Submitting data that you know is wrong just to prove a point about the quality of prior contribution notes is an abuse of the contribution privilege. Period.

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Submitting data that you know is wrong just to prove a point about the quality of prior contribution notes is an abuse of the contribution privilege. Period.

I agree. This should at least result in a temporary removal of voting and contributing rights.
It's one thing to make mistakes, but contributing incorrect data against all the proof that was delivered here (like screenshots), is really lame.

I have often see data accepted into the database that does not contain documentation - CoO's for example seldom contain them.

None the less the original accepted contributor should have documented notes. But, the data is correct and was accepted into the database.

Invelos has addressed this in the rules: "Make sure your contributions add significant value to the database."

Changing correct data for incorrect data devalues the database. Therefore it is unacceptable to change correct data for incorrect data irregardless of the circumstances surrounding it.

The community should spend time fixing incorrect data not replacing good with bad. This, to me, is a ridiculous waste of time.

I find it interesting that the person submitting incorrect data is the same one who has publicly stated they will no longer contribute to the database.

Please stand by that decision if further contributions are only done in such a manner.

The thing I find most troubling in this thread is the fact that a member of the community has decided that lying is an acceptable way to change data.

This is an abuse of contribution privileges and should be dealt with quickly and severely.

Skip, you might have been trying to prove a point but you have crossed the line as far as I am concerned. How can I ever trust anything you say ever again?

This thread blows my mind. It's like a surreal experience to read it.

Quoting Astrakan:

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It's a sad day when someone argues in favour of incorrect data.

Yes

Quoting surfeur51:

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Quoting Astrakan:

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It's a sad day when someone argues in favour of incorrect data.

Yes

There's a time and a place, man. There's no need for anyone to derail this thread with their personal pet peeve.

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ROFLMAO, Alien I saw that, that is still not supported just more gobbledygook claim by some user. OOOOOO he WATCHED the movie and he KNEW it was non-anamorphic...give me a break. Where is the verification method

Well, I don't know what kind of TV-set you use, but my old 16:9 CRT and my new 16:9 LCD show the mode they are switch to, and a "Wide"-signal switches them to, yes exactly, the "WIDE"-mode.

So hell yes, the change was properly documented and you can spin your dreidel elsewhere.

cya, Mithi


PS Ken, and or Forum-Moderator: could you please ban this annoying person, this time maybe even for good? Pretty please with loads of sugar on top?

Quoting Mithi:

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PS Ken, and or Forum-Moderator: could you please ban this annoying person, this time maybe even for good? Pretty please with loads of sugar on top?

I opened a support ticket. That's what Ken advised us to do if we saw someone submitting IMDb data. Seems similar enough to me.