There is currently a contribution up for voting where the contributor is removing "& Special Features" from the current Disc ID description which says "Episodes 22-23 & Special Features".

This is a very common occurence for TV sets to be set up with a combination of episodes and special features on the last disc in the set.

Apparently a previous contribution which left this description in got a "no" vote saying there is only supposed to be "one description" according to the Rules.

Well, if we are going interpret the Rules this strictly, then the description should be ONLY "Episode 22" since putting "Episode 22-23" is in fact describing TWO episodes.

I feel like we are carrying this Rule interpretation way too far.

Having "& Special Features" is useful information as it informs the user that special features are contained on a specific disc, otherwise just looking at the disc information you would not intuitively know that.

So, what is the consensus on this?  Do the Rules really forbid adding that useful piece of information?

If the answer is yes, should we perhaps request a clarification of that Rule be made?

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I also don't see "Episodes#-#" as a multiple description. That is one description.. it is labeling with the episodes.

No matter how you parse it, listing multiple episode numbers is listing multiple descriptions, regardless of the fact that they are all "episodes".

I'm strongly against this, too. Mostly because I just feel it looks ugly, but also for consistency's sake. Like Pete said: many TV-sets have bonus material on each disc (think: 'Seinfeld'), and having "Episodes XX-YY & Special Features" for each disc seems silly and redundant.

Most importantly: think about what we use as disc description for single-disc movie-profiles, containing the film plus some special features... We don't label those "Main Feature & Bonus Materials", do we? No, because the rules specifically tell us to use "Main Feature". I really don't see why we should use a different approach for TV-shows.

Personally I would add and "& Special Features" to a disc if that one disc had all the features on as it is often more a 'Special Features with the remaining episode we couldn't fit' disc.

I would leave it off if the features were spread over a number of discs in the set as, in that case, as pointed out it would look silly and inconsistent with the Movie method.

I wouldn't No Vote unless "& Special Features" was added to more than one of the discs.

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Personally I would add and "& Special Features" to a disc if that one disc had all the features on as it is often more a 'Special Features with the remaining episode we couldn't fit' disc.

I would leave it off if the features were spread over a number of discs in the set as, in that case, as pointed out it would look silly and inconsistent with the Movie method.

I wouldn't No Vote unless "& Special Features" was added to more than one of the discs.

That seems like a very reasoned approach.

I can see both sides to this pending arguement, but by the same token if the disc info in the packaging states episodes x & y + special features where else are you to put the fact that there are special features.

A box conataining two disc's disc 1 the movie disc 2 the special features still gets listed into the parent profile as disc a 7 disc b so where's the difference
Just take a look at Battlestar Galactica Season One
4 disc set the last of which contains just two episodes and the "Deleted Scenes" from All the episodes, so technically disc four should state episodes x & y + deleted scenes as this is what the disc contains.

just my 2cents.

Steve

once again... I agree. before you know it... we will have Episodes #-# & Deleted Scenes & Trailers or what have you. I do feel the way it is set up now is the best way to do it.

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There is currently a contribution up for voting where the contributor is removing "& Special Features" from the current Disc ID description which says "Episodes 22-23 & Special Features".

Is that description stated somewhere on the case?

I'm not sure on this one in particular, and I'm not at home to check, but on all of the Star Trek Sets, the covers include descriptions of the discs and they invariably include "Special Features" in the description of the last disc.  Plenty of others do the same.