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I'm off to eat some ice cream in the sun right now... 

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What about a profile with clearly IMDb-mined data? For that I would gladly accept a fully audited cast and crew from another locality, and risk the off-chance that credits vary across localities. With IMDb the chance that the credits are wrong is WAY higher...

I can only go by what Ken said, and he said 'blank or limited'.  IMDb-mined data, for me at least, doesn't fall into that category.  Your mileage may vary but, for me, none of his other posts contradicted or rescinded that statement. 

I absolutely agree. Even though you know that it doesn't please me to say so, I think were I to find such a Profile, the best approach if i couldn't fix it, would be to appeal to the Community, identifying the target and asking for somebody's assistance in rectifying the problem, the Community has always responded well to such pleas for help, including when I tried my experiment, except for the beating part.

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I understand, deejay, but I think we should try it FIRST, before going in any other direction.

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I understand, deejay, but I think we should try it FIRST, before going in any other direction.

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I can live with that!

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I can only go by what Ken said, and he said 'blank or limited'.  IMDb-mined data, for me at least, doesn't fall into that category.  Your mileage may vary but, for me, none of his other posts contradicted or rescinded that statement. 

He did not limit it to 'blank or limited cast'. That was one example given, not a finite statement of a single possibility. Here's his first quote:

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In general, contributions should be made only for profiles which the contributor owns and can verify.  Similarly, contribution votes should be made only for profiles which the voter owns and can verify. 

However, there are exceptions.  Obviously, prerelease contributions do not require ownership.  They should be basic starter information (e.g. complete cast and crew is impossible to correctly contribute without having the disc).

Taking another case, if a particular locality has blank or limited cast info, and the submitter would like to fill it in with their verified cast from their own locality, I would tend to allow the voters who actually own the submitted locality to make the call.  However, the submitted contribution notes should clearly indicate that the cast is from the other locality, so that the voters and contribution evaluators can make an informed choice.

One additional reminder to please keep the contribution vote notes completely civil at all times.

He mentions there are exceptions. He refers to prerelease contributions as one. Then "another case" is 'blank or limited cast'. That's not a finite list of exceptions. 'Blank or limited cast' is an example.

And he did not include any such restriction in his recap:

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To recap:
- We do not (currently) prevent users from contributing or voting on profiles they don't own.
- If you are contributing to a profile that you don't own, our only requirement is that the notes submitted accurately reflect the source of the data, and state the specific profile used as the source.

He even mentions "our only requirement". Not "our only requirement in addition to prerelease or 'blank or limited cast'".

If I see an IMDb-mined profile, I can submit an update if I reference the source of my data. That's how I read it.

If I see a profile without crew or with only a director or with IMDb-mined crew, I can submit an update if I reference the source of my data. That's how I read it, even though crew isn't mentioned.

It's lunchtime for me. I'll see if I can score some ice cream. 

Ice Cream Profiler, what a great idea.        

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Exemplary logic, as usual.

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I am only going to answer two point as that should cover them all...

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That isn't the case. It's not "anything goes". 

If you believe his statement was NOT finite, and only included two of the many possible examples, it is 'anything goes'.  The only alternative to 'anything goes' is a finite list of examples.

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And why would he say "our only requirement" if there are other requirements? 

Because that is their only requirement.  Should you decide to contribute to a profile that has blank or limited cast, their only requirement is that the notes submitted accurately reflect the source of the data, and state the specific profile used as the source.

Simply put, Ken's first post tells us when we can submit changes to profiles we don't own and his third post reiterates what we are required to do should we decide to.

That's just my take.  Your mileage, obviously, will vary.