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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorKathy
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Kathy:

I love it, "logical groupings", is that defined somewhere in the Rules. What exactly is a logical groupings and who decides. Don't ask me, I won't defin4e it for you, though i could. There are according to the credits TWO well-defined dividers, that were handled by the filmmakers in an identical way in every respect, centering on the screen, font siz, font, color of font, all identical. Yet it is said that one is a subset of the other, and it cannot be argued that is true based on data because that is not true, it is argued based on word usage and language neither of which are provided for in the Rules.

Now Kathy with all due respect and I do not mean to insult though this will come off harshly. The only possibility could be under "logical grouping" which is not defined. When did you and the others acquire this abilty to be able to define an undefined term. Without a definition of the term by Ken it is meaningless, kind of like common sense, no two people on the planet will have exactly the same view of common sense. This is why I do not interpret, I follow the data and the Rule and I simply don't see where the rule gives you the ability to create the interpretation you are attempting to rationalize.



I will submit contributions according to the rules as best I can. There will be times that people will not read the rules the same way.

In these cases, if Ken does not weigh in then I will let the screeners accept or decline the additions/changes as they see fit.

I do not take votes personal whether they are in agreement with me or not. There is a lock available to anyone, myself included, to use if we do not agree with the judgment of the screeners.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
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Rick and north:

Once again I ask what is the basis for determining that it is nested...the data....NO. So what is it, the use of language and Words, THAT is not within the Rules. The data actually dictates otherwise.



Skip, I don't understand your argument.  We use personal and acquired knowledge all the time to enter data.  There is nothing directly in the rules concerning parsing of names.  We always have question about studios, and other data.

If you are telling me, that I can not use personal knowledge (acquired from watching the film) to make a determination of how to properly credit something.  That is a position that I have a hard time dealing with.

Charlie

Charlie:

I don't. If I don't KNOW the parsing of a person, I will as I have stated numerous simply start from 1/2/3 because we have 3 fields, nothing more or less. I don't presume to know knowledge that I do not KNOW, I do not presume to have more knowledge than the people who made the film, they have provided me with data and that is all . I saw someone last night contributing , I thin it was Van't as part of a last name, no documentation, just a comment from the user, I repeat NO documentation, yet most users either are willing to overlook the lack of documentation and voted Yes.<shrugs> Don't ask me. I have very high standards of what i am willing to present as a contribution and Notes. I have one that a user is helping with right now, my data says Ron, his says Ronald, his notes weren't clear on it, so i asked him to double check it and now i am patiently waiting. I suspect the error is in my data, but i am not sure, so....

I just don't understand where people gain so much knowledge about people and things of they have limited knowledge that they can come here and make categorical statements of knowledge which I am CERTAIN they do not really possess and sometimes such knowledge is not relevant even if correct. We argue about a bunch inane things and harsh feeling have been developed over some of these  things, and I come back to the same thing because it makes things soooo easy, follow the data and the Rules, don't interpret for Contribution, leave that where it belongs. <shrugs>

When I say i have never had any problem entering any piece of data...ANY. I mean  it. I look at what Nick provided and the answer is obvious based on the data as I have described, I don't apply word usage or language because that is not within the Rules.
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Duh. I knew that, Whether or not i have seen the movie is not relevant, fact is , yes. Richard Todd is one of my favorite actors of the 1950s period. That does n't change anything, the Rules are what they are for Contribution and they do NT make any provision for this sort of interpretation, absolutely NONE. I don't care about your, north or even The martian's belief of interpreting the data. the Rules do not permit it, for contribution, Locally I don't care.

You like everyone else present your argument while refusing to answer mine...because you can't, this is the normal state of affairs in profiler. Now Antares you have admitted that I am correct,  and your argument has already been taken apart, relative to contributions. As I said, To some degree I even agree with your argument and might even do subdividers locally, but the Rules do not allow me to determine that they are and i would not contribute them and anyone who would....well, what can i say, the Rules are the Rules. Since just the othe day martian was telling me something very similar, he wants free reign to interpret when he wants to. Nope, inconsistent and doesn't work for me.


You know, at first I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt that you would have learned to respond to a civil post in a non-condescending manner since your involuntary sabbatical. But as I stated on another forum, a leopard never changes its spots, and true to form, inch by inch and post by post, you're reverting back to the same old, same old.

OK, you win, enjoy your hollow victory.   

I will not partake in your histrionics anymore.
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Kathy:

That's all well and good, but I hope you will excuse me. That's easy way out. You have made your comment and just as with the other comments about this which involve some arcane interpretation based on something other than data; I have taken  it apart, and further I have requested that someone ATTEMPT to take my argument apart or point me to the Rules that say we can use word usage or language to decide something IS. It's not there, so you have to fall back on agree to disagree. That's fine, but you have not defeated my argument because you can't, that's sad.

I have even go so far as to say that in some ways I would agree, and in all likelihood locally I might well use the nesting aspect. But I have also said very simply and very directly I would NOT Contribute it because I don't see it in the Rules that we are allowed to create an interpretation based on word use or language. Since no one has even attempted to counter argument, I can only presume that I am indeed CORRECT and as such anyone who would Contribute the nesting would be doing so in open defiance of the rules in both actual words and intent. Now all that means is that users credibility would drop in my eyes and i would be forced to look more carefully at future Contributions.<shrugs> But hey, I am open if some can put together a solid argument which would make me take another look at my logic....but no one has done so yet, and when I counter your argument Kathy or someone else's point by point and you don't mine ...welll then what am I to think. Show me in the Rules  where we are allowed to interpret data based upon word use and/or language, because the Actual On Screen data does NOT support your position, Kathy per the Rules.
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Thank you Antares, your attack, only cements the fact that you have NO valid argument to present, so you are forced to fall back to personal and degrading comments. How sad. You also ASSume far too much.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantAntares
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Thank you Antares, your attack, only cements the fact that you have NO valid argument to present, so you are forced to fall back to personal and degrading comments. How sad. You also ASSume far too much.


No ,the sad part is quite evident to every other member of this forum.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorCharlieM
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If a movie has a cast list, with no roles associated, how do you attribute the roles?

If you do  not "Know" the roles, how do you find them out?

The answer is obvious, you watch the movie.  Within the movie, in most cases, you can find a role to attribute to any given member of the cast.  Did you know before you watched the movie?  Of course not.  How could you?

Do you ever verify "uncredited" cast?

And as far as name parsing, how do you "know" that it is H//BC.  You will argue, that it is H//BC, because of personal knowledge that you have acquired. 


By your statements in this thread, you could never enter it as H//BC.  you would have to enter it as H/B/C (your stated starting point), no matter what you knew, from what ever source.

So, yes, you do apply your personal knowledge to your contributions.  Look at your fervent arguments about WDHE.  That is personal knowledge by your own admission.

So in the end, we do apply acquired knowledge (all of us) to the data, to make sure that it is correct within the scope of the rules. 

You say there is nothing in the rules dealing with word usage.  On this point I will agree.  There is nothing for or against such usage.  You state, since it is not stated, it can't be.  Others state since it is not stated, it can be.  Who is right?

You claim that you have seen this movie.  Well so have I.  I can make the statement, that according to the movie, "His Crew" is part of the squadron.  I acquired this knowledge from viewing the movie, and applying that knowledge to what I see in the credits.  It is simple.

If we can not use our intellect for items like this, then the data we enter truly has no meaning or context. It become letters in a file, with no reference.  I can not accept that.  That is not the reason I do this.

Charlie.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorKathy
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Edit: I have removed my comments since they were not specifically addressing the original posters query.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
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Charlie:

If there are no Ro;es, the rules tell me what to do about that..

Yes I verify (uncredited) from time to time within the Rules.

No I would not argue that it is H//BC based upon personal knowledge, I would provide documentation that it should be H//BC Which BTW I DID. arrogance is trying to make someone beluieve that one has knowledge which it is impossible to possess or perhaps a tad hard to swallow. I always rpovide documentation, including if I use it CLT results not just noting the CLT was used.

Nice try though. I NEVER function in the any ways you describe.
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Can't we all just get along?

Why does any of this have to turn into an argument?

Is it so difficult, on a concept that is obviously as clear as mud to so many people, to just outline the possibilities and choose the one that seems like the best option rather than outright declaring it based on a rule here or there that were probably not yet designed and written out for this particular situation?

Maybe if an idea is presented in that way without 10 pages of bickering to every 1/2 page of actually helpful discussion, the person(s) who actually have real weight in which is the best choice can read through, decide, and extend the rules more clearly so that there will no longer be any question by anyone.

That obviously wasn't the case when this topic was started -- despite any particular view -- or else the question wouldn't have needed to be asked in the first place.
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Kathy:

A debate is an argument. A debate is not running from it by sayin we have to agree to disagree. That's fine, but as i said, you present an argument and I will take the argument and present a ciounter. This was doen numerous times, you cannot convince me that you won the argument based on numbers, there are too many users who simply will ioppose anything i say and they never try and debate, like Antares for example. The side you have supported, kathy, has said but ONE singkle thing, which i have taken apart and challenged,  not a single user has even tried to challenge what i have said...because frankly you can't, it simply is not in the Rules.. Simply saying that the Rules can be interpreted differently is not an argument, especially when you are gouing to try, as you did, to use "logical groupings" which is not even defined or clarified in the Rules. What does it mean.? I am not even going to attempt to define it, though i could. If the best argument that you can produce is what you have presented then you haven't won the argument, because i have literally dismantled yiours, before you ever got into it. It simply doesn't hold water.<shrugs>
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Blair:

I like to debate and discuss but usually i feel like I am arguing here with arm tied behind my back to keep it fair. I am serious people here simply do not know how to present a valid argument and defend it.. The Martian does sometimes but not always, as demonstrated in this particular discussion.

What is the funniest to me, is that I agree with the premise that they are following, BUT it's outside of the Rules. Hilarious to me.
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OK..

In the whole scope of what is the rules...

Concerning the question of the original OP, where is it written one way or another, that this is allowed or not.

You contend, that since it is not in the rules, and the rules are absolute, that it cannot be done. 

I contend, that it does not state anything about the situation of nesting dividers.  Not 1 word of what should be done if we need groups within groups.

By your own statement, this needs to be handled with nested dividers.  So by your own statement, "His Crew" is part of "the squadron".

So where in the rules, does it state what to do about nesting.  Nesting implies that I have 1 group within another.  Therefore to make the data whole, both the parent and child need to be represented. 

There has been at least 1 discussion concerning nested dividers.  There wasn't a final decision in that discussion, only a suggestion.  It needs to be dealt with.

To place "His Crew" within a separate divider, then nothing else below it for the rest of the squadron, decouples the information from the data that is represented.  You are one that argues about adding context. 

To enter it as

Squadron
  1 name
His team
  6 names
end

rest of squadron

decouples the actors for the rest of the squadron, from that very data that we are trying to link it to.  The very fact that they are part of the squadron, is the data that we must be capturing.  You want to separate that information, because of your interpretation of a rule that does not exist.  Let me repeat that

There is no rule that exists concerning what to do when nested dividers are necessary

Charlie
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where I will even say i see your point and might even agree with it, while my position is to be belittled and insulted, you don't say I see where your coming from Skip...and we are supposed to be able to have a rational discussion on that basis...never happens

I already covered most of this stuff in my earlier posts, but I had to address this one point.  Not only have I not belittled or insulted your position...something you have done to every position in this thread... in my post, the first post on page 3, I said, and I quote, "While I can understand what you are saying, it just seems wrong to me," so, please, let's not play this game again.
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The Martian had it closer agree to disagree. But given that I answered his comments and he has not answered mine, that only further convinces me that I AM RIGHT, he simply has no argument to present, and i have countered his whether he likes it or not.

Just so there is no mistake, I haven't answered your comments because I don't feel like going around in circles with you.  You haven't 'countered mine', you just offered a different opinion supported by nothing other that "because I say so."  I am sorry, but that is a fact.
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Rick and north:

Once again I ask what is the basis for determining that it is nested...the data....NO. So what is it, the use of language and Words, THAT is not within the Rules. The data actually dictates otherwise.

I will try this one last time.  The data reads "Members of 617 Squadron"...members, plural.  That bit of data tells me that the the header refers to a group of people, not a single person.  You keep saying that it is not within the rules, yet you refuse to point to the section of the rules where is disallowed.  If you can't point to the section, then there is no point in continuing. 
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