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Introduction

Thank you for considering contributing data to My Movies' WebService. Since we believe in quality over quantity, it is important that all data contributed to the service follows this contribution guide. We ask that you read this guide closely before starting to contribute data. Notice that if you locate any data on our service that does not follow this guide, you can also gain points by reporting the issue to our moderators. Please see the bottom of this page for details.

If you have any questions regarding data contributions, and how to ensure that you are contributing data correctly, please use the Data Contribution area of our forums to seek support. Our moderators will gladly help you. Should you contribute incorrect data to the service, you will likely receive a warning from our moderators, and if these warnings are ignored, it can lead to your account being temporary closed until we have ensured that you will follow the contribution guide when contributing. Because of this, it is important that you use an account with an e-mail address that you check frequently.

Box Sets

Box Sets will be handled using the same rules as found below, but with specific differences that only apply to box sets. For more information please see the Box Set section of the Wiki: Box Sets

Country

Country specifies the origin country of the DVD release, which means the country the title was released for. Generally, you can expect the country you purchased the title in to be the country of origin, but in some situations titles are imported from other countries – in this case the country must specifies as the country where the title was imported from. The Country is required information before contributing a title to the Webservice, and when a title have been contributed the first time, Country can only be changed by a moderator.

Barcode

Barcode specifies the barcode of the DVD as found on the back cover of the DVD. The Barcode must match the barcode found on the back of the DVD, and only one title with the same barcode must be present for each country in the Webservice. The Barcode is required information before contributing a title to the Webservice, and when a title have been contributed the first time, Barcode can only be changed by a moderator.

In rare situations, a title is released without a barcode, in these situations or in situations where a box set contains individually packed movies where the covers does not contain a barcode, the default barcode "000000000000" may be used. For a title contributed with this barcode to be accepted and added to the database, it is required to contribute both a front and a back cover, for a moderator to confirm that the title follows correct usage of the special barcode. Notice that contribution points are not given for titles using the "000000000000" barcode. For more information on these types of titles and how they specifically apply to Box Sets please see the Box Set section of the Wiki. Box Sets

Type

Type specifies the type of the media, “DVD”, “HD-DVD” or “Blu-ray”, combined titles with “HD-DVD” on one side, and “DVD” on the other must be specified as “HD-DVD”. The Type information does not refer to the type of the actual video on your hard drive. Notice that the contribution guide will refer to all of these as DVDs. The Type is required information before contributing a title to the Webservice, and when a title have been contributed the first time, Type can only be changed by a moderator.

Local Title, Original Title, Sort Title and Edition

1) Local Title contains the DVDs main title in the country it is released for. This title will be the one typically found on the movie cover. An example would be “The Lord of the Rings”, where Local Title would be “Les Deux Tours” for a DVD released in France and “Der Herr der Ringe” for a DVD released in France. The Local Title is required information before contributing a title to the Webservice.

2) Original Title contains the films main title in the country it was produced in. This title can typical be found on the back of the movie cover as a small note of the original title. An example would be English “Lord of the Rings”, French “Les Deux Tours”, and German “Herr der Ringe” that as original title always would be “Lord of the Rings” no matter what country the DVD was released for. When a DVD is released for the same country that it was produced in, the Original Title typically equals the Local Title.
NOTE: The Original Title is what you use when you create a film's Online Movie Details Page - NOT the Local Title.


Original Title examples for Us and UK users:
1) For the classic Swedish film "Det sjunde inseglet", which is known to US/UK users as "The Seventh Seal", you will use "Det sjunde inseglet" as the Original Title.
  • Local Title: "The Seventh Seal"
  • Original Title: "Det sjunde inseglet"
2) For the USA television series "Dexter" there is not much change - as the Original Title is basically what US/UK users are familiar with.
  • Local Title: "Dexter: Season 01 - Supreme Box Set Ultimate Party Pack"
  • Original Title: "Dexter"
3) For the Japanese televsision series that US/UK users know as "Amazing Nurse Nanako" you would use the original Japanese Kanji, followed by the Romanji in parantheses. These should usually be separated by a space.
  • Local Title: "Amazing Nurse Nanako Volume 1: Memories of You"
  • Original Title: "菜々子解体診書 (Nanako Katai Shinsho)"

3) Sort Title equals the Local Title, with exceptions of leading words, such as “The” in English, “Die”, “Das” and “Der” in Germany, and similar, where the leading word must be placed behind the title. An example would be the English Sort Title, “Lord of the Rings, The”, and the German Sort Title “Herr der Ringe, Der”. If the title contains roman numbers, such as "V" and "IV", these should as sort title be changed to standard numeric values with minimum two digits, such as "05" and "04" - as an example, "Star Wars V: Empire Strikes Back " as local title should be added as "Star Wars 05: Empire Strikes Back" as Sort Title. If a title is a sequel the sort title needs to be set to the common name followed by a two digit number and then the titles proper name. As an example the Indiana Jones movies.

Local Title:
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Sort Title:
Indiana Jones 01: and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones 02: and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones 03: and the Last Crusade


NOTE: If a title is assigned a digit, make sure "The", "Der", etc. is in the following position:
  • Sort Title: "Herr der Ringe, Der 01" - NOT "Herr der Ringe 01, Der"
NOTE: The colon (:) is used as defined in the ever-helpful Wikipedia: "As a rule a colon informs the reader that what follows proves and explains, or simply enumerates elements of what is referred to before." So in the above Indiana Jones examples we have

4) Edition contains the edition of the DVD, to be able to distinguish different releases of the same film, such as “Widescreen Edition”, “Full-Screen Edition”, “Unrated” and similar. The edition of the film, if any, is typically printed on the front of the DVD cover. If no Edition can be found on the cover of the DVD, and you are unaware of other releases of the same film, the Edition field should be left blank.

Please notice the following things when contributing titles and editions:

  • Use correct capitalization of the title, and for English do not capitalize joining words such as “the”, “a”, “in” or “of” unless they only, first or last word in the title. An example is “The Lord of the Rings”, where “The” is capitalized because it is the first word, “of” and second “the” isn’t as it joining words that is not only, first or last word, and “Lord” and “Rings” is capitalized, because they are not joining words, a capitalization such as “The Lord Of The Rings” would be incorrect, and the same would “The lord of the rings”. Please pay attention to correct capitalization on non-English languages that must follow the common usage in that specific language.
  • Never add additional information to the title fields, such as “Full-Screen”, “Unrated”, “HD”, “DTS” or similar, DVD edition information must be added to the “Edition” section, type such as “HD-DVD” must be select in the “Type” field, and audio information goes in the audio section.
  • The word “Local” in local title does not refer to this title being a local one for your personal collection only, the “Local Title” is the main title on the My Movies Webservice.
  • If the title on the DVD cover includes information that is not part of the actual title, such as "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride", only the actual title name "Corpse Bride" should be added to the local title field. The full title, such as "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" is to be added to the "Original Title" field.

Production Year

Production Year contains the year the film originally was released to theatres. This original release year is to be used also on new creations of the film, such as directors cut or similar, meaning that new creations do not give the title a new Production Year. If no production year is added on a profile, you may import it from IMDB when importing actors or crew.

Release Date

Release Date contains the specific date on where the DVD was first released within the country of origin.

Please notice the following things when contributing release dates:

  • Release Date is precise specified information, meaning that if you do not know the specific release date, you should leave the field empty.
  • If a title goes out of print, and is later re-released, the Release Date should contain the date of the original release, as long as the title is still having the same barcode.

Running Time

Running Time contains the length in minutes of the main movie of the DVD, without extra material, intros or similar. Generally, the length of the title can be found on the DVD cover, and this is the main source, unless you can find a specific difference in actual running time as displayed by the player, in which case the running time of the player is the one to use. Running time must be rounded to nearest full minute, 30 second and above rounds up. An example would be that the player shows 90 minutes and 43 seconds running time, in which case running time must be specified as 91 minutes, even if the cover specifies 90 minutes.

IMDB Id

IMDB Id contains the id of the movie and/or series on IMDB. If the title is not present on IMDB, you may use the id tt0000000, but only in situations where the title cannot be located on IMDB.

IMDB Id's refer to ids on "The Internet Movie Database" (http://www.imdb.com), and can be located by searching their website. After locating the title, the website address will appear such as "http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000000/", where numbers in "tt0000000" differs for each title - the "tt0000000" string is the IMDB id to enter.

Parental Rating & Parental Rating Description

Parental Rating contains the rating of the DVD in the country the DVD was released for. The Parental Rating can be found on the DVD cover if the DVD is rated. If the DVD is not rated, use the setting “Unrated”. The rating settings follow the country specified for the title, so when creating new titles manually, be sure to specify a country for correct Parental Rating options. If the Parental Rating levels are not known for the country the DVD was released for, a standard set of levels will be used.

Parental Rating Description contains the description for the reason of the rating, often found on the back side of the cover next to the parental rating setting, when the DVD was released for a country where descriptions or reasons are specified along with the parental ratings. An example is “Rated R for strong language and violence”. If no description is known, the field should be left blank.

Aspect Ratio

Aspect Ratio are the aspect ratio of the movie, as typically specified on the back of DVD the cover. Notice that the Aspect Ratio often is specific to the DVD release, as different versions of the DVD release often exists with different aspect ratios. In case the Aspect Ratio is not written on the back of the DVD cover, you may use IMDB as reference for the original movies Aspect Ratio, and provide that as the expected aspect ratio of the DVD release.

In case a title contains multiple versions of a movie, or more than one movie, where the Aspect Ratio differs, the Aspect Ratio should be provided from what is being considered the primary title in the release, or, in situations when no part of the release can be seen as primary, it should be specified from the first disc added to the profile.

Video Format

The Video Format specifies the format of the video on the disc, as specificed on the back cover. If the Video Format is not specificed on the back cover, you may only contribute the Video Format if you can confirm the format from other sources, such as the movie player. For DVD's, then options are NTSC for United States and Canada, and PAL for Europe, Australia and other areas. HD DVD and Blu-ray titles has the same video formats in the whole world, always specificed as the vertical resolution, along with an "i" for interlaced, or "p" for progressive, such as 720p, 1080i and 1080p.

In case a title contains multiple versions of a movie, or more than one movie, where the Video Format differs, the Video Format should be provided from what is being considered the primary title in the release, or, in situations when no part of the release can be seen as primary, it should be specified from the first disc added to the profile.

Genres

Genres are for some titles listed on the title cover, but in other situations Genres come down to the individual user’s interpretation. It is recommended to use IMDB.com as source for Genres, if the genres are not listed on the title cover, or if you are unsure of which Genres to add. If no genres is added on a profile, you may import them from IMDB when importing actors or crew.

Studios

Studios refer to the studios which released the movie in theaters, production companies and the distributing studio on disc, and must be added in that order:

1. Studio behind the theatrical release
2. Production company or companies
3. Disc distribution company

It is required to at least specify the studios mentioned on the back cover on the title, contributing only some of the studios listed on the titles back cover will be considered an invalid contribution.

Extra Features

Extra Features contains the description of extra features found on the title cover, and must written exactly as it is on the title cover, and in the sa me language as it is written on the title cover.

Capitalization must be kept as it is on the cover, and special letters, such as ©, ®, and similar must be typed in too. Special characters can be copied from the Windows Character Map application. In situations where the full extra features description is written in capitalized letters, capitalization should not be kept, and standard writing capitalization rules should be used.

Please notice the following things when contributing description:

  • Do not contribute information about extra features that is not mentioned on the cover.
  • You may not contribute other languages than the one written on the cover, even if the language written on the cover does not match the country of origin.
  • You may not write HTML codes in the extra features description.
  • If no description of extra material is present on the title cover, and only in this case you may click the box “The title does not contain any extra material” to be able to complete the title.

Discs & Disc Id’s

Discs must be contributed as the exact number of discs in the release, contributing only one disc of a multi disc release is not valid. For a single disc release, the name of the disc must be either "Disc 1" or "Main feature" or the localized equivelant in the language of the country specificed on the profile, unless a specific disc name is specified on the disc itself, in which case all three options are valid.

Since a psycical is often released in many countries, the disc name specified on the disc itself may not follow the language of the country specified on the profile. In that situation, it is allowed to specify the disc name as the localized equivelant of the name specified on the disc.

For multi disc releases, the rules for single disc releases applies, except that the discs must primarely be named with the name specified on the discs, or, if not specified on the discs be named "Disc 1", "Disc 2", "Disc 3" and so forth - again, specifying the localized equivelant of these is allowed.

Disc Id's is a unique id identifying the individual disc, and is read from the disc itself, by inserting it into a drive. The Disc Id and may only be read from the original disc, and not from mounted ISO's or backup discs, as the Disc Id of these is changed in the backup process.

Audio Tracks

Audio Tracks is not always easy to contribute, as the individual audio track is not always specifically identified on the back cover, but have different names depending on which studio released the title.

When contributing audio tracks, notice the following:

  • In some situations, only “5.1”, “Stereo”, “Mono” or similar is listed, without a specified type. In these situations, a Dolby Digital logo is often found on the back cover to identify that the type of the audio track is Dolby Digital, or a DTS logo to identify a DTS audio track.
  • An audio track specified as “Uncompressed” refers to PCM audio tracks.
  • DTS-HD audio tracks that are not specifically specified as “High Resolution” or “Master Audio” must be added as “High Resolution”.

It is required to list all audio tracks listed on the titles back cover, listing only some of these will be considered an incorrect contribution.

In case you are unsure of which audio track to select, contribute the title front and back cover to the service, and ask on the forums which audio track to specify. If you are unsure, you should not be contributing audio tracks.

Subtitles

Subtitles refer to subtitles on the main movie; subtitles on extra material should not be listed.

It is required to list all subtitles listed on the titles back cover, listing only some of these will be considered an incorrect contribution. If the subtitle language is not available, select “Other”.

Description

Description contains the description found on the title cover, and must written exactly as it is on the title cover, and in the same language as it is written on the title cover.

Capitalization must be kept as it is on the cover, and special letters, such as ©, ®, and similar must be typed in too. Special characters can be copied from the Windows Character Map application. In situations where the full description is written in capitalized letters, capitalization should not be kept, and standard writing capitalization rules should be used.

Please notice the following things when contributing description:

  • Do not contribute taglines, reviews, extra features or similar, unless it is a direct part of the description.
  • You may not contribute other languages than the one written on the cover, even if the language written on the cover does not match the country of origin.
  • You may not write HTML codes in the description.
  • If a title has no description, and only if a title has no description on the title cover, you may use the symbol - for future automating purposes.
  • As the description must match the description on the cover, you may not contribute description before the full cover is available.

Covers

Covers contributed are required to match the title exactly, meaning that the barcode on the back cover must specifically be the same as the barcode of the profile.

Contributed covers must not contained text, stamps, watermarks or anything else that is not part of the original cover scan, such as “Copyrighted Material” stamps, store logos or similar. Contributing covers with such stamps is considered invalid contributions.

If a title is not yet released, and the cover is therefore not available, you may contribute a movie poster of the title, as long as this is only contributed as a front cover, and as long as the contribution is made prior to the titles release date.

Please notice the following when contributing covers:

  • Contributing on top of existing covers may only be done if the existing covers do not follow the contribution guide, or when the program lists covers as “Improvable”, and your contributed covers is of a better quality than the existing ones.
  • You may not contribute custom edited covers. Only covers specifically from the original material are allowed, however improving scanned colors, and removing scanning artifacts is allowed.
  • Contributed covers must include only front and back cover parts. When selecting a full cover scan, in most situations the cover will automatically be split by the program, but it is your responsibility that the cover is split correct before contributing.
  • If you contribute a cover without a barcode, you must be certain that the contributed cover is of the correct title and edition.
  • If a back cover is not available, contribute only the front cover. Never contribute the front cover in the back cover slot.
  • If contributing a front or back cover to a profile, where the profile after your contribution will have both front and back cover, you must contribute both the front and back cover to ensure that there is a match in both sizes and quality of the front and back cover.

When contributing covers, these will automatically be down-scaled to 150 dpi, and a JPEG quality of 85 of 100, while your local covers will be down-scaled to 250 dpi. It is therefore recommended to scan in 250 dpi when scanning covers.

Actors
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Director and Crew
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Incorrect Data

If you locate a title on the WebService that either holds incorrect data, a title that have been contributed to an incorrect country, or containing an incorrect barcode, please use the "Report Incorrect Data" to inform moderators of the issue, which helps us warn and guide the users contributing incorrect data. You may also use the report function to report a mistake you have made yourself, and cannot correct, such as having typed an incorrect barcde - by doing this, a moderator can correct the issue, and you will not receive warnings on the matter if other users report the issue.

By reporting incorrect data, you also gain contribution points:

  • 0 points if you are reporting your own mistake, or if the report cannot be confirmed by our moderators to be an actual issue on incorrect data.
  • 5 points if you are reporting an issue that helps a moderator correct any incorrect data.
  • 10 points if you are reporting an issue that you have already corrected yourself.
  • 15 points if you report a title that should be deleted from the service, such as a title that have been contributed to an incorrect country, or a title that have been entered with a barcode that does not exist, or does not refer to the profile in question.