You are just flat wrong period and you show no comprehension of the rules at all. I suggest that you memorize them, especially  the part in the first sections that tells us what to use as a data source. Then realize that there is only One place for data in overview, the back cover,not your imagination. I am glad you have mystical abilities that provides you with vast knowledge beyond what the data us, bit that vast storehouse of knowledge belongs only in your local. PERIOD. Give it up, you are demonstrating. That you know how to spell but know absolutely nothing about data, database design or administration.

I can only respond to what I see, force. You are acting like some other users, while showing no understanding about the bigger issues as they pertain to the online database, nor do you care,you want it YOUR way, this isnt burger king. This has been explained, repeatedly and simply for you and you persist. The place for the data to be the way you think it should be or the way you wish it is your local  NOT the online ever. This was not done lightly or with no understanding of the issues you bring up and get brought up every few months. It is what it is and for good reason the stories I could tell you of the last 12 years would curl your hair. The online cannot be and will never again be a free for all where users can manipulate the online for their own purposes leaving  product which might work for One but is worthless to others. You have the ability to structure and. Manage your data as you choose but that cannot be true of the online which is used by ALL users, not just you, therefore data entry has to be bases on real data not someONE's imagined or wished data, that is local.

If something is brought up every few months, there must be a reason for that. Something that is not right as it is. Something wrong or something that could have been made better. If a rule was right and logical in the first place, the discussion would have died out in the first page or two, and brought up much more seldom. Obviously I am not alone to feel it this way. I'm not talking about a "free for all to manipulate the online".

People in here should learn to work together and make compromises for everybody's best. Many of the rules could have been better and more logical for more people if we all were willing to learn and listen to each other and try to make compromises. Instead of saying: "What we have now is what we have had for 100 years and we don't want to change that and we don't want to listen to anyone, because we are so used to it the way it is now." Now, is that the spirit for making progress?  I wonder how the world would have looked like, if everybody was thinking like that. Remember that the database is for ALL users, not just for you. So we should all try to make it the best and most logical we can for ALL users. And that involves a continuing process where we all are trying to make things better for everyone.

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That said, it would perhaps be a good addition to have a new contributable field called e.g. "synopsis / plotline / edited overview" where people could enter their "corrected" versions of overview if they so wished - and then they could select to see only that in the program and reports instead of the actual overview printed on back cover.

That is exactly what I mean. Try to make solutions instead of conflicts (and instead of just saying "what we have is what we have....."). I think the idea of two overview fields is great. 
We could maybe call them. "Exact overview" and "Corrected overview".

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If something is brought up every few months, there must be a reason for that. Something that is not right as it is. Something wrong or something that could have been made better. If a rule was right and logical in the first place, the discussion would have died out in the first page or two, and brought up much more seldom. Obviously I am not alone to feel it this way. I'm not talking about a "free for all to manipulate the online".

People in here should learn o work together and make compromises for everybody's best. Many of the rules could have been better and more logical for more people if we all were willing to learn and listen to each other and try to make compromises. Instead of saying: "What we have now is what we have had for 100 years and we don't want to change that and we don't want to listen to anyone, because we are so used to it the way it is now." Now, is that the spirit for making progress?  I wonder how the world would have looked like, if everybody was thinking like that. Remember that the database is for ALL users, not just for you. So we should all try to make it the best and most logical we can for ALL users. And that involves a continuing process where we all are trying to make things better for everyone.

I have a One word description for this but I wont say it. I can only repeat what  I have already said. You obviously have no comprehension of database design or administration nor do you care. You simply want it your way, this is not burger king. The place to have it your WU is locally not online.

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You are not trying to make it better for everyone. You are trying to get it the way you like it.

So you mean I should try to get it the way you like? Of course I am trying to get it closer to what I want. 

But that does not mean that I can't try to make a solution that you (or someone else) also will like.
So I'm not trying to make it better for everyone? Well, see my previous post.

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We are not talking a rules change here... we are talking a feature request.

So what. It was brought up her and I think it is great. I doesn't matter to me if it is a rules change or a program change as long as it will make more people happy. 

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Just so you know... if you request this in the feature request forum... and get the support needed for it... it can still take a very long time to get.

There was a couple things that I was requesting for years (3+ years)... over multiple updates... that was just finally added in this latest update. And I had plenty of support for them. So like everything else here in Invelos land... it can take a very long time for it to see the light of day.

What are you saying? We should not try to request it because it might take long time? Sorry, if I'm reading this wrong. Actually I hope I am wrong.

Ete was doing is all pete was doing was telling you that even If, it will not happen soon. I am still waiting for features requested 8 years ago.

Lets also remember that if we are going to go.the way of a corrected overview, then we also have to have a parallel cast and crew dataset so that Yves can exercise his all knowing abilities regarding the correct handling of names. Sounds like triple the work online for little return. Just manage your local data as you wish as intended and stop, please trying to twist the online data into a nightmarish pretzel.