Quoting skipnet50:

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There is no provision that says take the title from the Front cover unless you can document something different. There is also nothing in the Rules that addresses stylized data. It's simple. Once he provided outside documentation he was outside the Rules.

Skip

What?
He isn't documenting anything different - where did you get that from?
And to say that just because he has quoted documentation ON TOP OF what was necessary violates the rules is simply ridiculous. Are you seriously saying that you are going to vote "no" on submissions that provide TOO MUCH documentation?

Capitalized title. The lower-case "i" on the cover is stylized. Fox online lists the title as "I, Robot".

http://www.foxstore.com/detail.php?item=5283

Is invalid documentation. There is NO provision that allows it.

Skip

Sorry Skip, I have to disagree with you here.

Following the rules, we have a front cover print reading "i, ROBOT". That is the title that shall be entered into the db.

After finding the title on the front cover, the next question is how to capitalize it.

We can either do an exact copy of the printing and enter "i, ROBOT" into the title field. However, applying this approach will lead to numerous necessary changes in other profiles, rendering such profiles either useless (regarding easy searchability through the title field) or nonsensical (all uppercase, random changes of upper and lowercase and so on).

For the vast majority, titles have been entered utilizing standard capitalization of the DVDs language locality in the past.

Under this setup, the title should read "I, Robot".

If someone adds documentation providing further support for the conclusion he drew in step 2 (capitalization), that does not render the contribution irregular, quite the contrary, the user provides documentation for a well practiced utilization of the title rule.

I simply cannot understand how anyone can vote "no" on a change which replaces incorrect data with correct data and then justifies it by saying that the adiitional documentation provided is not "recognized" or there's no provision for it.  So ignore that documentation, if it makes you feel better.  The rest is correct!

The Rules specifically state:

Quoting Rules:
If a user is following the Contribution Rules and his/her data is accurate, and the contribution replaces data which is inaccurate or violates these Contribution Rules, a "No" vote is considered an abuse of the voting privilege and should be avoided when possible.

All of those "no" votes are an abuse of the voting privilege, IMHO.

Quoting skipnet50:

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You are entitled to YOUR opinion, and MY opinion is different from yours, so don't try and tell me that your opinion is more valid than MINE. That is simply wrong. Your opinion is your opinion and you are entitled to it, even IF I believe it to be wrong. So please do the curytesy of grantiong me the same privilege, SIR.

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Except my opinion is based on the Rules.

Please show me in the Rules where it says you can vote no because additional documentation provided does not meet your criteria!

BTW Hal, I quoted the Rules there is NO PROVISION for ANY kind of outside documentation relative to the Title and you don't want to open that can worms. Remember I CAN provide outside documentation relative to MANY posssessives.

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Quoting skipnet50:

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BTW Hal, I quoted the Rules there is NO PROVISION for ANY kind of outside documentation relative to the Title and you don't want to open that can worms. Remember I CAN provide outside documentation relative to MANY posssessives.

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Please show me specifically where the Rules you quoted say that you can vote "no" if the contribution notes contain additional supporting documentation for the title change.

Quoting hal9g:

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Quoting skipnet50:

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BTW Hal, I quoted the Rules there is NO PROVISION for ANY kind of outside documentation relative to the Title and you don't want to open that can worms. Remember I CAN provide outside documentation relative to MANY posssessives.

Skip

Please show me specifically where the Rules you quoted say that you can vote "no" if the contribution notes contain additional supporting documentation for the title change.

Hal:

You don't want to go there. I can document posssessives right out the wazoo, IF outside documentation is acceptable. But its not people got what they wanted...but if you really want to play that game, we can go there, but you won't like it.

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