Should/can an Overview be added to Child Profiles?

I am the only "no" voter and don't understand where others see that this data is allowed.

Here are the sections of the rules that I feel supports my rationale:

TV Series Rule:

"A simple list of Episodes may also be added to the standard overview. Do not add episode synopses to the overview field..."

Disc Level Profile:

"Create each of these individual profiles in line with the standard Contribution Rules with one exception - Cover Images."

I voted other because you didn't give sufficient information.

How is the child profile packaged and was there an individual overview? Or did the contributer make it up?

"Standard overview" means what's back on the cover. Cover in this case means season cover if the discs are packed together (e.g. Keep Case) or if they have an individual packaging (e.g. ThinPAK) then the disc cover.

If the cover actually contains an episode description, it's of course part of the overview and can/must be entered into the overview field.

The "Do not add episode synopses to the overview field..." constraint is meant for the case where the overview does not provide episode descriptions of its own and the user is not allowed to make an episode description up.

The maximum he is allowed is to create a simple list of the episode names in this season / on this disc.


At least that's my interpretation of that section of the rules.


Here's an example of a ThinPAK back cover/overview for a single disc which contains an episode description which I think is perfectly allowed to go into the overview field:




What he isn't allowed is to make up an episode description for this back cover:

The TV Series is: Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The submitted Overviews were taken from startrek.com.

Quoting Kathy:

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The TV Series is: Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The submitted Overviews were taken from startrek.com.

Is there episode overviews anywhere on the case... in an included booklet.. or even in the menus? If so they should be used. If not... then the contribution would be correct.

Quoting dee1959jay:

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The TV Series Rule you are quoting applies to season-level profiles.

The standard Contribution Rules, which as you have quoted apply to disc-level profiles, include a rule which states "When there is no overview on the case, add a simple, self-written overview of 1-2 paragraphs. Do not include spoilers and always match the overview language to the profile's locality."

The cases you are referring to are disc-level profiles of Star Trek seasons.

Now, these, according to the standard rule I just quoted, might contain a "simple, self-written overview of 1-2 paragraphs". It clearly says so.

Both of the quotes in my initial post are from the TV Series section. You can not just use the standard rule - this is spelled out in the TV Series rules: "The following are Clarifications to the standard Rules for TV Series on DVD:..."

Quoting Kathy:

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The TV Series is: Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The submitted Overviews were taken from startrek.com.

Must be for a later season... I have the first 3 seasons and don't see any contributions up.

In order to prevent an endless merry-go-round (and just like the caroussell actually going nowhere) could anyone else chipping in just say "I agree with XYZ" unless they actually have yet another point of view on the matter.

As for those who've already posted (and yes that includes me) please refrain from re-iterating your argument ad nauseam. It hasn't happened yet but these kind threads with unclear wording in the rules tend to go that way.

Quoting Kathy:

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Hmm - I just re-read them again and see what others are thinking.

"Create each of these individual profiles in line with the standard Contribution Rules with one exception - Cover Images."

Are the "standard Contribution Rules" the TV Series rules? I thought so based on this ""The following are Clarifications to the standard Rules for TV Series on DVD:..."

Buy, why would we use rules for regular DVDs when it is spelled out to use TV Series clarifications?

The introduction to the rules tells us what they consider the standard rules...

This shows that Invelos considers the main rules the standard rules....

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These rules apply to all kinds of profiles, but there are two special cases where the rules need clarifications. Where you see the icons shown below, refer to the special instructions at the end of this document. These are titled Movie Box sets and TV Series on DVD.
Box sets containing more than one film
TV Series on DVD

Note: The standard rules do apply for these special cases; the sections clarify specific ways the rules apply to box sets and television series on DVD.

So when the TV Series rules tells us to use the standard rules in such a case... they must mean the main rules.

As to why they did it this way? I have no idea... I would have just wrote the overview exception into the disc level rules. But that is just me I guess.