I was wondering about something today. When the rules state "A simple list of Episodes may also be added to the standard overview." should this include the numbers already used in the cast & crew dividers or just list the episode titles in order without them?

IF you are providing a list from a source such as list from the back cover, if they are numbered...YES. If not...NO, copy the Overview EXACTLY from the back cover, that is what the Rules say. In the case you are referring t, Robert, the Press release had no numbers with the Episodic data, so to include numbers from the source (Distributor) is o create a fiction. This is a personal choice, which numbering system would you use tyhe numbers from the beginning of the show OR the numbers from the beginning of the SEASON. Now when the title is released, if there is a numbering system, fine, if not then we don't invent, that is for each user to chose on his own...else we have the potential for ping-pong wars as we watch users battle over the numbering system that THEY want to use.

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Cver:

NOTE. I SAID if the back cover (the source)  has an Episode list. contains numbers then YES, IF not then NO to numbers based on the Rules. I am jno arguing your point at all, you missed mine completely. The refernce that was being referred to was pre-release from the DISTRIBUTOR's press release (the SOURCE) contained an Episode list with NO numbering, therefore the answer is NO  numbers, if when released their is a numbered Episode ofr NO Episode list THEN we can include numbers.

We don't create FICTION, for the reasons I explained. Now once the title is released then things may be different, for NOW the numbering based on the Source is a fiction. If we are going to create a fiction, then we have to establish a STANDARD so that users won't start arguing ove how to number as I explained.

When the title becomes available it trumps the press release but right now all we have the data from the press release and includes NO NUMBERING. If the Press Release had not included any kind of Episode listing then I would not have an issue with Robert numbering the episodes, it is ALWAYS about the data, not a fiction. If we want to write fiction I can hook you up with a publisher.

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Well... I can tell you the way I always done it anyway. I always numbered per the season just counting the episodes in the set... in the order they are in the set. I think that is the simplest way to do it anyway.

Convention is to number by season.

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I believe the standard has been to have them match the dividers.

Yup, this is what I do as well.

Quoting the Rules"

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Complete Series/Season & Anthologies of Episodes - A simple list of Episodes may also be added to the standard overview. Do not add episode synopses to the overview field, but these can be added to the local non-contributed “Notes” field.

There is NO direction given in the Rules as to the format of the "simple episode list".  The rules may not support it explicitly, but they also don't prohibit it explicitly either.

Given that we profile DVD's (or HD DVD's or Blu-rays) here, I think it's quite simple:

- if there is an episode overview on the back cover: copy-paste that overview

- if not, you are free to add one yourself. Rules don't stipulate how they should be formated in that case, so users are free to decide for themselves, provided it's a "simple list of Episodes". I tend to number them because it's easier then to quickly find an episode in a set.

Going purely by the rules as they are now, that's all there's to it really: copy what's there and if it's not there, you're free to add a simple listing yourself, provided it matches what's on the disc. All the rest is just pure personal preference by submitters & voters.