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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorDarklyNoon
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Wohoooo,

11 pages about using a colon or a hyphen

It is christmas time now, have a happy holidays and simmer down 

Back to topic.

Months ago I was changing hyphens to colums for some german titles, I received a lot of NO votes and was told the colons are only for Music and Tv Episodes and that a hyphen must be used for movies.

From that day on I did it that way, tho I see both stuff contributed.

I thinkw e should agree on one of the two and then put it exactly in the rules.

I really do not care what we use, a colon or a hyphen, but we should all use only one of them.

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Wohoooo,

11 pages about using a colon or a hyphen

It is christmas time now, have a happy holidays and simmer down 

Back to topic.

Months ago I was changing hyphens to colums for some german titles, I received a lot of NO votes and was told the colons are only for Music and Tv Episodes and that a hyphen must be used for movies.

From that day on I did it that way, tho I see both stuff contributed.

I thinkw e should agree on one of the two and then put it exactly in the rules.

I really do not care what we use, a colon or a hyphen, but we should all use only one of them.

cheers
Donnie

 
Agree absolutely. And if the poll is right, it looks as we should use hyphon.
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And if the poll is right, it looks as we should use hyphon.


Not sure. Some people voted for the hyphen in that case (no episode descriptor), but would not accept it for  Star Wars VI - Return of the Jedi (just an example).

Personally, I see no problem to treat in a different manner things that have nothing in common. There are so many other things about titles that make them different from a locality to another (typography rules in particular) that there is no reason to try to impose consistency that anyway doesn't exist.
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Again Alien, you don't even comprehend what i have said. Not surprised at all.

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And if the poll is right, it looks as we should use hyphon.


Not sure. Some people voted for the hyphen in that case (no episode descriptor), but would not accept it for  Star Wars VI - Return of the Jedi (just an example).

Personally, I see no problem to treat in a different manner things that have nothing in common. There are so many other things about titles that make them different from a locality to another (typography rules in particular) that there is no reason to try to impose consistency that anyway doesn't exist.


As in your example it's an episode descriptor this is clearly ruled to use colon.

The original question of this poll/thread was how to seperate "Original Title + German Subtitle". And if we want to not just take it local for German releases this would mean "Original title + local Subtitle".
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And if the poll is right, it looks as we should use hyphon.


Not sure. Some people voted for the hyphen in that case (no episode descriptor), but would not accept it for  Star Wars VI - Return of the Jedi (just an example).

Personally, I see no problem to treat in a different manner things that have nothing in common. There are so many other things about titles that make them different from a locality to another (typography rules in particular) that there is no reason to try to impose consistency that anyway doesn't exist.


As in your example it's an episode descriptor this is clearly ruled to use colon.

The original question of this poll/thread was how to seperate "Original Title + German Subtitle". And if we want to not just take it local for German releases this would mean "Original title + local Subtitle".


Where the heck did the "+" come from? I thought this was about colons or hyphens?   

Just kidding  I'd support that idea 
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Where the heck did the "+" come from? I thought this was about colons or hyphens?   


   

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Just kidding  I'd support that idea 


Yes, I'd support that too.
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Since there is neither a colon nor a hyphen on the cover I would request a subtitle field. 
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Where the heck did the "+" come from? I thought this was about colons or hyphens?   
Well if we are to take a special sign for it I'd propose the Unicode Character 'ORIGINAL OF' (U+22B6)

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and i have not been outside the US in 10 years.

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And the rest of the world breathes a collective sigh of relief.   
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Since there is neither a colon nor a hyphen on the cover I would request a subtitle field. 


Would be not the worst idea. 
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The original question of this poll/thread was how to seperate "Original Title + German Subtitle". And if we want to not just take it local for German releases this would mean "Original title + local Subtitle".


I voted for the hyphen. Not because I want to start changing all my R1 titles that happen to have subtitles but because of this type of scenario that I quoted and what this thread is about (well...25% of it anyway  ). I think adding this to the rules wouldn't harm anyone and would only support what other countries have been doing for their titles for over 10 years now. No sense changing it now. And adding it to the rules would hopefully keep everyone on the same page.
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The original question of this poll/thread was how to seperate "Original Title + German Subtitle". And if we want to not just take it local for German releases this would mean "Original title + local Subtitle".


I voted for the hyphen. Not because I want to start changing all my R1 titles that happen to have subtitles but because of this type of scenario that I quoted and what this thread is about (well...25% of it anyway  ). I think adding this to the rules wouldn't harm anyone and would only support what other countries have been doing for their titles for over 10 years now. No sense changing it now. And adding it to the rules would hopefully keep everyone on the same page.



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11 pages about using a colon or a hyphen


To be fair, it was about 3 pages about the colon/hyphen issue and another eight of name calling.
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and i have not been outside the US in 10 years.

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Why I'm not surprised?
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