Before You Contribute

Before changing a profile and making a contribution, there are some things that you should consider.ensure that you have considered the following:

• Before editing an existing profile, make sure you have refreshed it from the online database so that you are starting with the latestmost recent version.
• Read the prior Contribution Notes. They will give you information about contributions that other users have made. There are two specific things that you need to be particularly aware of:
  • Have other users verified discrepancies between the cover and the actual disc information? If so, do not contribute the incorrect box information again.
  • Are there pending contributions from other users, which have yet to be evaluated by IVS screeners? If so, you need to ensure that your contribution will not overwrite pending corrections with incorrect information again. Or are you duplicating the contribution that is pending, just contributing the same information again?
• Make sure your contributions add significant value to the database. For example, contributions that only re-order the information within a certain section should not be submitted. These unnecessary changes are highlighted in the rules. Please do not make a separate contribution for them; however, they may be acceptable if you are making wider corrections to a profile.Acceptable contributions correct existing data or add data that is missing. It is not acceptable to make a contribution to simply re-sort subjective items such as genres, or to remove/add genres based on personal choice.
• Studios occasionally re-release titles with the same UPC, but with changed content – for example (e.g. Cover Images, Case Type and Overview). All information in the main DVD Profiler database is to be for the Original Release version of the disc; do not contribute any information that is specific to a re-release. You can of course keep this re-release information in your local database profile, but do not contribute it to the main database.