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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorMatrixTom
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Registered: March 13, 2007
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This is something I wonder for years now (even when I was a user at the IVC forum). How many users with a Unlimited Registration Key are out there (in the world, your own country)? How many of them are active (contributing to profiles)? Can these numbers be shared with us, or put in a "Number of Members" page (per total and per country), under a new tab "members"?

Also, maybe some sort of a "Contribution Ranking", under that very same new tab "members", might be a good idea, which might spiff up the "good sport" a bit, that is to make DVD Profiler's database as complete and correct (and up to date) as possible.

Any official and less official words on this?
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorninehours
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Id love to see something like that, would be interesting to see a contribution league with a "all time" and "this month" tables
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantVibroCount
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLewis_Prothero
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Id love to see something like that, would be interesting to see a contribution league with a "all time" and "this month" tables

Oh, please don't, there are enough "one item at a time"- changers as it is now. I really don't want to see what's going to happen if we get the "Contributor of the Month"
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributordee1959jay
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I agree we don't need a monthly table. An all-time table (much like this one we already have for submitted links) would be nice though.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
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Not to mention those that inflate their results and thereby their egos by submitting titles repetitively for weeks on end with one change at a time.

Skip
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I don't know if it's technically feasible, but perhaps a count of the number of contributed DVDP fields could largely solve that.
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantDr. Killpatient
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Or simply the number of unique profiles submitted.
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorStaid S Barr
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Or simply the number of unique profiles submitted.

It does seem strange that one can collect stars by bickering in the forum (a better choice of word would be arena), but not for contributions. But this should not trigger a race of insignificant modifications. So accepted contributions only, and then for example for scans, cast/crew, original overview, first contributions, but not just a CoO, MC? But who makes the rules, and who decides? Not another voting system surely!
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributortweeter
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Or simply the number of unique profiles submitted.

It does seem strange that one can collect stars by bickering in the forum (a better choice of word would be arena), but not for contributions. But this should not trigger a race of insignificant modifications. So accepted contributions only, and then for example for scans, cast/crew, original overview, first contributions, but not just a CoO, MC? But who makes the rules, and who decides? Not another voting system surely!

Actually you can collect (or rather vote for) stars for contributions, if you know where to look.

When you "Evaluate" a contribution there is an icon on the right side of the same line as "Contribution Notes:", just below the "Vote No" button.  Click this to see all the contribution notes and the most recent ones should have the red/green arrow buttons.  The arrows are available there for the same amount of time they are available for forum posts.

It is so buried I confess i seldom even think to use the arrows, even when i see an exceptionally good contribution.
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile Registrantleo1963
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Not to mention those that inflate their results and thereby their egos by submitting titles repetitively for weeks on end with one change at a time.

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I agree Dr.  That is frustrating due to the fact that we need to vote several time on one title.  I do try and submitted several changes at once per title. 

It would be interesting to know how may registered users there are.
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar Contributorhal9g
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I used to do only full audits, however, there are so many data fields that generate such high drama on these forums (especially cast and crew) that I now limit my contributions to those fields that are indisputable (or as indisputable as things get here in Invelos World). 
Hal
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
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I used to do only full audits, however, there are so many data fields that generate such high drama on these forums (especially cast and crew) that I now limit my contributions to those fields that are indisputable (or as indisputable as things get here in Invelos World). 

LOL, Hal ^5

Skip
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Outta here

Billy Video
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I used to do only full audits, however, there are so many data fields that generate such high drama on these forums (especially cast and crew) that I now limit my contributions to those fields that are indisputable (or as indisputable as things get here in Invelos World). 


I agree, also with much of what was said by Dr Pavlov, goblinsdoitall and tweeter.

If you care, care just a little, about your own db, you keep it locked. Why because you can not trust
the validity of the update contents.

Some people think that just because it has been said in the forum, (arena), it's gospel.
And even if something is said in the forum is correct, whose to know because the haggling goes on and on for pages. If a topic goes on for more a couple of pages, screw it. I got better things to do.

I got several hundred profiles I could update wiith one or two changes, but I don't need the aggravation. I got better things to do.

MatrixTom, you've around long enough you should know whose update you can trust.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorMallrat
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I don't know if it's technically feasible, but perhaps a count of the number of contributed DVDP fields could largely solve that.


That seems to be a good idea to prevent people moaning about manipulating results by contributing "too little" at a time.

That whole argument seems daft to me anyway. If I see something wrong I correct it and I don't (and am certainly not going to) feel obligated to do a full audit. 
Cast and crew is something, so far, I mostly steer clear of (too many BY and Credited-as problems for me, at least for the time being). The rest I dó check every time I've already noticed a different error anyway (if it looks at all fishy that is), and I tag this in my local. So most of my contributions will be more than 1 change, but not all.

I'm against any kind of "ranking" system. We have enough arguments as it is. Even just the suggestion of it has caused some people to criticize others (albeit in general). 

But to satisfy the mistrusting and paranoid among us, if there has to be one, I'd vote for Dee1953jay's solution.

Steve
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