I add the cast for each episode if the crew changes over the episodes, so that we have the same dividers in both cast and crew. If both of them are the same in all episodes, I don't bother.

I do the same as reybr. For "The Ultimate Fighter" boxsets, I put one divider listing "Episodes 1-12", since they had all the same cast & crew, then one with "Episode 13: The Finale", since that would have a different cast & crew .

The Rules tells us to list cast and crew for each episode and not to list any outside  dividers... and does not give any exception to this.

Rules Quote:

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Complete Series/Season & Anthologies of Episodes:

Enter Cast and Crew for each episode using standard rules, and insert dividers to separate each episode's credit list from the others. Do not list Cast and Crew outside of the dividers even if they are credited in all episodes.

Enter the episode number and title in the divider that marks the beginning of that episode's credit list. The divider should be formatted as "1. Episode Title", or "Episode 1" if no title is available.

Take the episode title from the episode itself, or from elsewhere on the DVD or DVD packaging, exactly as shown. If all episode titles are entirely capitalized, use standard capitalization rules instead. If the episodes are listed with quotes around each title, exclude the quotes.

If the DVD or DVD packaging specifically numbers the episodes, use that number in the divider. Otherwise, episodes are to be numbered sequentially in the order that they appear on the DVD(s) in the set, with the number sequence carrying over from disc to disc. Do not number non-episodic features such as movies or alternate cuts unless they are given specific numbers on the DVD or DVD packaging.

See the parts I put in bold. So with that line there... I always put a divider for each episode. (with number and title as per Rules) Whether they are all the same or not. And I vote no to anything else since it is indeed in the rules.

For contribution purposes, I would go with the repeated list, even if it seems a somewhat dumb and tiresome thing to do.

But there is a difference between data entry and data presentation. With my Credits Plus HTML Window (see this thread), you can get a compact display of cast and crew for episode credits.

Good shamless plug Matthias...Hahahahaha I kid.  Darknite, you can always do the first entry of cast/crew the usual way, then copy cast/crew section and paste & append cast/crew section for the subsequent eps.

Eric

Quoting goodguy:

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For contribution purposes, I would go with the repeated list, even if it seems a somewhat dumb and tiresome thing to do.

I always thought the purpose of the rule was so that regular cast members would not be listed above/outside episode dividers at the top. Such as having the regular cast members of Star Trek: The Next Generation listed only once at the top and then the episode dividers would only have the guest stars.



I did the profile for the Pup Named Scooby Doo's first 2 seasons set. The cast is exactly the same for all 13 episodes and each episode has 51 cast members. So even though it's redundant all 663 credits are listed in that profile.

But now that I look at it, I'm likely to edit down the cast members to just 51 cast members without dividers. It's just redundant data.

I agree with Skip... Local only that is fine. But for the online database we all need to follow the rules... whether we agree with them or not.

, pal

Skip