Hello all

I recently submitted an update for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (region 2).
At the same time someone else had also submitted an update.

Mine was the more accurate...but got no votes for such reasons as "already submitted", "work already done".

Now, correct me if I'm wrong....but isn't voting NO to CORRECT data a violation of the rules?

Surely if contributions overlap you should be voting on the information in the update IN FRONT OF YOU.

In this case my contribution corrected cast and role errors and could potentially have been rejected because people voted no without good cause.

I'm normally pretty good at not duplicating the work of others...but it does happen occassionally.
It's very frustrating to get a NO vote on work that is correct.

Pending contributions for the same title are not acceptable reasons to vote 'no'.  If your data is correct, and doesn't remove correct data that the pending contribution is adding, it should get a 'yes' vote.

Neill:

I would ask you why you would not bother to check and see if there was such pending information already out there, so that the users and the screeners are not burdened by having to deal with 2, 5, 8 different Contributions of the SAME data.

Skip

While I understand your argument, north. My question still satnds, and the answer is either the user simply didn't use his head and look before jumping into the pool or the user is trying to stoke his ego, I presume the former is the correct answer. I always check FIRST, then I try to NOT create overlapping Contributions. If you submit a CORRECT Cast/Crew set and I come behind you, I will submit other data which you did not Contribute but the Cast?Crew data will not be submitted. Simple courtesy to you as a fellow Contributor, the other users who have to vote on the Contributions and the screeners who ultimately have to deal with the Contribution. And as I such I disagree with your position, with all due respect.

Skip

That is possible and in such a case then I would withdraw in favor of the most complete Contribution. This is not about getting your name in lights, this is about not creating more work and confusion for other voter/users and the screeners, we all have enough to do without having to deal with the foolish among us. I know this week there have been several instances where I was dealing with other Contributions and I tried not to duplicate anything, as I always do.

Skip

In this particular case, Pantheon's is the most complete submission! And looking at the other submissions possibly the only one that deserves a yes vote.

FYI Skip

When I submitted my update I ONLY put forward information that wasn't holding in the online db.

My issue is simply that people voted NO to information that was correct purely on the ground that it overlapped with another contribution. (The overlap was the Features and the Overview).

However, I was making significant corrections to the cast which, potentially, could be refused because people are voting NO to correct data.

Surely that is not correct and a violation of the voting rules.

Pantheon -
Here is what I usually do. I always first check to see what had been contributed and then I submit my contribution minus the previous contributor's contribution. I also say something like, "I didn't add, (fill in blank), not to mess up Pantheon's contribution." How many times can I say contribution in one post?