Blair,

The option I'm missing is "I download from and contribute to the database", which would be my choice. However, it would not 'bring me back' to the database, as I am still very much 'at the database' 

My primary goal when it comes to contributing, is trying to improve the contents of the database. There are a few valuable (if not indispensable) tools that were written especially for the purpose of improving the database, namely the name variants plugin and the CLT+ tool, both of which were written by goodguy (who, as we all know, has left this community a while ago). I would love it if these add-ons were integrated into the main program.

The first point on your wishlist, is also high on my wishlist. Ofcourse there are always issues that arise, such as localized cast for animated features, but there can be ways to enter that into the program. How about adding a check box for 'localized cast', which is linked to a locality? Every localized cast is actually part of the 'single movie profile', but you can select which localized cast you want to see.

Another issue that I hope will be addressed very soon, is the Credit Lookup in regards to TV-series. Results from the CLT are very skewed, because of the many different parsings of titles used around the world. Season 1, Season One, Seizoen 1, Sesong 1, Saison 1 lead to five different titles, and the addition of child profiles (Season 1: Disc 1, etc.) lead to even more title variations for what is basically one title.

Clearer contribution rules, with more listing of examples. At the moment, for me, the rules are very clear. But we have to adapt to the filmmakers and the people who design the credits. I noticed that a lot of the questions and frustrations on this forum are generated by the variations used on credit rolls. The rules may cover 99.999%, but people here are more confused about the missing 0.001%.

I quite like the new credit parsing system. I already found out that downloading cast with a/b/c, that was in my database already as a//bc, automatically converted to a//bc. Which is good for my particular database, but it also means that people who have a/b/c, get a/b/c. A tremendous improvement.

I cannot contribute to your poll as I both download and contribute.

Quoting mreeder50:

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I cannot contribute to your poll as I both download and contribute.

Same here.

"I download from and contribute to the database"

Your poll does not address the people who download AND contribute, in particular not those who decided to totally ignore the forums.
I wish Ken would give some statistics, but he never did so before... But I am sure this poll can only give a distorted picture by only inviting seriously dissatisfied people to react. Not that I am saying that everything is perfect, but I can and will live with it.

I agree with the others. I download and contribute (maybe not a lot anymore, but I do as much as I have time for).

Quoting Pantheon:

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Personally, as someone who downloads and contributes to the database on a daily basis, I don't see a problem with this poll.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but I see this poll as a way of discovering what has driven people away from Profiler....and, by identifying the reasons, potentially bring people back.

I see only good in that result.

I agree.

Possibly, but the poll was actually intended to be secondary since the point of the topic is about something generally different. I created the poll only because I knew many people would vote rather than respond to what I had hoped would be a catalog of opinions.... showing which specific issues are the most frustrating to people and in turn the most prevalent to bringing those back who have stopped dealing with the database.