Quoting RaymondG:

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I'd vote no. Because we cannot assume that it's italicised as opposed to a slanted lettertype, we should not add anything. Leaving it as is we don not HAVE to assume anything because we change nothing.

Furthermore, I believe the purpose of italic and bold to be so that we can differentiate within an overview. This has no added value whatsoever; only that it reads harder...

You should check the rules... that is not the purpose of Bold or Italic formatting. The purpose of it is to match the look of the back of case.

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Use the Bold and/or Italic features for any words in the overview that are bold and/or italic as needed to match the case. Exceptions: If the entire overview uses an uppercase or lowercase font, enter the overview using standard capitalization rules for the locality of the DVD. Do not bold or italicize individual letters (as in the case of dropped capitals beginning a paragraph).

Bold added by me... so except for the couple of exceptions that are listed in the rules... the purpose is to match back of case.

Vote yes because it follows the rules - then remove the italics in your database and lock the overview.

It's already been discussed in detail over a multitude of threads in the Contribution Rules Committee forum - this is the outcome.  Look on page three in the topic list to find them.

Quoting CharlieM:

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I must agree, if it looks slanty, then the average person would assume italics.

I would be for a rule amendment, similar to the all capitals exception.

If some one could help with the wording for it?

Quoting Dr. Killpatient:

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It's already been discussed in detail over a multitude of threads in the Contribution Rules Committee forum - this is the outcome.  Look on page three in the topic list to find them.

Yes it has been discussed more then once in the Rules Committee Forum. And the discussion went back and forth for a while... a group of us wanted it to match back of the case for the formatting... and a group wanted an exception for this. In the end Ken himself stepped in deciding that it is to match the formatting on the back of the case... even for when the entire overview is in italic. A decision that I am personally glad he made... I for one feel if the overview is all italic (slanted) then it should be so in profiler as well.

Quoting Addicted2DVD:

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The formatting is the look....

No, formatting is markup. Look may be an effect of the markup.

Rho:

You and i are in absolute agreement and we are both on the wrong right side of this.

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