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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Silvercast: Quote:
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This is not a good process for correcting data entry mistakes.
... Seems to me... going to the actual source is the best way for correcting data entry mistakes. It is the only way to know for sure it matches the source per invelos' rules. But hey... that is just me I guess. | | | | Pete | | | | Last edited: by Addicted2DVD |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,491 |
| | Posted: | | | | What I "ALSO' do in a case like this ( finding misspelled names in MY database of Invelos Profiler).,, is to right click to delete from the master files .. and if this name, even miis spelled is in your OWN data base.. it will warn you " are you sure you want to delete Karen Back , from Ghost Writer ?,, ( and if there are other titles with the same name.. these will be displayed as well.. Click no., and then procceed to refresh the title in question from the data bank..(make sure there are no locks on your cast.. If the refresh comes back with the same Karen 'Back" you know know that this particular upc ID is wrong ( It maybe from an obscure UPC title, or an obscure 'Locality' over the more popular USA locality , or even an older approved Disc ID entry ., i.e. all other Titles with the same cast maybe correct except for yours... and you can proceed to correct it and contribute it..  | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
Quoting Silvercast:
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This is not a good process for correcting data entry mistakes.
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Seems to me... going to the actual source is the best way for correcting data entry mistakes. It is the only way to know for sure it matches the source per invelos' rules. But hey... that is just me I guess. And me. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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| | Registered: December 5, 2007 | | Posts: 360 |
| | Posted: | | | | This isn't a debate I want to engage in, but I think I should at least explain why I consider this not a good process for correcting the many data entry errors that will occur in any database, whether its maintained by a professional staff, or, as this one is, relies on the contributions of volunteers.
My first post asks where to find the instructiions how to submit corrections of data entry errors, and gives the typo name "Karen Back" as an example.
I'm sure many of you understood that "check the source" meant "check the the end credits," but I didn't. It took two days and multiple posts to figure out that the confirmation the database accepted was a statement of examination of the end credits. It was clear to me, and I think to many of you, that "Karen Back" would prove to be a data entry error. What I needed to understand was the process how a correction of this type was submitted and confirmed.
Thank you to everyone for helping to answer my questions. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Sounds like to me you need to familiarize yourself with the Contribution Rules then. As it makes it pretty clear that the info comes from the end credits. Rules Quote: Quote:
For the purposes of this section we define "standard" film credits as those where all credited actors involved are listed at the end of the film - defined here as the "end credits". The section details both the actor’s Name and the Role that they played in the film. The credits may be listed "in order of appearance", "alphabetical order" or in an order of importance decided by the filmmakers. Some actors may be credited a second time in either credits at either the opening or close of the film.
For any film with standard credits, take the actor information from the end credits only, with names and roles listed exactly as they are in the credits and in exactly the same order credited. Exception: If the credit information is entirely capitalized, use standard capitalization rules instead. See what I put in bold. | | | | Pete |
|   | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 8,733 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Silvercast: Quote:
This isn't a debate I want to engage in, but I think I should at least explain why I consider this not a good process for correcting the many data entry errors that will occur in any database [...] The mind-bogglingly vague answers that you're getting upon asking a simple question are the real problem, I think. While in the end it's just about correcting a simple typo. It's just that this program and this community make a huge difference between a typo in the actual credits, and a typo made by one of the users while copying those on-screen credits into DVD Profiler. The former typo is always retained, and then linked to the person's "common name" using the "credited as" field, while the latter obviously just needs a simple correction. It's no more difficult than that, really. I'm sure most users mean well, but as this thread clearly shows, most of us forget, or are unable, to explain it properly - and that probably includes myself. As such, the series of answers in this thread actually seems to serve as a warning to potential contributors: "don't go there, it's a minefield". That's unfortunate, to say the least. Also, Pete is right in that most forum users indeed expect everyone posting in the "Contribution Discussion" forum to be familiar with DVD Profiler's Contribution Rules - in which case, you'd have understood those "check the source" comments. | | | | Last edited: by T!M |
| | Registered: January 1, 2009 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,087 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting T!M: Quote:
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I'm sure most users mean well, but as this thread clearly shows, most of us forget, or are unable, to explain it properly - and that probably includes myself. As such, the series of answers in this thread actually seems to serve as a warning to potential contributors: "don't go there, it's a minefield". That's unfortunate, to say the least.
... Isn't there somewhere a "How to do"? Perhaps this would be something very helpful for such cases. I remember how long I needed to find the credited as field.  |
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