TheOldBill

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Stats 20 July 2006

Prison Warden Drama King - More than 10 favorite shows, at least 20% dramas. Space Cadet - More than 10 favorite shows, just 14% sci-fi. Swashbuckler - More than 10 favorite shows, just 13% action/adventure. Mr Clean - More than 10 favorite shows, just 6% soaps. Editor for a show guide. Trusted Contributor for a show guide.
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Contributor Shogun - This user has made at least 10,000 contributions. Contributionator - This user has made at least 20,000 contributions. This user has been a TV.com member since June 1, 2005. This user has one of the top 1,000 point scores in the community. This user has one of the top 500 point scores in the community. This user has one of the top 100 point scores in the community. This user has contributed over 500 message board posts. This user has over 50 journal entries.

Rank       : Prison Warden  Level      : 54  Percentage : 68% (+1)      Forum Posts :   1,488 (+6)
(Due       : 77%)
  
  Submissions                Reviews  Accepted   : 26960  (+84)  Shows       :     1  Pending    :    18   (-1)  Episodes    :     2  Denied     :   125   (+1)  People      :     0  Total      : 27103         Total       :     3

  Edited Guides              Trusted User  157 Shows                  2 Shows

So what is it with the bizarre approach to contributing people data taken by some editors? I have hitherto refrained from contributing to one show because it is in such a mess. This is a current and popular British show, with a new season coming later in the year, and every person credit added by the current editor is wrong, wrong, wrong. He has revised the show stars list, which had season numbers appended to the character names, and replaced these with episode number notations (!), but in doing so has removed all of the true IDs and added a whole sequence of duplicate IDs at summary level. Some episodes have the original IDs, others have the duplicates. Some co-stars have been added to the list of stars (again with duplicate IDs). Several series regulars have been allocated reverse name (Surname, Forename) IDs. One co-star has four IDs: his real one, his show star one, and three guest star ones.

When suggestion and persuasion fail, there is no means of persuading a sitting editor to follow the basic rules, and there are no means of removing an editor for incompetence. I can amend the cast credits for each episode, but the show stars for each remain incorrect as these can only be sorted at summary level, and it is really those that I want to address, and this cannot be done by a non-editor for a show with an editor. I cannot legitimately accumulate enough points to unseat the editor, as he has already accumulated more points than I could legitimately gather for a show I never watch – 5+5+2+(8+2+1*no. of episodes) – even if I rewrite the more incoherent show summaries. However, I can turn a blind eye no longer, and shall do the best job that I can of correcting the guide, running the risk of a welter of rejections.

On the subject of rejections, I got another today, the first in ages. I tried to delete a Note telling us that a particular actor was in a particular episode, at the same time as I added the actor to the cast. The editor for that guide rejected the Note before approving the cast addition. Oh, well.

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