Contributions & Duplicate Entries - Let's fix the database!

[strumdogg]

I once complained about Contributions: How to submit properly, and how they are approved/denied. I was welcomed by iceman, and assured a policy was coming. I also started the Duplicate entries (Official) thread. I was happy that iceman took it over, since he should be responsible for that sort of thing, and...iceman is awesome.


Ironically, while I have gotten dinged for rudimentary submissions (I have made a few mistakes), we members still see Duplicate entries everyday that have been approved within the last few months.

There must be a better level of approval processes than this. "We" deal with these multiple (i.e. more than just duplicate) entries of the same BD releases every day, yet many members aren't aware that what they are adding to their collections is False.

As you can tell, it's frustrating. When you want the database to be accurate, and no one responds for weeks...it's actually quite .


My hope is we can work together on fixing these issues, which include ensuring erroneous entries are removed and no longer allowed, and publishing those "contribution guidelines" that have been promised for a while. I'm all for having new features like that super-cool My Blu-ray.com link in the banner, but shouldn't we focus on the established functions/processes of the site, and get the database correct?


Thank you for your valuable time.

EDIT: I've heard some good ideas, but no solutions. Perhaps Deciazulado could provide some accurate information to the community regarding submissions...real vs. duplicate vs. imaginary. Got stats?