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The FIRST line of the Rules says

"Take Crew Credits from the film credits only; list names exactly as they are in the credits."

Same as always

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You are making a determination that YOU are not empowered to make,

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and placing a demand upon another user that is totally inappropriate.

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I suggested to you a more appropriate method, but you chose not to act on it.

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you didn't even try to provide me any data to back up your claim,

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you expected me to spend more of MY time,

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while you held a Contribution hostage.

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I am sorry, james, completely unacceptable position on your part, especially in view of the fact that there were other things you could have done that would have been better received.

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But I will not comply with what I view as an unreasonable demand from a user.

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Quoting skipnet50:

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For DVDP 3.0, there are 2 pieces of information for each name, even though we only see 1 when they are the same. But to break it out:

Existing Profile:
Name: John Hughes <-- Correct
Credited as: John Hughes <--Incorrect

Contributed Profile #1:
Name: Edmund Dantes <--Incorrect
Credited as: Edmund Dantes <--Correct

Contributed Profile #2:
Name: John Hughes <--Correct
Credited as: Edmund Dantes <--Correct

In order to manage linking and 'as credited', both pieces need to be 'correct'.

The data was accurate, that IS the ONLY relevant issue here. I am done with this.

Actually, the data was inaccurate:

Each name has 2 parts now. (Well, it has 3 including birth year, but let's not go there right now... )

The existing profile had the correct name (John Hughes) but the incorrect AKA (John Hughes).

The existing name was 50% accurate. It gave everyone the right name but the wrong 'as credited'.

You changed the correct name (John Hughes) to an incorrect name (Edmund Dantes). This is where the error occurred.  It broke this rule: "Use the "As Credited" field where the person's name differs from the credited name."

You changed the incorrect AKA (John Hughes) to the correct AKA (Edmund Dantes). You did fix something here.

Your update was still 50% accurate, one good fix, another thing broken. It would have broken the existing linking to John Hughes, but it would have given everyone the correct 'as credited'.

Erik's update is 100% accurate. The link to John Hughes is maintained. The correct 'as credited' is provided.

We have a responsibility to manage 3 pieces of information now for a name:

The person's name

The credited name

The birth year when necessary

The credited name is the easy part. But that doesn't necessarily make the credited name correct for the person's name. In this case, it was inaccurate data in the name field.

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Well now we are back to the beginning. There is NOWHERE in the Rules that says our entries must be complete, else I would vote no on nearly everbody because after all they are not doing Full Audits. And as I explained in my discussion about studios if the user enters WDP and does not include BVHE, the Rules say to include the distributor if there is room. If James is correct, and I have yet to see Ken back him up on his interpretation, then I have to re-evaluate my own voting if the data is accurate but incomplete then I must vote No.

I am sorry Unicus, that just seems completely wrong to me. There was as I outlined a way James could have handled it that would have gotten the deisred result. But no user has the right to demand more of any other user than he is willing to provide, as long as the data was correct, which it was.

And allow me to point out that the rules still begin with

"Take Crew Credits from the film credits only; list names exactly as they are in the credits."

What offends me, Unicus is that Janmes and Lopek held a Contribution to try impose their will upon another user. They have the ability to go do the work dig up the documentation and add the non-existent linkage. James just wanted ME to go do moer work so he could get it as he wanted it, now maybe I am wrong I have never gotten a check from James that entitles him or anyone else to make that demand of a fellow volunteer.

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