Match the overview exactly. There are nice buttons where you can use en and em dashes. What could be easier?

Of course, it is of no surprise whatsoever that there is a 5 page thread in the DVD Profiler contribution forums with people arguing about it with each other.

Quoting Addicted2DVD:

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It is as simple as I like for it to be exact as possible to the back cover....

Well, the rules also state that you shouldn't include line-break hyphens. So clearly Ken's intention is not to replicate the look of the overview exactly as on the cover, but rather the information content.

Pete...it's not worth your time.  Some people will argue just for the sake of arguing!

I'm not trying to convince anyone. I'm just trying to get an explanation as to why this seems to be of such an importance that we need a heads up in order to avoid "erroneous contributions".

It seems like some people think it's the end of the world as we know it if someone contributes an overview with a hyphen instead of an en-dash or em-dash.

So tell me - if I can't see the difference between dash, en-dash and em-dash in an overview, can I use just dash, or should I leave the overview blank?

Quoting Alien Redrum:

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at a five page debate on dashes. This forum is retarded. 

Quoting Alien Redrum:

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at a five page debate on dashes. This forum is retarded. 

And yet you keep adding to it...

DAMN this forum with it's encoding. I had written again a huge amount of good text and it was erased because it "took too long" to post it. And of course I had forgotten that it works this LOUSY way, that I should write the text in notepad or sth and then copy/paste/post.

Anyway, I need to cut it real short now. I have more important things to tend to.

I think this whole issue is about mutual respect for that people are from different parts of the world, and not just one country

We simply need and have to respect each other and where we come from rather than imposing things on each other that are very unfamiliar and strange to them.

I'm too p*ssed now with my large post disintegrating because the lousy programming of this forum, so I'll just say this. I think you need to think further about this issue than just point to Ken, who is one person and who, I bet, has no clue about European grammar.
WE are the community, and it is multicultural.

Quoting MikaLove:

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F*CK this forum with it's encoding. I had written again a huge amount of good text and it was erased because it "took too long" to post it. And of course I had forgotten that it works this LOUSY way, that I should write the text in notepad or sth and then copy/paste/post.

Anyway, I need to cut it real short now. I have more important things to tend to.

I think this whole issue is about mutual respect for that people are from different parts of the world, and not just one country

We simply need and have to respect each other and where we come from rather than imposing things on each other that are very unfamiliar and strange to them.

I'm too p*ssed now with my large post disintegrating because the lousy programming of this forum, so I'll just say this. I think you need to think further about this issue than just point to Ken, who is one person and who, I bet, has no clue about European grammar.
WE are the community, and it is multicultural.

Sorry, but I'm not getting this.  This was started about a Region 1, U.S. locality overview, so naturally, the person writing the overview was probably American and the person entering the overview was probably American, so use of en-dashes or en-dashes is quite common.....and correct.

If you are entering an overview for Region 2, Swedish locality, and because of your "culture" en-dashes and em-dashes aren't used, it's a non-issue for you.  However, if they are used, then they should be entered as such in DVDP.

Pete put it as simply as it can be put.  Match what is on the back cover!  This has nothing to do with respecting people from different parts of the world.  If you don't care to use en-dashes or em-dashes, fine!  But, don't be surprised or upset when someone else corrects them or votes no if you change them incorrectly.

Quoting hal9g:

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Quoting MikaLove:

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F*CK this forum with it's encoding. I had written again a huge amount of good text and it was erased because it "took too long" to post it. And of course I had forgotten that it works this LOUSY way, that I should write the text in notepad or sth and then copy/paste/post.

Anyway, I need to cut it real short now. I have more important things to tend to.

I think this whole issue is about mutual respect for that people are from different parts of the world, and not just one country

We simply need and have to respect each other and where we come from rather than imposing things on each other that are very unfamiliar and strange to them.

I'm too p*ssed now with my large post disintegrating because the lousy programming of this forum, so I'll just say this. I think you need to think further about this issue than just point to Ken, who is one person and who, I bet, has no clue about European grammar.
WE are the community, and it is multicultural.

Sorry, but I'm not getting this.  This was started about a Region 1, U.S. locality overview, so naturally, the person writing the overview was probably American and the person entering the overview was probably American, so use of en-dashes or en-dashes is quite common.....and correct.

If you are entering an overview for Region 2, Swedish locality, and because of your "culture" en-dashes and em-dashes aren't used, it's a non-issue for you.  However, if they are used, then they should be entered as such in DVDP.

Pete put it as simply as it can be put.  Match what is on the back cover!  This has nothing to do with respecting people from different parts of the world.  If you don't care to use en-dashes or em-dashes, fine!  But, don't be surprised or upset when someone else corrects them or votes no if you change them incorrectly.

exactly... has nothing to do with respect in any way. Just to do with following the rules exactly as written.