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Episode Dividers updated!
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorVoltaire53
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Due to the large number of new suggestions and the inability to modify a poll I'm relaunching.

How should episode dividers be named?

The example in this poll is for Epsiode 3 of Adam Adamant Lives! called "More Deadly Than the Sword"

(I've used a ':' separator in all cases for consistency and because it's part of the normal Rules as a standard separator already)
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I think we also have to account for cases where the episode title is already specific, for instance for Band of Brothers, the opening credits explicitly say "Part 1: Currahee", "Part 2: Day of Days" and so on, in which case the episode dividers should read accordingly.
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From the choices available in this poll I would go with
03: More Deadly Than the Sword.

However, I didn't vote, because I would much prefer the widely used 9x99 notation that includes the season number. Yes, even if the box includes only one season.
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how about:

3. More Deadly Then the Sword
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Quoting hal9g:
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how about:

3. More Deadly Then the Sword


I agree... It looks much better then the colon after the 3.
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I am for another option:
03 - More Deadly Then the Sword


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For the first one I played with I tried Episode 3 - Deadlier Than the Sword, which aesthetically looked pretty good, but I don't care.

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If it's between '3.' and '3 - ' I don't care. Don't like '3: ' though. And I would like the leading zero for so that it reads '03'

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I'll have to go for option three ("03: Title") - I have actually done so already, as I am in the process of auditing ST:TNG Season 1. I have used the descriptors from the DVD-menu as in

721: Encounter at Farpoint
103: The Naked Now
104: Code of Honor

- and so on - ofcourse using identical dividers in both cast and crew...
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03: More Deadly Than the Sword
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I think we should use what it says in the menu of the film (or if not available the cover). So Rander, I'm with you on this one.
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03 - More Deadly Than the Sword
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Episode 3: More Deadly Than the Sword

It just looks and sounds the best
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Another possibility would be

03) More Deadly Than the Sword

or like in episode guides a

1x03 - More Deadly Than the Sword


But the whole topic is very much about personal preference, so I don't have a problem with a different solution...
 Last edited: by SpaceFreakMicha
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I think the leading 0 should be dropped.  There are no issues with sorting in the cast lists, so there's no point in having it there (unless the actual in-show credits show it that way; eg: "Layer 01: Weird" for Serial Experiments Lain).

I'm ambivalent about which of two forms I prefer:

Episode 3: More Deadly Than the Sword
3. More Deadly Than the Sword

If there's an 'Episode' prefix, I'd prefer the colon.  If it's just the number, I think the period works better.  I like the dash as a divider as well, but since it seems to have been deprecated for that use, I'll leave it out of consideration.  Overall, I think I prefer including 'Episode' for general clarity, as well as better consistency with shows that specify the episode label.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorTomGaines
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I would keep the prefix short, because the divider can only have 40 characters maximum. IMO we shouldn't waste those on "Episode" and save them for the actual episode title.


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