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Are partial corrections allowed ?
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar Contributorhevanw
Registered: March 18, 2007
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This is something that I wondered myself when having to vote... But now I am getting No votes for the exact same reason.
Is it allowed to update a profile even though you know that your update is still not complete ? E.g. I submitted an overview change for some DVD where I corrected some typo's and stuff. Yet, I got a No vote from someone telling me that part of the overview on the back is still missing. So I assume he would only vote Yes if I also add that missing part.
Personally, I think it should be allowed. Any improvement, however small it may be, should be approved even if it is clearly still containing other errors or omissions that were already there in the existing profile.

Some other silly No vote that I got was about me changing the SRP from 0$ to 0€ (locality where currency is €) without me going looking up the actual SRP. Someone voted No stating "what's the point? Either add a real price, or just leave it...". Well, I admit that this minor change is of little value and more of a nit-pick, but if I see the inconsistency, I can just as well submit it, no ?
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I see no problem with the changing the SRP for locality..

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This is something that I wondered myself when having to vote... But now I am getting No votes for the exact same reason.
Is it allowed to update a profile even though you know that your update is still not complete ? E.g. I submitted an overview change for some DVD where I corrected some typo's and stuff. Yet, I got a No vote from someone telling me that part of the overview on the back is still missing. So I assume he would only vote Yes if I also add that missing part.
Personally, I think it should be allowed. Any improvement, however small it may be, should be approved even if it is clearly still containing other errors or omissions that were already there in the existing profile.

Some other silly No vote that I got was about me changing the SRP from 0$ to 0€ (locality where currency is €) without me going looking up the actual SRP. Someone voted No stating "what's the point? Either add a real price, or just leave it...". Well, I admit that this minor change is of little value and more of a nit-pick, but if I see the inconsistency, I can just as well submit it, no ?



You do NOT have to fill in every little thing on a profile to submit it.  If you don't feel comfortable, for example, doing Audio, then don't make any changes in that area.  You should, however, complete any area you make changes in, to avoid leaving possible errors from some previous update (not necessarily by you), and so that somebody else doesn't have to come along and do a fix for something you left out.  Also, make sure that in the Overview area, and with Cast & Crew, that you enter those exactly as they are on disc, and make note of that in your Notes entry.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorT!M
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I see no problem with the changing the SRP for locality..

Skip

Me neither: you're not required to find out what the original SRP was (which is often near impossible when you buy a DVD today which was released years ago), but you should certainly be able to correct the currency to match the locality...
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This is something that I wondered myself when having to vote... But now I am getting No votes for the exact same reason.
Is it allowed to update a profile even though you know that your update is still not complete ? E.g. I submitted an overview change for some DVD where I corrected some typo's and stuff. Yet, I got a No vote from someone telling me that part of the overview on the back is still missing. So I assume he would only vote Yes if I also add that missing part.
Personally, I think it should be allowed. Any improvement, however small it may be, should be approved even if it is clearly still containing other errors or omissions that were already there in the existing profile.


If you choose to update an overview, IMO, it should be complete so that some other user doesn't have to come back later and add what you knowingly left off. Otherwise what's the point of making the contribution in the first place?

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Some other silly No vote that I got was about me changing the SRP from 0$ to 0€ (locality where currency is €) without me going looking up the actual SRP. Someone voted No stating "what's the point? Either add a real price, or just leave it...". Well, I admit that this minor change is of little value and more of a nit-pick, but if I see the inconsistency, I can just as well submit it, no ?


I have no problem with this but with a little effort you could have Googled the SRP for the title .
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It seems to me that if you are going to edit any field and submit that field, it should be 100% complete and accurate, otherwise someone else is going to have to fix it and resubmit it again later.

That is not to say you have to fix every field, just everything within the field you are contributing.

I agree with one of the comments that was left for you:  "What's the point?"
Hal
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with a little effort you could have Googled the SRP for the title .

You may consider that an easy task for R1 discs, but it's near-impossible for the localities me and Repter work in. Therefore Repter's example is perfectly valid: he downloads a Belgian profile in which the SRP is listed as $0. He has no way of finding out what the original SRP was, he just wants to correct the currency to match the locality, thus €0. What's the point? Changing the currency to match the locality, I should think - I find that perfectly valid. IMHO, Repter is certainly not required to ascertain the correct SRP, as I know how impossible that is over here.
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar Contributorhal9g
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with a little effort you could have Googled the SRP for the title .

You may consider that an easy task for R1 discs, but it's near-impossible for the localities me and Repter work in. Therefore Repter's example is perfectly valid: he downloads a Belgian profile in which the SRP is listed as $0. He has no way of finding out what the original SRP was, he just wants to correct the currency to match the locality, thus €0. What's the point? Changing the currency to match the locality, I should think - I find that perfectly valid. IMHO, Repter is certainly not required to ascertain the correct SRP, as I know how impossible that is over here.


But doesn't $0 equal €0? 
Hal
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But doesn't $0 equal €0? 

IMHO, these SRP's in dollars are still a remainder of when we only had dollars in DVD Profiler. I remember when we first got multiple currencies. I still see encounter "$0" quite often in various localities where it doesn't belong, and I always correct them. If I can find it, I'll add the original SRP, but if I can't, I'll just correct the currency. I really feel that that is a valid change.
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with a little effort you could have Googled the SRP for the title .

You may consider that an easy task for R1 discs, but it's near-impossible for the localities me and Repter work in.


I agree on this one. Actually the term SRP or RRP has no official meaning in several countries. It is prohibited by law for the manufacturers or importers to set any recommended pricing (at least publicly, they still may give some guidance to the dealers on pricing). There are no press releases where you can find the price. And even if a distributor in UK had set a RRP on a new DVD title, it is only valid in UK.

We have in Europe several localities and even though many countries use euro as their currency, the local pricing differs. Sometimes you have to dig on information in online DVD stores and find out what is their "normal price" and quote on that in DVDP.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
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Hal and Tim:

You ASSUME the title has an SRP. If it is partb of a Boxset it may well NOT have an SRP. But even so the 00.00 should still reflect the locality.

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Billy Video
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Perhaps you missed the little devil in my reply.

I am fine with just changing the currency symbol.
Hal
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Ok, pal

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Billy Video
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with a little effort you could have Googled the SRP for the title .

You may consider that an easy task for R1 discs, but it's near-impossible for the localities me and Repter work in. Therefore Repter's example is perfectly valid: he downloads a Belgian profile in which the SRP is listed as $0. He has no way of finding out what the original SRP was, he just wants to correct the currency to match the locality, thus €0. What's the point? Changing the currency to match the locality, I should think - I find that perfectly valid. IMHO, Repter is certainly not required to ascertain the correct SRP, as I know how impossible that is over here.


I never said he was "required" to, only that he "could" have. As to the difficulty in ascertaining the SRP, I was not aware that in your region SRP is "impossible" to obtain. "What's the point?" I never asked what the point was for the SRP change and I agreed that it was valid.
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It seems to me that if you are going to edit any field and submit that field, it should be 100% complete and accurate, otherwise someone else is going to have to fix it and resubmit it again later.

That is not to say you have to fix every field, just everything within the field you are contributing.

I agree with one of the comments that was left for you:  "What's the point?"


I agree with this statement... if you are going to work on a certain field... that field should be done completely to the best of your ability.
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar Contributorhevanw
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BTW, what's the use of SRP anyway ?
Sometimes it makes you even feel bad: when you paid more than the SRP (and I'm not talking about €0 now ).
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