Quoting EnryWiki:

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I respect your interpretation, I even say that it might be right, but I am not fully convinced of it. 

I did say your mileage would vary. 

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The problem is: where does the Online Genres list come from? It comes from a user contribution, of course. Thus, Genres can be contributed to the Online db just like any other field, even if they are "often a matter of personal interpretation".
The <if your personal preference differs from the main database, keep it local> drill applies to any field in DVDP, not just Genres. That wouldn't be a reason not to ever submit any change to any field, would it?. 

Two points:

This is the only place, I can find in the rules, where the 'personal preference' drill is actually included in a rule.

This is the only piece of data that is 100% subjective.

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I understand a word of caution is most necessary when dealing with Genres, more than with other "ordinary" fields, so I think that the intent of that part of the Rule is caution, and I agree with that. But I can't see a total ban there. If Genres were a *completely* personal choice, why put them in the Online db in the first place? If Ken just wanted that Genres shouldn't be changed unless blatantly wrong, why don't say it that way? What does the word "only" stand for, in the sentence "contributions that only change..."?

It depends on what you believe the word 'only' applies to.  Do you believe it applies to a contribution where the only piece of data submited is the genre field?  Or, do you believe it means if you are only changing or reordering the genres...rather than adding a missing one?

I can read it both ways but, that's pretty much what I do. 

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And, anyway, if all the owners of a DVD agree that the Genres list should be changed, why shouldn't they go for it?

I don't use genres, so really don't care either way.  I was just offering an explanation as to why people might see it the other way. 

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I did say your mileage would vary. 

Agree with that.

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Two points:

This is the only place, I can find in the rules, where the 'personal preference' drill is actually included in a rule.

Point taken. 

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This is the only piece of data that is 100% subjective.

Yet if most users subjectively think Genres are so and so, that's what most users objectively think 

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It depends on what you believe the word 'only' applies to.  Do you believe it applies to a contribution where the only piece of data submited is the genre field?  Or, do you believe it means if you are only changing or reordering the genres...rather than adding a missing one?

I can read it both ways but, that's pretty much what I do. 

True, you could read it both ways.

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And, anyway, if all the owners of a DVD agree that the Genres list should be changed, why shouldn't they go for it?

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I don't use genres, so really don't care either way.  I was just offering an explanation as to why people might see it the other way. 

Fair enough, but what would you reply to my question? If everybody agrees with a change, what harm is done?

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Quoting EnryWiki:

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Fair enough, but what would you reply to my question? If everybody agrees with a change, what harm is done?

None at all...until the next guy decides he wants to throw his preference up for a vote.

I understand, because the first person who contributes a brand new profile has chosen the genres on his own, the desire to allow for changes.  However, the changes aren't what bothers me, it is the potential for multiple people to try and get their prefered changes to go through, that gives me pause. 

Agreed. Because its subjective. Just because a change goes through doesn't mean that everybody else was gagging for you to make that change.

If the change was included with other changes then they could all have locked down their genres and just want the other changes.

I've locked all my genres.

I use genre as a sorting tool. Because I store my DVDs alphabetically by genre. They only have one listed in my local database.

I don't care what everyone wants in the online database, unless it is blatently wrong, like comedy for The Exorcist (just an example, don't think anyone ever tried to slap that label on that movie). If there is a genre added or changed in a profile, it usually doesn't affect how I vote on a profile.The validity of the rest of the information changed or added determines how I vote. Also if they sourced and how they sourced the data. I agree that genres are highly subjective and, for the most part shouldn't be changed or reordered in the online database. If there's room, go ahead and add one (if it makes sense), but to reorder or change them should only be done locally.

For me, if it is a series (M*A*S*H), a miniseries (Revelations) or a 30, 60 or 90 minute TV special (The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers), I will label it as television and store it that way. Made for TV or cable movies, I list with the genre that make sense to me and store them that way.

This lets me run reports by genre and use that to inventory my collection every 6-8 months. This is when I find stuff that is missing, stored wrong or has slipped past me with multiple genres attached.

If knowing if a movie is made for TV or not becomes important to me, I will use tags. I currently use tags very sparingly. There is more than enough information contained in the profile.

Enry:

You put too much faith in the majority, there are too many users who vote Yes to ANYTHING, even if it blatantly violates the Rules. For example, you can put up a list of IMDb data (which the Rules forbid PERIOD) and some people will vote yes, claiming that something is better than nothing..

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IMDB has genres listed for each of its movies and can be used as a guide. Its main genre categories closely match the ones in DVD Profiler. I do not see a simple lookup for comparison from there as data scraping; it's not like taking all the cast and crew. For those who dislike the IMDB idea, I'm sure there are other retailer sites which categorize movies by genre and can be used as a source reference when making a genre-changing contribution.

I consider a TV movie as one which premiered on a television network rather than at a movie theater.
A USA-made film without an MPAA logo at the end credits might be a clue.
But foreign films could be much tougher to determine.

Sounds like that's more of a translation issue.
Sounds like "Suspense/Thriller" has been translated into "Suspense/Horror" in Norwegian.
There is a separate "Horror" genre in the english list, it's in my Norwegian language list as "Skrekk", but as I don't know any Norwegian I don't know how accurate that is.