I have never seen a a profile that had paragraph indents.  To add them would be silly and the formatting would look inconsistent across the computers and views of everyone looking at the profile.

The rule you mention about separating paragraphs with a blank line does cover everything we need to do for paragraphs.  That is separate them with a blank line.

To do otherwise is to start numerous insane arguments...again.  The purpose of the overview is to capture the text with the limited formatting offered by the program (bold, italics, etc.).

Otherwise we'd have to figure out how many spaces are appropriate for lines four to the end of the image below.

If someone needs to see literal formatting we've also captured the cover images.

I remember years ago when I started contributing that we were told not to use indents, hence the rule:
"Copy the overview from the back of the DVD case exactly as written, including capitalization of words exactly as shown on the back of the case. Separate all paragraphs with a blank line."

Bold is by me.

agree with others in this thread... no indentation.

Yes, even for something like that.  Block style, no indentation.

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Quoting CharlieM:

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Even for something like this, not to start anything, I just want to be sure

In cases like that, rules are clear :

Copy the overview from the back of the DVD case exactly as written, including capitalization of words exactly as shown on the back of the case.

No reason not to respect indentation. We must respect everything, including spelling mistakes. Nothing in rules exclude indentation, and when indentation is there, we have to recopy it "exactly as written", as we do for bold, italics and capitalization.

Indentation isn't even supported in the contribution process, so it's a moot point. You can't contribute it to an Overview in a profile to even show up as a visual change for people to vote on. Ken coded it so things like paragraph indentation and multiple spacings are ignored and not displayed.

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Indentation isn't even supported in the contribution process, so it's a moot point. You can't contribute it to an Overview in a profile to even show up as a visual change for people to vote on. Ken coded it so things like paragraph indentation and multiple spacings are ignored and not displayed.

This I hadn't checked out.  True paragraph indentation in overviews on back covers is rare enough,that I hadn't even realized this.  Kind of makes this question moot.

Thanx

Charlie

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That being said, I wouldn't agree with any more useless formatting in the Overview box. We DO have the coverscan for a reason, y'know? That's why I never understood the "exactly as printed" ruling in the first place.

My sentiment exactly.