There are a few profiles that have release dates of hundreds or thousands of years from now.

Such as UPC# 855982002401 has a release date of 9/6/9201

Or UPC# 628261121496 has a release date of 9/6/2100.

Now these are likely just innocent mistakes, but the program itself shouldn't allow this in the first place.

So perhaps a system that wouldn't allow release dates set in the future like those shown above. Perhaps 5 years max. Since it's now 2012, the max year that could be entered would be 2017.

Either that or Ken could set up a filter that would notice obvious errors like the above and notify the contributor on the contributor of the error before completing the submittion.

A plausibility-check would be great.
I wouldn't even allow 5 years in the future. I'm quite sure that two years will completely suffice, taking into consideration how new releases are announced today.

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Actually one of my most hated things about DVDProfiler. People seem to contribute profiles for items not yet released. Considering practically every rule for contributions relates to having to get the information from the dvd or case itself, I can't believe these "mock-ups" are allowed into the database. It just creates chaos as people try to fix the profile once the actual physical thing is released and a lot of the information that was in the mock up was wrong.

I would vote for NO future dates to be allowed at all!

It would be pretty hard to have a wish list or track a title that you pre-order if this were true. Would ruin the value of the program for many. I actually contribute many pre-release titles, but typically stick to the details that are tangible from the studio announcement (date, msrp, disc count, artwork) - and if it's a re-release I use cast/crew from the closest approved profile and clearly document as such.

You do make a valid point about the rules though... My guess s Invelos screeners give a lot of leeway for ore-release... but I would be open to a specific set of rules if the community wanted them standardized / more accurate.

Definitely agree that pre-release info is a must for the database. I wouldn't care if they made them to be limited on data compared to a release title.... but we have to be able to have them in the database.

I personally don't believe putting a rule on them is a good idea either. I can see times when I can correctly put cast and crew into a pre-release. And any other field for that matter.

For example...
- If it is a re-release... the cast and crew (and other movie related info) info is already available for us... so why put a rule to stop us from using it?

- I buy a huge amount of TV Series releases... But I also record the series off TV. Why put a rule in place where I can't add cast or crew when I do have the episodes right in front of me?

- What about the studio press releases? I know sites that publish these press releases on their site (TVShowsonDVD.com for one).... you can get all kind of info from these...audio, video format, extras, cover art, SRP, etc. Why disallow any of this info?

So I don't think a rule for what info can be submitted for them would be right. I would be more behind where the info for pre-releases can come from.