So I've just voted (Yes) on a profile update for the Back to the Future boxset (UK R2 release). Updates included the Overview and Video Formats.

Prior to the contribution Video Format only listed PAL, whereas the contributor now added Widescreen (as all the movies in the boxset are listed Widescreen). In the overview it had a short blurb about each of the three movies (as it does in the box itself), after the update it now also lists a blurb for the actual box (again, this is exactly as listed on the cover).

Votes on this particular contribution was all No, listing reasons such as "Incorrect to add video format to boxset parent", "Where from - and also typos!" and "What? Why? Since when?".

Ok, so I've read and re-read the rules pertaining to boxsets and nowhere does it say Video Formats should not be included in the parent boxset profile. In fact 80% of my boxset parent profiles currently lists Video Format. So what is the correct way to handle this? AFAIC, if all discs in the boxset share the same attributes (in this case PAL Widescreen) you're not doing anything wrong by adding it also to the parent profile, and I'm sure I've seen other posts with the same POW earlier.

Moving on the Overview. The rules state "If the box set cover contains a listing of contents with brief descriptions of each, enter it directly into the Overview field.  If there is no overview on the cover, an overview from an included booklet may be substituted.  Otherwise, enter an itemized listing of the contents only, without descriptions.". Now, in this instance the old profile had the overviews of each movie (taken from inside the box as the cover only lists technical details for each disc) but nothing else. In the new contribution it kept the old overview but also added the blurb from the back of the box cover. Surely this would be all correct?

For the overview, the new submission is considered wrong because it contains the information that was already there - because that info should never have been there in the first place!
If the submitter had removed all the individual movie blurbs and only put what was on the back cover, then the overview would be correct.
Hope that makes sense! 
I didn't vote on this particular profile, so didn't check it closely enough for typos. But spelling mistakes in overviews are only allowed if they are actually spelt wrong on the dvd cover.

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Votes on this particular contribution was all No, listing reasons such as "Incorrect to add video format to boxset parent", "Where from - and also typos!" and "What? Why? Since when?".

The last one is my vote. I voted no because he's added the case-type to the overview (and that is solely what his contribution notes state he is doing).

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The reason for the rules being as they are relative to boxsets and this includes Video, is that NOT all movies in a given Boxset will necessarily have the SAME specifications.  In short if yo don't list ANY Aspect Ratio data I would think foir now you will be OK, but keep in mind that once the Rules catch up, this will join the rest of the Boxset data as a no-no.

In this case all three movies are PAL Widescreen 1.85:1 though. Ok, so it's redundant information as it's available in the child profiles, but I see no reason why one couldn't enter that on the box itself as it is clearly not [yet] against the rules.

Quoting northbloke

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For the overview, the new submission is considered wrong because it contains the information that was already there - because that info should never have been there in the first place!

The existing text was taken from the booklet included with the box though, which is (or atleast can be construed as) acceptable by the rules. What the new contribution has done is to add the actual blurb as well.

Quoting Kevin Coed

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I voted no because he's added the case-type to the overview (and that is solely what his contribution notes state he is doing).

Whilst his contribution notes were unclear ("Adding case information to overview.") I think what he meant to say was that he added the actual blurb from the back of the box - which is what he's done.

Now, perhaps he should have removed what was already in the overview. IMHO it's still within the rules as he simply added the blurb from the back whilst keeping the "listing of contents with brief descriptions of each"..."from an included booklet".

It seems obvious to me, with No votes based on "Surely this is incorrect? The case information captured elsewhere" and "Where from - and also typos!" that the voters have not checked either the rules and/or the contents of the boxset properly, no?

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Ahels the fact that all three moivies have the same AR is irrelevant.

Uhh.. Care to elaborate on that? What's the difference between saying it's a Widescreen PAL or Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1 PAL release as long as all the titles in the box conform to the same data?

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Quoting Kevin Coed

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I voted no because he's added the case-type to the overview (and that is solely what his contribution notes state he is doing).

Whilst his contribution notes were unclear ("Adding case information to overview.") I think what he meant to say was that he added the actual blurb from the back of the box - which is what he's done.

No it's not. The first line of his overview says 'BOXSET SLEEVE'. That is what he's referring to.

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Ahels the fact that all three moivies have the same AR is irrelevant.

Uhh.. Care to elaborate on that? What's the difference between saying it's a Widescreen PAL or Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1 PAL release as long as all the titles in the box conform to the same data?

There is no need for him to elaborate.  As you have been told, entering this information is NOT against the rules so people can't vote 'no' on it.

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You can if he doesn't mention why he's changing it in his contribution notes.

I figured that was a given.