Recently, as I add entries to my collection, I've been getting rejections of some title (Name) changes. I don't understand the reasons for these rejections because I always use the generally accepted (world-wide consensus) representations of those titles. Furthermore, since I can't identify the person doing the rejection, I can't query them directly. As an example, yesterday I changed the PSP UMD movie title "Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal" to "Dark Crystal, The" which is the universally accepted way of listing by all reputable movie databases, retailers, reviewers, etc. In addition and in all honesty, how many people are going to enter the name "Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal" in a search as opposed to "Dark Crystal"? I thought one of our goals was to facilitate a system that uses common sense and reduces the possibility of duplicates. Need another example? The artwork for the movie UMD "Labyrinth" says "Jim Henson's Labyrinth", but I created it correctly as "Labyrinth". The reviewer hasn't gotten to that yet, and I'm holding my breath.
These unfounded rejections of some of my edits (10,000+ and many more to come) have just started occurring in the last week. My goal has always been to "smooth" out the data and make it more consistent while religiously following the Style Guide. Speaking of which, I've noticed that some long-time members don't adhere to or seem that familiar with this guide.
I'm writing this with the greatest respect for the Administrators, but darn it, now I'm really confused. Also, I'm never comfortable about writing, and I hope I don't have to do it that often. It makes me cringe and puts my stomach in knots. However, I do plan on drafting some proposals in the future, but only when I've completed entering my collection. It's taking a lot more time than I thought because I'm a stickler for detail and accuracy.
Best Regards,
SilverBow
P.S. Please don't make me write again.