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Quoting hal9g:

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If you really feel this way (although I believe the "plurals" argument is just a red herring), why can't you simply use the custom role fields to enter the ones that don't match?

Absolutely correct, hal. Yet another attemp[t to throw mud into the water. But what Kathy believes is that she understands the Rules and she had nothing to do with them in any form, Hal. At least you, I and some others have some basis of background in the area.

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Its very easy to understand why the Binary approach doesn't work for Kathy. She doesn't wantt it to. She doesn't understand the or approve of the premise behind the Rules and evidently wishes all users to be able to fly ofrf in their own directions.

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Gunnar:

Nothing ever makes sense to you. Thanks for the laugh

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Its very easy to understand why the Binary approach doesn't work for Kathy. She doesn't wantt it to. She doesn't understand the or approve of the premise behind the Rules and evidently wishes all users to be able to fly ofrf in their own directions.

I would hazard to guess that the reason it doesn't work for Kathy, and quite a few other users is, as hal so succinctly put it, "because it would exclude some legitimate credits from the online database."

You may be willing to sacrifice those legitimate credits, but I am not and I am happy to see that I am not alone.

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Once again Martian, that is not the basis the Rules were designed upon. If you wish to include something that is NOT listed and therefore not Contributable fine start a thread on it and let's see if Ken will make an immediate change or in the future. Like I said the Rules were designed to have every user providing the same set of data, NOT to have every user running off in their own direction and trying to include data under whatever they can dream up to include it. If it is not in the listing it is not Contributable, plain and simple, end of discussion in the here and now. Should it be will Ken allow it at some point in the future, both are topics for legitimate discussion, but attempts to shoehorn data in that is not currently listed are not.

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Do I understand this correct Skip, you are saying that if the credits read "Directors" plural with an "s" it would be against the rules to contribute the credit as "director" with one credit each for the 2 or more directors of the movie?

credit reads:

directors: Jim Bob Joe & Johnny Lee

It would be against the rules to contribute:

director: Jim Bob Joe
director: Johnny Lee

That would be against the rules?

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No, he is saying that a credit of 'Film Director' would not be allowed, even though we all know that it is the same as 'Director' and 'Directed by', because 'Film Director' isn't in the list of acceptable credits.

By this same line of thinking, '[Cast Name's] Make-up by' wouldn't be allowed because the acceptable credit is actually 'Makeup for [Cast Name]'.

Ok, but would plurals be allowed? I don't think I saw a response from Skip yet?

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There was no intent to eliminate plurals, while uncommon, they are used and frankly I didn't think anyone would stoop to such a nonsensical statement or concept. But then again most of such arguments aaare silly or specious.