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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantejh.sterenborg
Registered: Okt 20, 2003
Registered: June 30, 2007
Netherlands Posts: 2
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I'm suspended from contributing, every new contribution meets the following message:

This profile cannot be contributed due to the following errors: 
Your account is currently suspended from contributing due to violations of the contribution rules. See your contributions for details.
Please follow the contribution rules with all contributions.
Additionally, when submitting contributions, ensure the sources listed in your contribution notes are stated accurately.
If applicable, please check these items and make any necessary corrections, then try the contribution again.

Why exactly am I being suspended from contributing and for how long??????????/
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorAddicted2DVD
Registered: March 13, 2007
Reputation: Highest Rating
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Apparently you were either constantly not following the rules or constantly not sourcing your contributions. To find out what the problem is go to the links at the top of this page... click My Profiler... Click Contributions button on the left... and see what reasons there was for the declines.

As for how long... unless it says on the page I told you to go to... only Ken or Gerri can say.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLopek
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Registered: March 13, 2007
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Hmmm, that's a new one.

As a general point, I am glad this is happening - although no reflection on your contributions as I have not seen them.

Does seem kinda weird to tell you to "contribute to the rules", "make the necessary corrections" and "try the contributions again" when you are suspended from contributing.   


If you look on the contributions pages within "My Profiler" there are explanations of declined contributions - not all, but most. There is a thread in this forum also explaining the feature.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorAddicted2DVD
Registered: March 13, 2007
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Quoting Lopek:
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As a general point, I am glad this is happening - although no reflection on your contributions as I have not seen them.


I agree with this... It is good to see that Ken and Gerri is standing behind what they said. I may not agree with all the rules.. and I may not even understand all the rules... but I see no excuse for not following the rules. If there is something I don't want to follow... I don't update that section... pretty simple in my opinion.
Pete
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantBYATES1
user since 4/15/2001
Registered: March 24, 2007
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Quoting Addicted2DVD:

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If there is something I don't want to follow... I don't update that section... pretty simple in my opinion.


Pete,

I think this statement would make an excellent end to every thread resulting in an argument around the forums. Very well said.
Brian
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorAddicted2DVD
Registered: March 13, 2007
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Thanks Brian... always made sense to me at least
Pete
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorTelecine
Regd: January 22, 2001
Registered: March 14, 2007
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Quoting ejh.sterenborg:
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I'm suspended from contributing, every new contribution meets the following message:

This profile cannot be contributed due to the following errors: 
Your account is currently suspended from contributing due to violations of the contribution rules. See your contributions for details.
Please follow the contribution rules with all contributions.
Additionally, when submitting contributions, ensure the sources listed in your contribution notes are stated accurately.
If applicable, please check these items and make any necessary corrections, then try the contribution again.

Why exactly am I being suspended from contributing and for how long??????????/


I would suspect that you have been suspended because you either:

1. Repeatedly contributed profiles without quoting any source for the data contributed (especially cast and crew); or
2. Repeatedly contributed data from third-party databases such as IMDB.

You should take a moment to read through the rules and FAQs posted in this thread and perhaps take a break from contributing until you are a little more familiar with the process. I would suggest that you PM Ken or Gerri to find out how long the suspension is.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
Don't be discommodious
Registered: March 13, 2007
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Oh well...maybe next time you will learn to follow the rules.

Skip
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Billy Video
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantTouti
Registered: March 13, 2007
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Oh well...maybe next time you will learn to follow the rules.

Skip


What a constructive and helpful comment to a newcommer who's clearly trying to understand why his contributions are rejected 
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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantstevevm
Registered 08-02-2004
Registered: March 22, 2007
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Well maybe Skip should follow the rules also.
Adding Disc and side dividers to cast listing

Example what is being submitted:

Disc 1
Side A
Episode 1
so and so as so and so

this doesn't follow the rules.
It is a personal Preference
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
Don't be discommodious
Registered: March 13, 2007
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Touti:

It seems to me that the error message he got expalins it rather thoroughly. The only possibile question would be did he know to look at the votes of users, which might be useful as a guidance tool to correct his mistakes. I am not in a very sympathetic mood at the moment. Right now we have a new user who has made several Contributions which violate the rules, he PM'd me, I tried to explain it to him and his response is to argue with me...so sympathetic I am not.

Skip
ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here

Billy Video
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
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Registered: March 13, 2007
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Or is it YOUR personal preference Steve, i won't go further into this because my real response would be VERRRY insulting.

Skip
ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here

Billy Video
DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantstevevm
Registered 08-02-2004
Registered: March 22, 2007
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Why Insulting?

No Skip

PLEASE Show me in the rules where it says to do this???

I really want to know.

Hey, if there is a rule, I want to follow it.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorwidescreenforever
Under A Double DoubleW
Registered: March 13, 2007
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Quoting Touti:
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Quoting skipnet50:
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Oh well...maybe next time you will learn to follow the rules.

Skip


What a constructive and helpful comment to a newcommer who's clearly trying to understand why his contributions are rejected 


according to his signature he has been with the program for 4 years ..
We don't know exactly what he did to warrant this,, but best to not second guess our powers to be..
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Invelos Software, Inc. RepresentativeKen Cole
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Registered: March 10, 2007
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ejh, take a look at the contribution decline reasons listed in the My Profiler section as addicted2dvd suggested.  If you have questions after that, feel free to pm me.

The suspensions are intended to call attention to the feedback we provide for declines, so users can understand the reasons and not just get frustrated with declines.

As to the length, the first suspension is 24 hours.  Second is 48 hours, third is a week and fourth is permanent.  The suspension lengths reset after 30 days.

We've found so far overall a very positive reaction to the system once the reasons are understood.  Mostly.
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Registered: July 23, 2001
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Outstanding. Perhaps this may curb some of the, shall we say, less than desireable profiles that have been sumitted as of late. Thank you.
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