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Of course it's different!  The title  'The Dirty Harry Collection' tells you it is a collection.  'The Parent Trap' does not.  'Fantastic 4' does not.

And to that I say, "so what?"  Please point me to the portion of the rules that tells us the title has to indicate that it is a collection of some sort.  I have looked, several times in the last 10 minutes, and can't find that portion of the rule.  As I said earlier, that is what the edition field is for.  Does it happen, as in the case of 'The Dirty Harry Collection' or 'The Ultimate Scream Collection'?  Yes, but it doesn't always happen that way.

I am always all for a clarification from Ken or Gerri. And wouldn't think twice to do it however they want it.

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Quoting hal9g:

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Of course it's different!  The title  'The Dirty Harry Collection' tells you it is a collection.  'The Parent Trap' does not.  'Fantastic 4' does not.

And to that I say, "so what?"  Please point me to the portion of the rules that tells us the title has to indicate that it is a collection of some sort.  I have looked, several times in the last 10 minutes, and can't find that portion of the rule.  As I said earlier, that is what the edition field is for.  Does it happen, as in the case of 'The Dirty Harry Collection' or 'The Ultimate Scream Collection'?  Yes, but it doesn't always happen that way.

Did I say anything about the Rules telling us that the title has to indicate that it is a collection?  No I did not.  The Title comes from the DVD cover.  That's what the Rule says.  That's all.

'The Dirty Harry Collection' is what is on the cover, therefore, that's the title of the boxset.  Surely, you're not arguing that??? It does not belong in the Edition field of the boxset!  Surely, you're not arguing that???

In the case of the OP, the the cover includes all of the following: 'The Parent Trap'; '2-Movie Collection'; 'The Parent Trap'; 'The Parent Trap II'.

For clarity and ease of use in searching titles, why would would you want to drop the titles of the individual movies any more than you would for the examples I gave earlier?

If you do a title search of the on-line using 'Parent Trap II'  you'd miss this DVD.  You are limiting the usefulness of the database.  To what end?

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I have just had a quick look through my collection and it seems we have a mixed bag.  Some people agree with Pete, others agree with Alien.

Title: Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989-1997
Edition:

Title: Pirates of the Caribbean
Edition: 3-Movie Hi-Def Collection

Title: Resident Evil: The High Definition Trilogy
Edition:

Title: Rambo
Edition: The Complete Collector's Set

Title: Spider-Man
Edition: The High Definition Trilogy

Seems we do need a clarification here. 

Pirates of the Caribbean, Rambo and Spiderman are just wrong.  Those are not "Editions" of those movies, but Collections, so what is in the Edition fields of those profiles belongs in the Title field.

There are plenty of other examples (these are all in the Title field):

Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy
Lethal Weapon: The Complete Series
Beverly Hills Cops: The Complete Line Up
Planet of the Apes: The Legacy Collection

Quoting hal9g:

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Did I say anything about the Rules telling us that the title has to indicate that it is a collection?  No I did not.  The Title comes from the DVD cover.  That's what the Rule says.  That's all.

Ah, so you are arguing personal preference.  That's all I needed to know.  Thanks.

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'The Dirty Harry Collection' is what is on the cover, therefore, that's the title of the boxset.  Surely, you're not arguing that??? It does not belong in the Edition field of the boxset!  Surely, you're not arguing that???

Did you bother to read my post or are you just playing games here?  I already answered this question...more than once.  I will not do so again.

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In the case of the OP, the the cover includes all of the following: 'The Parent Trap'; '2-Movie Collection'; 'The Parent Trap'; 'The Parent Trap II'.

In the case of 'The Dirty Harry Collection', the cover includes 'Clint Eastwood'.  Why are you dropping that from the title?

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For clarity and ease of use in searching titles, why would would you want to drop the titles of the individual movies any more than you would for the examples I gave earlier.

Because they are not the title of the 'set', they are the titles of the films contained in the set.  I would have thought that answer was obvious.

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If you do a title search of the on-line using 'Parent Trap II'  you'd miss this DVD.  You are limiting the usefulness of the database.  To what end?

I am sorry but, for several reasons, this is a bogus argument.

First, if I were searching for 'Parent Trap II', and the title was 'Parent Trap / Parent Trap II', I would still miss this DVD...unless I clicked the 'search within title' box.

Second, if I were searching for 'Parent Trap II', I would have to type in 'Parent Trap'.  By the time I get to 'Pare', all the Parent Trap releases show up.  It really isn't that hard to find this set at that point so there really is no usefulness being limited here.

Third, and this is the most important one, limiting the ability to search by title is not a valid argument.  It hasn't been since the discussions of 'Se7en' or 'T4xi'.  We simply enter the title, regarless of what it is.

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In the case of the OP, the the cover includes all of the following: 'The Parent Trap'; '2-Movie Collection'; 'The Parent Trap'; 'The Parent Trap II'.

In the case of 'The Dirty Harry Collection', the cover includes 'Clint Eastwood'.  Why are you dropping that from the title?

Not to mention on that Dirty Harry set... just like on Parent Trap set... it lists the titles at the bottom of the front cover. So how come with The Parent Trap set the titles at the bottom of the cover is part of "The Title" but the titles at the bottom of the Dirty Harry set they are not part of "The Title"?

Treating 2 releases that is done exactly the same way differently. As it seems just because not satisfied with the title of one of the sets.

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In the case of the OP, the the cover includes all of the following: 'The Parent Trap'; '2-Movie Collection'; 'The Parent Trap'; 'The Parent Trap II'.

In the case of 'The Dirty Harry Collection', the cover includes 'Clint Eastwood'.  Why are you dropping that from the title?

Not to mention on that Dirty Harry set... just like on Parent Trap set... it lists the titles at the bottom of the front cover. So how come with The Parent Trap set the titles at the bottom of the cover is part of "The Title" but the titles at the bottom of the Dirty Harry set they are not part of "The Title"?

Treating 2 releases that is done exactly the same way differently. As it seems just because not satisfied with the title of one of the sets.

I've already answered this numerous times.  'The Dirty Harry Collection' says it is a "Collection" so you know when you see the title it includes multiple films.

'Parent Trap' does not indicate in any way that it is a collection.  To see the title (without paying attention to the edition), you would think it is simply the movie 'Parent Trap'.

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Pirates of the Caribbean, Rambo and Spiderman are just wrong.  Those are not "Editions" of those movies, but Collections, so what is in the Edition fields of those profiles belongs in the Title field.

Here is the problem.  In your opinion, they are wrong.  Clearly, in someone else's opinion, they are correct...otherwise they wouldn't be in the database the way they are.  While you can believe they are wrong, you can't decide for everybody else that they are.  As I said, it seems we need a clarification from Ken on this issue.

Just because they're in the database doesn't mean a thing.  Maybe the person who entered them simply wasn't thinking about what they were doing.

They are wrong!