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Overview vs. Review
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorsuperted
Registered: March 24, 2012
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Very common the cover backside contains a paragraph with an overview, followed by a second paragraph (often in italic) with a short review. I am not sure how to interpret the rules here. They say "Never include (...) Reviews (unless they are incorporated into the text of the overview on the case)". Should the second paragraph be included in the overview contribution or not?

Obviously citations from reviews by newspapers, online magazines etc. which may be loosely spread around the cover should not be included.
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Overviews
Copy the overview from the back of the DVD case exactly as written, including capitalization of words exactly as shown on the back of the case. Separate all paragraphs with a blank line.

Use the Bold and/or Italic features for any words in the overview that are bold and/or italic as needed to match the case. Exceptions: If the entire overview uses an uppercase or lowercase font, enter the overview using standard capitalization rules for the locality of the DVD. Do not bold or italicize individual letters (as in the case of dropped capitals beginning a paragraph).

Do not use bold/italic to denote color changes.

Never include the following items in overviews:
•Taglines
•Reviews (unless they are incorporated into the text of the overview on the case)
•Extra features
•Hyperlinks or other HTML
•Line-break hyphens

For multi-language cases, use only the language of the DVDs locality.

If the Main Feature of the disc is a collection of some kind (e.g. shorts, TV episodes, multiple films, etc.) rather than one single feature, a simple list of the collection contents may be added to the standard overview. Example:
1. Title
2. Title
3. Title

When there is no overview on the case, add a simple, self-written overview of 1-2 paragraphs. Do not include spoilers and always match the overview language to the profile's locality.

For Concert / Music Videos you may include a listing of Song titles and length, if available.
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I take that as a "no you should not add the review in the second paragraph"... 
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Quote:
This movie is about a ghost.

"Dumb." [New York Times]

In this example the second paragraph should not be included.

Quote:
This "dumb"[*] movie is about a ghost.

[*]New York Times

In this example the review part should not be removed.

Quote:
This movie is about a ghost.

Spooky.

In this example the second paragraph is not a review.
Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect]
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@bbbbb: That's how I interpret the rules, but I've been corrected several times, so I was a bit unsure. Thanks!
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