Hi invleos,

I am not an overly active user here but I am trying to make my contributions to the community. However, even though I am thorough in indicating where I got the newly contributed information from (DVD purchase place, date, etc.) some of my contributions are declined for no obvious reason.

E.g., the newly release Blu-Ray DVD "Fighting" was not in the database. I contributed UPC, covers and such for the Canadian release. Afterward I made another contribution with the cast and crew members, indicating that I retrieved that information from IMDB (a trustable source one might say). The latter contribution was declined. Why?

When you decline a contribution, why don't you indicate in the comment field why it was declined?

Best regards,
Sundance

You can't use imdb or any other source that aren't the film credit itself that you had on the dvd.

For the second question I think it's a reason of time (imagine the screeners sending a personnal message for all the decline contributions. They would have time for nothing else)

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Hi invleos,

I am not an overly active user here but I am trying to make my contributions to the community. However, even though I am thorough in indicating where I got the newly contributed information from (DVD purchase place, date, etc.) some of my contributions are declined for no obvious reason.

E.g., the newly release Blu-Ray DVD "Fighting" was not in the database. I contributed UPC, covers and such for the Canadian release. Afterward I made another contribution with the cast and crew members, indicating that I retrieved that information from IMDB (a trustable source one might say). The latter contribution was declined. Why?

When you decline a contribution, why don't you indicate in the comment field why it was declined?

Best regards,
Sundance

Sundance:

First off read aned FOLLOW our Contributio9n Rules and you will not get declined. This mean you do NOT use IMDb, the most unreliable source I have ever seen, i must say. Invelos' Contributioons are not declining.

The ONLY thing you need to dio is READ tyhe Rules and then FOLLOW the Rules. If you think IMDb is so reliable, then why are you using Profiler, you can tack 10,000 titles for FREE at IMDb, Now why do we not use IMDb, there are klegal issues if you bother to read their Terms of Use. On top of that one of the reassons for profiler's success is it's price. The4ir are other Dbs out there that are a lot more money and the pay to license the use of IMDb's data, you, the customer PAY for that. We do not license their data, the biggest single reason is that they are absolutely the worst and most inaccurate database in history.

One more time to make sure you understand READ the Rules then FOLLOW the Rules.

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Something additional for you to think about, Sundance. IMDb exists, it does not need to re-created or cloned, we are Profiler and we do things differently and the Profiler way, if all Profiler was going to be was clone of IMDb then there would be no need for Profiler.

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Sam:

I am still waiting for someone to name the last movie that IMDb produced or even created the credit list for.

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Kathy makes some excellent points, Sundance. There absolutely is a learning curve Contributing to profiler. We really don't bite or beat, we will sometimes nibble on fingers and toes, but that's about it. Fingers are especially tasty.            

Don't say it, I KNOW what you are thinking.           My Magic 8 Ball told me so.

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To see the status and reasons for decline, visit the My Profiler->Contributions link above.  Although we're not able to provide a detailed reason every time, in this case the reason is listed.

Thanks for that Ken.  As I said above, in this situation, a reason is usually given.  While I know the screeners are human, and can make mistakes, I am glad to hear they didn't in this case. 

Hi all,

so ... I tried to do better.

I recently bought the Canadian release of Saw III, titled "Saw III - Uncut Edition". It was not in our online database here, neither by UPC nor by title. So I contributed the profile with the following description:

Bought on 27.Sep.2009 at Future Shop, Mississauga, CAN
Information taken from original cover
- Subtitle: "Uncut Edition"
- location and UPC
- cover scans
- features

Lo and behold, the contribution was declined with this explanation:

An invalid source, such as a third party database, was listed in the contribution notes. Use of a third party database is not allowed per the contribution rules.

Ok, your turn. What was wrong this time?

Best regards,
Sundance