I have to agree with Pantheon here. We are told to match the case exactly. Where that is impossible we go with as close to exactly as we can get. And I definitely believe that all caps is closer to that exactly goal then mixed.

Looks like a mixed case to me.

Thank goodness they didn't use the wingding font. 

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It's called small caps. Entering it in all caps is TOTALLY WRONG. I would vote "no" for all caps. Proper case is what is on the overview, that is what gets entered. You don't enter your "impressions," just exactly what you see on the case, and you can clearly see that the first letters of the names are larger than the others, hence proper case, with capital letters.

It's a no brainer to me, I can't believe some people see it differently.

I am sorry, but you are contradicting yourself in this statement as you are the one who is entering your impressions.  While the font is called small caps, and the letters are smaller than the other caps, they are still caps.

'Joe Black' and 'BRAD PITT' are both proper names.  One uses mixed case, the other uses mixed font size.  If I am to enter what I see, then I have to enter one in mixed case and the other in all caps.  If I were to enter them both in mixed case, then I would be entering the impression the smaller font is designed to give.

And at the end of the day, what exactly is the big deal?  This is just the sort of meaningless minutia that makes casual observers laugh their butts off at us.  It gets tedious trying to defend this program on various message boards because, really, there's no defense for this kind of stuff.

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[...] And I definitely believe that all caps is closer to that exactly goal then mixed.

Here, we disagree.

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So what you're saying is that we know how to interpret a mixture of uppercase capitals and small capitals when we see them in a cast listing and enter "FRED MCMURRAY" correctly as "Fred McMurray" because the second "M" is an uppercase cap instead of a small cap, but we don't know how to interpret the exact same data when it is in the Overview?

Everyone is saying to enter it exactly as you see it, yet we are not entering it exactly as we see it in either case.

That isn't what I am saying at all as those are two different situations.  For the overview, we must copy it exactly as written unless it is in all caps.  The same rule applies for cast and crew.  It doesn't matter what size those caps are, they still must be converted.  Since we have to convert them anyway, we might as well use the size of the letters as our guide.

This overview, however, is not in all caps.  It is in mixed case so the 'all caps' exception does not apply.  Since it does not apply, we must copy the overview exactly as written, including capitalization of words exactly as shown on the back of the case.

We can't replicate font size, or color, so those should not be considered when dealing with a mixed case overview.

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Quoting hal9g:

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So what you're saying is that we know how to interpret a mixture of uppercase capitals and small capitals when we see them in a cast listing and enter "FRED MCMURRAY" correctly as "Fred McMurray" because the second "M" is an uppercase cap instead of a small cap, but we don't know how to interpret the exact same data when it is in the Overview?

Everyone is saying to enter it exactly as you see it, yet we are not entering it exactly as we see it in either case.

That isn't what I am saying at all as those are two different situations.  For the overview, we must copy it exactly as written unless it is in all caps.  The same rule applies for cast and crew.  It doesn't matter what size those caps are, they still must be converted.  Since we have to convert them anyway, we might as well use the size of the letters as our guide.

This overview, however, is not in all caps.  It is in mixed case so the 'all caps' exception does not apply.  Since it does not apply, we must copy the overview exactly as written, including capitalization of words exactly as shown on the back of the case.

We can't replicate font size, or color, so those should not be considered when dealing with a mixed case overview.

I understand your argument, I simply disagree with your conclusion.

Small caps cannot be entered into DVDP exactly as we are instructed in the Rules.  That is a limitation of the system. Therefore, a translation is required.

You translate them into regular uppercase capitals.  And yes, that is an interpretation on your part.  That's your prerogative.

I translate them into lower case based on:

1. Common practice
2. The way we interpret the exact same data for cast and crew
3. The Wikipedia definition I quoted earlier

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While an "N" is meant to give the impression of an 'n', it isn't an 'n'.

An "N" isn't an "N" either, in this context.