Quoting LJG:

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Voted for studios, but crew is not far behind.  Way too confusing to add more than the basics...I will only add the ones that are an exact match to what the rules state...which means I probably leave off quite a few.

The way the rules are now... if I was to do it... that is how I would do it as well. It just don't interest me enough to bother learning more.

Quoting Pantheon:

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I'm astounded that Crew has so many votes.

Not only is it amazing that so many aren't interested but it's also surprising that many of the loudest voices in the forum don't want crew.

Who knew??

Although I'm one of those who's not bothered by crew, reading the posts made by others, it seems that they ARE interested but the rules make it too complicated to enter them.

I find studios quite complicated for some productions. That said, there are certain studios I'm particularly interested in, and so make the effort (e.g. Studio Ghibli is almost used as a sub-genre in some anime circles) to ensure they're in the profile (at least locally).

As for crew, although I make the effort, when it gets hazy I'm not too concerned leaving out someone in wardrobe (or any of the other tricky parts) if it's unclear if they should be included. Direction is important (so it was odd to see Director missing from the credits in some episodes of The Young Ones), and I tend to be keenest to get writers and creature designers in, mostly because I like a good storyline and/or a unique visual piece. Cast for me usually takes prominence over crew.

I think the poll results are misleading. It seems people are very concerned with crew credits (particularly higher tier crew like director), but just not with the lower level crew, particularly with the rules as they stand. A poll just for crew preferences would certainly be interesting. It would also be interesting to see a poll of what people are the most concerned about in a profile.

Voted crew.  Director is fine, but beyond that info, if I care to know the others I'll sit and watch the movie's credit roll. It's not like I'm about to see if I can pick up a copy of every film where "fill in the name here" was an exec producer or DOP.

I'd never attempt to contribute anything beyond the most basic crew persons. Too complex for me

Voted crew as well. 

Like many, there are a lot of crew credits I could care less about.  I don't delete the entries like some others do, but all I'm interested in generally is about 5 credits - director, writer, composer, who did the original material, and occasionally the cinematography ... oh, and the character designer in anime credits, which isn't a crew credit that's contributable anyway.

Voted for Disk ID. Mind you, I want to know how many discs there are in a title and whether these are single or double sided, and I know the ID is used for non-EAN titles, but still, the ID itself has no information value for me. For HD and BR it's also impossible to actually recover from the disc and contribute unless one has a very high end PC or bought extra equipment.

Second 'best' non-care issue is SRP. In many localities it is hard too find, especially if price reductions have taken place. Since hardly any DVD is sold at the SRP level, it's also pretty useless for insurance purposes. Substantiated by the many 0.00 values contributed... Of course I do care about the actual price paid...

Yes I do find "crew" overdone nowadays, but I do like to know the director, DoP and the (main) composer. Visuals and sound are so much defining a movie!

I feel that the crew is to much.  Main crew parts Director, Producer, writer, a few others, but not all the little stuff