This problem doesn't appear to be going away, in fact its getting worse.  Now we have camera operators being added as cinematographers.  It wouldn't be so obvious if there wasn't already a DP assigned to these profiles.

Battle of the Bulge [085391-108627]
Meet Me in St. Louis: Two-Disc Special Edition [012569-508927]
Mrs. Miniver [012569-519626]
Election: Widescreen Collection [097363-340348]
What Women Want: Widescreen Collection [097363-383840]

These are all way off and I'm led to believe there are plenty of others up for vote as well.

The intention here is not to single out any individual but to try to urge folks to look at these crew changes a little closer.  One red light indicator would be the addition of completely new crew in old categories.  Of course, not citing where these changes are coming from should make one cautious as well.

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The story crew credit is not meant for the person who wrote the book.  It is actually intended for the original story credits we see so often that go along with the screenplay.  A screenplay based on an actual book still gets an "original material by" credit for the author of the book.

The rules as they are written today do not care about intent or meaning, they just care about the spelling of a role name. Therefore "story by" gets a credit if this role name is used in the film credits no matter if the story is published in a book or not. But I agree that the rules should be changed to define crew roles by function and not by label.

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Be that as it may, it still doesn't justify changing existing credits that currently read "based on the book by" to story credits. 

Correct, "based on the book by" is not listed in the rules and may not be contributed without a rule change.

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Correct, "based on the book by" is not listed in the rules and may not be contributed without a rule change.

How do you figure that?  The Rules allow "Original Material By" to be contributed, and nothing specific is listed in the "Credited As" column, so we must refer to the "Notes" for guidance, which would seem to allow for "based on the book by" to be credited as "Original Material by".

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No, the rules say:

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For each category, include only those people credited with the roles listed in the "Role" and "Credited As" columns.

The "Role" column is not empty and features the only role name allowed for "Original Material By".

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No, the rules say:

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For each category, include only those people credited with the roles listed in the "Role" and "Credited As" columns.

The "Role" column is not empty and features the only role name allowed for "Original Material By".

Let me make sure I'm understanding you.

If the movie credits say "Based on the book by John Doe" would you contribute "Original Material by John Doe", "Story by John Doe", or something other?

I would contribute "Original Material by John Doe".

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If it says based on a book I would Have to go by OMB.

According to WGA, the "story by" credit is used when a story is written in anticipation of it being a movie.  It is not an adaptation from a book.

With all do respect, profiler's definitions are based upon screen data that is governed by the WGA.  The WGA is what established the "story by" "screen story by" and every other writing credit that is on the screen.

So your statement may be correct in one aspect, but it is misleading in another.

The problem that I see in other forums, is how to adapt what is written on the screen, into a usable format for profiler.  Apparently, there is one very heated discussion going on now (especially concerning OMB, OCB, and created by, which there is nothing in the "credited as" column yet) 

Story by credit should be fairly easy, as it adapts pretty much to what is on the screen (I hope)

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If the movie credits say "Based on the book by John Doe" would you contribute "Original Material by John Doe", "Story by John Doe", or something other?

What I would like to contribute does not matter. The rules forbid to enter "Based on the book by John Doe" neither as "Original Material by John Doe" nor as "Story by John Doe".

If the rules would allow functional equivalents though, I would enter him as "Original Material by John Doe".