I have copied data from other profiles of the same title to save on typing, but then I verify that all the info is correct against the title that I have in hand. I do not assume that the data from the title that I am copying from is correct.

Quoting tweeter:

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Perhaps more specifically copying without reviewing should be discouraged.

Just Copying = Lazy

Copying & Reviewing what you copied = Efficient! 

I can buy into that.

It does not matter what the original profile you are copying from, you still have to verify the data against the dvd in hand to make sure you are contributing an accurate profile.

Quoting Dragon 6:

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It does not matter what the original profile you are copying from, you still have to verify the data against the dvd in hand to make sure you are contributing an accurate profile.

Actually, submissions stating "Source: profile xxx" have constantly been accepted, AFAIK.

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I see no problem for it when adding initial info.  Info from another profiel which hasn't been closely scrutinized si ebtter than nothing.  This is how I generally add new editions of movies.

And of course you do scrutinize it when you add it. 

Quoting Leiterfluid:

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Lately, I've reviewed a couple of submissions where the data is copied from an existing child profile, or a different region disc, where the submission contained incorrect (or invalid for that region) information that often get an automatic "yes" vote without further scrutiny.

I just want to remind everyone that we shouldn't assume that the following automatically correct (or even the same) disc information:

Discs released in different regions

Child profile data moved into parent profiles

Newer editions of a previously released title

All of these contribution types should be given the exact same scrutiny we would give for any other contribution.

I'm done ranting.

And skip didn't pay me to say this.

Why would you think that?

For the Seinfeld Season Set there was no crew or cast data...I don't recall which. Taking the data from another season was quite alright by me. There may have been errors in there but the good data surely outweighed the bad data and it's better than nothing in there. I did a quick scan of it and it looked alright to me...you could have done the same.

Question is if it's that big a deal why didn't you verify some of the submission instead of just voting 'no'. You got 10 contributions and you're telling people who bother to contribute how it should be done. That's very amusing. It's easy to just sit around and wait for people around you to build the database for you...why don't you try getting in there and doing something. In my opinion that guy's submission did a lot more for the database than your 'no' vote. I would take 1 of him over 10 of you any day.

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And skip didn't pay me to say this.

Why would you think that?

You must have missed the 18 page thread in the features forum where Skip tried to mount a campaign to do exactly that... copy cast and crew data between profiles, in order to try to "make the alias table more accurate." In fact, after enough people told him that this was a bad idea, he broke down and announced that he was leaving DVD Profiler and the forums forever!