I don't know what I feel more that lead me to write this: Anger or Sadness?
I try to understand if it is lazyness or a mentality like "better to do half a job than nothing"!

The whole story: Today I ordered a complete series ("ER" - Emergency Room) with 15 seasons. As the last one of them has been released (in Germany) 15 years ago, it is no wonder that the profiles for each season allready exist. And as the seasons consist of 3 DVD18 (for those who don't know: double sided double layered DVD) it was nice that there has been created child profiles for each side of most of the discs.

But then I had to find out that the one(s) who created the childs weren't carefully according to some confusing facts:
- The Disc-IDs are all listed in the "Discs"-Section of the Parent/Season-Profile. I only can presume that there were different releases as there are some seasons with Disc-IDs for the childs where those IDs not even listed in the parent profile. Or (just more confusing) an ID is listed in the parent as "Disc 2: Side B" but is used for Disc 3: Side A... really? REALLY?
- The first view seasons have a fourth disc for bonus materials. But why there wasn't created a profile for this disc, too? Too lazy?
- It is wonderful that the whole cast & crew is available in the parent profiles. But then I have to ask if it is too much work to copy the data of the few episodes to each child? Yes, all the childs are empty
- But not only with cast & crew: None, absolutely none of them has an overview!
- At least for four of the seasons the covers of the childs have been scanned. Why not for all?
- And if the one(s) maybe don't have a scanner: Was it too much to type down the data from the cover that there is at least an overview?
- According to data: It is sad that it was too much work to replace the "Main Feature"-Text in the disc with "Episodes X - Y".
- If the parents have studios and media companies: Why are those sections empty in the childs? If you think it's sooo much work to enter them in every single profile, then you should recognize "Initial TV Show Child Profiles" created by DJ Doena a long long time ago. This tool is smart and really helpful.
- And for several guys (I can't imagine that it is only one): The ORIGINAL TITLE is ALWAYS the name of the SERIES (in this case just "ER") and never! Never! NEVER! crap like "ER: The complete fourth season: Disc 1: Side A"

Especially the last point should be part of a "contribution license". Repeating that mistake for years doesn't make it correct! And to explain if you don't believe: If there are the "Emmy Awards", then the award always goes to "Series Title", and never to "Series Title: Season X: Disc Y". If you still don't understand: We have the awards tool as an add on. And this tool is only able to list the award for the series if there is entered the correct original title! With all the senseless "enhancements" of season and disc, this tool will never show you the award as it can't recognize the series as a winner!

Sorry about my frustration. But doing just a little bit of work (maybe with the best idea) causes at least as much work to check and correct the profiles as if nothing would have been done.

I don't expect any reaction on this post. Especially as the one(s) who made me sad and angry at the same time quite sure will not read.... Sorry!

For sure, the complete audit is work. But different Disc-IDs in the parent profile and the child profiles? Maybe never heard about the "Alt. Version", as it seems the DVD18-Version has been a 2 x DVD9 in later releases... with the same EAN. Only to compare: Veryfing and correcting the data of that "something" costs more time than to create from "nothing" all the profiles myself.

According to the original title: Even if I'd accept season specification, then for sure adds like "disc" etc. are inacceptable.

And the whole problem I could explain a different way: According to the situation of "ER" it would let me presume that the series is owned by only to persons: The creator of the (half) childs and me. And this is something I simply can't imagine. But if it's owned by let's say 20 people, do they know the sence of our community? That everybody does something for everybody? Because I am also not able to imagine that I am the only one who want's full profiles.

There is a forum section called, "Contribution Discussion".  It can be found, here.