Quoting EnryWiki:

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I voted "No". There are so many errors in the existing profiles, a blind copy makes little sense to me.

I agree... I compare my contribution to the credits every single time. Even if I know... and trust the work of the original contributor.... everyone and anyone can make a mistake. So I think the best idea is to always verify what you contribute with the credits.

Cast isn't always the same for every locality release. For instance, the animated feature Robots has a different cast for US, UK, Australian, and perhaps others due to the fact that some minor voice parts were given out as prizes in a competition.

Quoting Patsa:

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I wish there were an approved "master profile" for every movie that we could copy instead of having to do the same work over and over again for every edition and locality.

This would indeed be very useful and has been suggested several times in the past, e.g. here. Might be difficult to implement though.

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Quoting EnryWiki:

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I voted "No". There are so many errors in the existing profiles, a blind copy makes little sense to me.

I agree... I compare my contribution to the credits every single time. Even if I know... and trust the work of the original contributor.... everyone and anyone can make a mistake. So I think the best idea is to always verify what you contribute with the credits.

I voted for  the first one.. as I don't always have a lot of time on my hands to verify contributions that have already been voted on and approved of in the data base..

Thank goodness we have fellows like you that can verify the approved verified...
You find a mistake and mention it in your negative vote, you can be sure I'll either change it on the fly or in some cases will see how Ken accepts it.. ( Charles Martin Smith comes to mind..)

 

It is not clear whether the poll is about ones own contribution, or about voting for someone else's.

For my own: I'd always check against the credits, even if I start with a copy from another profile.
For voting: Assuming it is not a copy of you-know-where, then I vote yes if it seems reasonably trustworthy, or else I wait till I can verify it myself.

Quoting jaap:

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It is not clear whether the poll is about ones own contribution,

That's it. Own contribution 

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I wish there were an approved "master profile" for every movie that we could copy instead of having to do the same work over and over again for every edition and locality.

That is a great idea!

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I wish there were an approved "master profile" for every movie that we could copy instead of having to do the same work over and over again for every edition and locality.

That is a great idea!

This has been mentioned as an idea before but sometimes (OK, not often, but sometimes) the credits differ depending on Locality/Release

In such a case, you wouldn't "link" it to the original profile when you contribute.

Let me explain with a for instance. Let's say I want to create a new profile for my locality/edition/...  Now I copy the Cast and Crew from an existing profile (I pick one that seems to be OK), then I check credits in the film credits, then enter some other data specific to the DVD, and eventually contribute the new profile to the online database.

My suggestion is that we could "link" the new profile to the original profile, by checking a box or something like that. That way, the existing Cast and Crew would be automagically copied to the new profile, and any new contribution/correction to Cast and Crew in any of the linked profiles would also apply to the linked profiles. Of course, all the owners of the linked profiles would be allowed to vote on any contribution.

If, as you say, in a few cases credits differ depending on Locality/Release, then just don't check the "Link to original profile" box, and keep the new profile as a standalone profile, so to speak.