There was no rationale speciic to that particular credit.  The desire, by a small yet vocal group, was to eliminate what they felt was a loophole in the 'sound' credits.  In the rush to close that loophole, no thought was given to whether or not any of the credits in that section might be credits that deserved to be tracked.

Sound Supervisors should be added. I still think it's very strange that the rules are telling you to omit the Sound Supervisor if a Production Sound Mixer is credited.

Yeah, that is unfortunate.  But I'll leave it up to the voters and screeners to decide if they want to reject accurate data in favor of a rule that asks to ignore a perfectly valid crew entry.  I'm more than happy to keep my changes local.

I don't have access to the rules committee forum, otherwise, I'd raise this issue there. 

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Yeah, that is unfortunate.  But I'll leave it up to the voters and screeners to decide if they want to reject accurate data in favor of a rule that asks to ignore a perfectly valid crew entry.  I'm more than happy to keep my changes local.

I don't have access to the rules committee forum, otherwise, I'd raise this issue there. 

It might very well be that you are correct in wanting this data to be entered into the online database. But, at this point the data is not allowed.

If you contribute this information now, you will be knowingly contribute data that violates the rules:

"As part of our ongoing quest to maintain, improve and refine our DVD database, we have created these rules. These rules apply to online contributions. You can use DVD Profiler locally, or you can contribute to the main online database, or you can do both. If you want to contribute to the online database, the rules tell you how to complete each DVD Profiler field."

The next part is especially important and I've highlighted a relevant section:

"If you wish to save different information in your local profiles, you are free to do so in your local database, but do not contribute your information. If you wish to save different information in your local profiles, you are free to do so in your local database, but do not contribute your information. The main database is standardized so that all profiles follow these rules. DVD Profiler allows you to lock your data so that it is not overwritten by updates from the main database."

This information can be found in the rules here: http://invelos.com/dvdpro/contributions/Rules.aspx?display=introduction.


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I don't have access to the rules committee forum, otherwise, I'd raise this issue there. 

Why don't you sign up for access to that forum? Ideas are always welcome and you can help improve the database. All you need to do is request access: http://invelos.com/Forums.aspx.

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I'm not going to remove valid data from my profile just to submit and re-add it locally.

I do this all the time.  I simply copy the cast or crew list and paste it into Notepad, remove the offending entry or entries, contribute, then copy and paste the cast or crew back into the profile.  It isn't all that difficult...at least not in my opinion. 

This rule (as some other rules as well) is far from reality. A Production Sound Mixer and a Sound Supervisor have nothing in common except the fact that they are in film sound business. Especially in this case, where a Production Sound Mixer and a Sound Supervisor are both credited, it is absolutely clear, that they do different jobs, both in a comparable leading position. If there's a necessitiy for ranking, the Sound Supervisor is even more important than the Production Sound Mixer, because the latter is just in charge of the set sound recording, while the Sound Supervisor is a kind of Sound Director of the whole film project. So Leiterfluid is absolutely right. Before defining these strict rules, the responsible persons should ask the people who work in the business.

that might be true if there weren't something like 18 profiles with roughly six episodes per profile to submit.