the titles they own, there's no reason to "clean up" the database.  Save your time, smell the roses, do something else, make your collection perfect.  You don't need to delve into other people's titles for any reason at all.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorscotthm
Registered: March 20, 2007
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Really? REALLY? That only proves that the voter does absolutely not know what he owns! And that is why "owning" alone is not enough right to vote!

You don't need to own any discs to vote.  If you add a title to your wishlist (or any other collection) and upload your collection you can vote on those titles.

You can even load up your wishlist and contribute updates to those titles all day long without owning a single disc.

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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorbigdaddyhorse
Registered: June 21, 2007
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Really? REALLY? That only proves that the voter does absolutely not know what he owns! And that is why "owning" alone is not enough right to vote!

You don't need to own any discs to vote.  If you add a title to your wishlist (or any other collection) and upload your collection you can vote on those titles.

You can even load up your wishlist and contribute updates to those titles all day long without owning a single disc.

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Works with "ordered" too. I use wishlist and ordered for different reasons than intended, but always click neutral when a contribution pops up for either of them. I never contribute to them either, but have used them for common name threads.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorhuskersports
Registered: September 29, 2008
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098769/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

So the german release contains 5 discs with the 9 episodes and I did a box set with child profiles for each disc. And I got a No-Vote with the argument: "imho this doesn't fit the boxset definition. It's not a TV series and does not include more than one film"


Your contribution of the child profiles is correct. It's a 9-episode TV Series with several episodes on each of the discs. On the USA version, it even says on the back cover "Miniseries"! Make sure you number the episodes, though. Also, the "no" voter doesn't HAVE to accept the child profiles in his/her local database. As long as your information is correct, the "no" vote about "not being a TV Series" is invalid. All of the episodes are allowed in the main profile for those that don't want child profiles of TV Series/shows.
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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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorrdodolak
Registered: March 18, 2007
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Really? REALLY? That only proves that the voter does absolutely not know what he owns! And that is why "owning" alone is not enough right to vote!

You don't need to own any discs to vote.  If you add a title to your wishlist (or any other collection) and upload your collection you can vote on those titles.

You can even load up your wishlist and contribute updates to those titles all day long without owning a single disc.

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Yep, it happens a lot.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorAddicted2DVD
Registered: March 13, 2007
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I remember many years ago... back on the old site/name... there a=was a test to contribute(/vote?)... to be honest it really didn't help any to my memory.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorDanae Cassandra
Registered: Apr 11, 2004
Registered: May 26, 2007
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I also remember taking the contribution test back in the old intervocative days.
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