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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile Registrantdetlefs
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Did he get the "slip cover situation" from DVD?   


He also got "Booklet" information from his DVD for some contributions 
I suppose he has a beta next-generation DVD player with currently unknown new features 
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Did he get the "slip cover situation" from DVD?   

He also got "Booklet" information from his DVD for some contributions 


Good example, coincidental today invelos should decide about a contribution of mine:

Voting count so far 51 x yes, 1 x no (user rincewind with the argument "You wrote in the forum that your wrote everytime "Source DVD" whatever what was your real source. So no vote because not reliable!"). [Sigh - Germans!]

Anyhow, it's always thrilling for me to see whether accurate data succeeds in getting over the voting barrier.

How many yes-votes does it usually need to compensate one senseless no-vote?
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Wasserglas mainly "operates" in the locality Germany. So you're lucky 

Thank god, that there are so many "Uberusers" to check what he is trying to contribute... 


Yes, I remember your name from a contribution I did some days ago:

14 yes-votes, 1 no (user SpaceFreakMicha with the argument "Booklet info can't be from the
DVD... *g*").

Respect, very funny, in deed. The contribution was declined. I guess you feel proud now having
helped to avoid an accurate addition to the database.

But to say it again: such funny voters like SpaceFreakMicha are an exception! The most german locality users support the idea of an accurate database instead of sabotaging it.
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Most voting i do, i do for small updates, which leads me to the conclusion that most people do small updates. So instead of lighting the tortches and assembling the angry mob, why not encourage others to do bigger updates? All i've gathered from this topic was someone doing a lot of updates, and others using the voting section to vote on the grammar of contribution notes, WTF? This is supposed to be a userbuilt database, not some elitist club. Note: I dont own any DVD's which Wasserglas has contributed, so maby i'm missing something?
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The strange thing is: All your contribution notes say "All information from DVD". And we all know, that you stated in another Threat in this forum, that you do not take your data directly from DVD. The only reason, you use this phrase, is because you think, that the contribution is getting approved more easily.

Not quiet right, without a 'source' the contribution will get declined, so a source has become a must. The source serves legal issues, and helps voters to valuate the correctness.

If you as a voter know, that a contribution is correct, the source serves no further purpose (assumed the mentioned source is not explicitly forbidden by rules). It is downright paradox to votes no although knowinging that the data is correct, only because the source is not.

Only a german DVD-'Beamter' can think this way.

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By the way: It's easy to reach this 1000 mark, if you only change "Case Type" and some "Features". I haven't seen any Full Audit from you...

That's not fair, Lexxx.

I've seen things, you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. Contributions where only one single punctuation mark was changed.

If I look back at the last 200, 300 contributions from September I have added or corrected Countries of Origin, Titles, Original Titles, Editions, Regions, Audio Tracks, Audio Formats, Subtitles, Overviews AND Case Type, Features and Other Features.

I've always combined multiple changes for a DVD into one contribution.

So I do not understand what you criticise.
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It's a pity that it's not possible to evaluate the quality of contributions in the user profiles. It would be fair enough to see a statistic of declined contributions as well...

I've already given some examples, why a decline alone says nothing without the (more or less bizarre) reasons for a preceding no-vote.
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You're actually going to personally review each and every one of those 1,000 contributions? 

He didn't seem to have something that I own, since I never had the opportunity to vote for something he contribute. So I won't review them, but if I see is name on a contribution I will double check the change before I make a vote.

I ask for that! But please, be constructive, senseless funny-votes are not of any help for the community.
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So your goal is to get 1000 crappy, incomplete contributions?

You really have a dirty fantasy.

My goal (for September) is to get 1000 approved contributions, which means more than thousand additions and corrections to the database.

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Why?

?!

It should be clear for everyone: more accurate corrections and additions are better than less.
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@whispering
This is NOT about grammar mistakes or errors in contribution notes, this is about a user's credibility being non-existant because of the actions of this user and the resulting credibility of his contributions.

@Wasserglas

The problem you're facing is a substantial lack of credibilty regarding your contributions.

That is because of the statements you've made in this forum in the past, explicitly admitting that in your opinion it is sufficient to LIE about the source of data as long as you know / believe it to be correct.

While your contributions may be absolutely correct, the source you provide is not. In this thread you again admit to regarding sources as irrelevant except for the purpose to get a contribution approved.

A lot of the data you submit is correct, I'll give you that, but in your case, I can't believe a single word you write in your notes because you admitted to lying in your notes. That creates a lot of extra work on the part of those casting votes, as your notes and your character can't be trusted and your data absolutely has to be crosschecked. There are a lot of users I know to work correctly and to their best knowledge, you are not one of them.

This is probably not what you intended to achieve with your posts originally, but that's the situation you're in right now. Maybe you should try to rebuild your reputation and trustworthiness amongst your peers first before attempting your 1000 contributions per month run...
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If I look back at the last 200, 300 contributions from September I have added or corrected Countries of Origin, Titles, Original Titles, Editions, Regions, Audio Tracks, Audio Formats, Subtitles, Overviews AND Case Type, Features and Other Features.


What am I missing here? You talk about 200-300 LAST contributions and in opening post near thousand contributions, still you have only 153 accepted contributions??
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If I look back at the last 200, 300 contributions from September I have added or corrected Countries of Origin, Titles, Original Titles, Editions, Regions, Audio Tracks, Audio Formats, Subtitles, Overviews AND Case Type, Features and Other Features.


What am I missing here? You talk about 200-300 LAST contributions and in opening post near thousand contributions, still you have only 153 accepted contributions??



Apparently lies about where he get the information he's supplying as well from what I've read here.

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He's winding you up, you idiots. Stop biting.
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Wasserglas:

I still don't get what is your point. Why do you write "all data from DVD" if you are only contributing the "slip cover situation"?
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Oh now it's a competition? I thought the whole idea was to build a quality data base for our dvds and everyone has the option to contribute correct information. I really don't count how many I submitted and if someone submits a more accurate or detailed I am happy to vote yes even if I submitted the original. Tom
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I still don't get what is your point. Why do you write "all data from DVD" if you are only contributing the "slip cover situation"?


Because he realized he has to provide an acceptable source, even though he obviously doesn't use it to obtain the data he submits, to get the contribution through.
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So your goal is to get 1000 crappy, incomplete contributions?

You really have a dirty fantasy.

My goal (for September) is to get 1000 approved contributions, which means more than thousand additions and corrections to the database.

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Why?

?!

It should be clear for everyone: more accurate corrections and additions are better than less.


Then do them right. Pop the disc into your drive and play the front and end credits, make sure everything matches up. Every profile I've done something small on, like say set the disc info from my drive, I'll play the disc and see if the cast/crew matches up, see if there's any other studios at the beginning, open the disc up with dvdshrink or something to comfirm the audio and subtitle tracks.
A normal fully checked contribution takes around 30-60 minutes, not counting cover scans. I understand that this won't get you to your 1000 a month goal, but will get you more approved profiles and truely help the database. Just saying all "info from disc" is a cop-out. Where on disc did the info come from? What program did you use to verify the info?
I have nothing against inputting info to make the database better, but with an alterier motive of wanting your count to be high, you're insured to skip over things you'll easily see if you just take the time to look. Quality, not quanity, is what's important.
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