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I am not sure what your point is here as it doesn't seem to have anything to do with what I posted...which was that the rules, to me, were quite clear. 

The rules may be quite clear to a number of people here who nevertheless argue with one another about what they mean, so I don't know why any of us having a clear understanding makes any difference.

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anywhere on the cover? there are 3 sections to a cover: Front, Spine, Back. I've got box sets that have differnet so-called titles on front & spine. Or the spine will have one thing and the front is a list of the movies included. It can get confusing which to use. Like Alien - Definitive Collection. (1st 3 Alien films). Nowhere on the cover does it read that.

I am not sure what your point is here as it doesn't seem to have anything to do with what I posted...which was that the rules, to me, were quite clear. 

My point is the rules can be confusing, expecially to new members. They read like stereo instructions (Beetlejuice). I've read them at least a hundred times and some of the rules I still don't know what they want. So they are clear to you how about explaining each one in basic terms, for those of use that are not that fortunate.

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there are 3 sections to a cover: Front, Spine, Back.

plus top & bottom  I have several boxset which have for example UPC and Rating printed on the bottom and if I remember correctly at least one that have title only on top. And I won't even go to custom cases "this-and-that head" box etc. where we can only define bottom.

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My point is the rules can be confusing, expecially to new members. They read like stereo instructions (Beetlejuice). I've read them at least a hundred times and some of the rules I still don't know what they want.

I never said that they couldn't be confusing, only that these rules, for the title, were quite clear to me.

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So they are clear to you how about explaining each one in basic terms, for those of use that are not that fortunate.

I try, as do others, but, as often happens, when someone doesn't agree with the interpretation, they simply argue about it.  In this case, we had Gerri, one of the company owners explain it, and we have a user say he doesn't care what Ken or Gerri say.  It is, almost, enough to make a person wonder why they bother...but I will try.

The way I read the title rules, which was confirmed as correct by Gerri three years ago, is as follows:
Take the title from the front cover, with one exception...if the title appears in multiple languages, anywhere on the cover, use the one that matches the locality instead, placing the title from the cover into the Original Title field.

That must be frustrating when they argue like that.

I am new as you know.  I have questioned interpretation, but questioning and finding out why is a lot different than arguing.  It is like you said you wonder why they bother.  Any new user need to look at it from the perpective that they need to learn the tool, community and submission rules.  They may have feedback that will improve things for the future, but if the rules are not followed it leads to data quality issues that hurt everyone using profiler.  One of the most imprtant things about data quality is to stay consistant.

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Sorry to say I wasn't arguing. May have been a little condescending on my part. You will know when I really argue, I'll probably be banned for language.

For the record, I was speaking in general terms and my comment wasn't directed at you.  Sorry if I gave that impression.