Quoting SwissFilm:

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Wow, what a thread. Just have also a question. Today I found a DVD existing in the database but twice front cover and bad, to small, no Overview, no Cast and Crew. So I made the cover scans from front and back and the Overview and entered only the Director of the film, big mentioned on the back as: Regie: Martin Curland. Now I get a no vote from a user telling:  DPI: Crew not from credits. How can this user know that just the Director is not taken from credits? In my contribution I told:

Added second part of Overview text missing from cover, added Martin Curland as Director, added new coverscans because front was much too small (bad on iPad) and back was missing.

It is a bit frustrating to get no votes when you do a nice overview and the scans to get the contribution better and then only because I entered the Director's name that is mentioned everywhere get a no vote. This way the database does not get fast better and better I find?

Fritz

While your frustration is understandable there is a very easy way to avoid this sort of thing happening in the future: take any cast crew information from the credits and say that's what you've done in your contribution notes.

I've said elsewhere that once you understand and have digested the Contribution Rules it's a relatively easy process. I can now create a film profile from blank to finished, fully audited, profile in about an hour.

Fighting against the whole 'take cast/crew from the credits' rule is a waste of energy because it's never gonna change.

My advice to anyone is simply this: Read the rules about 100 times and ask if there is anything you don't understand and you should do alright.

Quoting Multiview:

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Just got one question to the TheMadMartian  on the topic of "uncredited actors"  such as the above mentioned guy in the Saw movie.  Hans Raith

If that guy's name did NOT appear anywhere in the credits of either the original release (which I have) and the included release that comes with Saw VI (which I also have) where oh where is the source for "uncredited" actors?

I'm just curious.

There are several different sources that can be used...visual verification, mentioned in a commentary, taken from an official book, verified via multiple websites...the list goes on and on.