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If we are to follow the rules, and there are exceptions to those rules, then an addendum is a must.

New contributors, or those who do not read the forums, would, in this case, follow the rules as written. They would not know that Ken has made an exception to those rules.

"Common sense" has been debated endlessly (or so it seems ) as being subjective. A short note of clarification in the rules, in my opinion, the best way to go.

You said it better than I could have. 

Is it really that big of a deal to add "if there are no credits listed, you may enter them from the official site with notes."?

It's not the end of the world. 

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It is, Alien, when somebody decides that they don't want to understand it and create more trouble.

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I'm sorry Skip, you are 100% correct.

It makes no sense for rule changes and additions that are made in the forum to make their way to the actual rules for 499,000 people that don't post here. No sense at all.

It's completely logical to have variations on the rules buried in threads so deep that even people participating in those threads can't find them.

Yes, not updating the rules for changes and additions and not understanding why people start threads because of exceptions to the rules (that are only exceptions because of the lack of updates) makes complete and total sense.

Wow. Just... wow.       

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I'm sorry Skip, you are 100% correct.

It makes no sense for rule changes and additions that are made in the forum to make their way to the actual rules for 499,000 people that don't post here. No sense at all.

It's completely logical to have variations on the rules buried in threads so deep that even people participating in those threads can't find them.

Yes, not updating the rules for changes and additions and not understanding why people start threads because of exceptions to the rules (that are only exceptions because of the lack of updates) makes complete and total sense.

Wow. Just... wow.       

It boggles the mind, doesn't it?

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It makes perfect sense to rewrite the rule. Two cases of creditless movies have already been established. It's rare, sure, but it is shown to happen, thus it's needed for future cases.

To make a rule in a thread, but not update the rules page is what does not make any sense.

I agree.  While we have only seen two, there is no guarantee that there won't be more.  There is a simple fix that would solve this:

"Take Crew Credits from the film credits only; list names exactly as they are in the credits. Exception: If the credit information is entirely capitalized, use standard capitalization rules instead.  If the film does not have any credits, crew credits may be taken from the official film site.  Make note of this in your contribution notes."

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I disagree, two out of 400,000 does not warrant such a ridiculous thing, alien. the odds are also very high that any attempt to write a Rule which allows for 2 out of 400,000 is highly likely to cause more trouble elsewhere, i ahve seebn it here too many times to count.

There are some things best left to case by case.

Skip