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Notes regarding submissions ...

I just sort of wanted to mention a few things about submissions. I love submissions -- the more the better. But all submissions must be 100% original work. This means that if submitting a summary, it cannot come from another website, which includes spoiler sites and TV Guide or TiVo listings. This counts for notes, trivia, allusions, etc.

With the new system for stars, please don't add anything other than a character name. They'll be attached at the major show level with their years on the show, but when adding them on an episode-by-episode basis, please use only the character name. When adding guest stars or recurring stars, I generally prefer what is used as an on-screen credit in the end credits. The one exception is when a character's identity has been established but is not stated properly in the credits. For example, if Charles Parnell on AMC was credited simply as Derek, please submit him as Derek Frye since that is the character's name, and soap credits don't quite work the same as regular television credits.

The only time italics should ever be used in the summary is when it's a proper title. For example, something like New Beginnings (which is Erica Kane's show on All My Children) would be in italics, but things like Fusion or The Comeback (the first is a cosmetics company on AMC, the second a local watering hole) would not -- they're places, not proper titles. Same with notes, trivia, etc.

Submissions need to be in sentence format. This includes music used in an episode -- please submit it like a sentence rather than in point form.

Thank you.

Posted by TVTome_Sudser, 09/24/2007 11:57pm
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I didn't realize that people actually took submissions from other pages (word for word that is) thanks for pointing that out, I'll look for it on my own pages. Not that I get many subs, but ya never know.
Posted 09/25/2007 7:26am
Unfortunately, some do. Summaries are one of the worst -- I get TV Guide and TiVo summaries all the time.
Posted 09/25/2007 1:12pm
Oy. That's not good. Well, mine (maybe unfortunately) are 100% my own... they've maybe got too much detail.
Posted 09/25/2007 2:40pm
You might want to warn your submitters that the data drop issue can affect subs from time to time..it's very annoying...
Posted 09/26/2007 6:32pm
Is that the one where, if I edit the thing in the queue, it magically disappears?
Posted 09/28/2007 12:50am
heh..no...it's where the sub is accepted and the data vanishes into a black hole...affects both editors and submitters alike and it can be totally random...
Posted 09/30/2007 9:53pm
I love all the little quirks. They used to annoy, now they make me laugh.
Posted 10/12/2007 10:26am
I like to call that one the Phantom Sub. I've been hit with quite a few phantoms, which always have to be resubmitted... another pain in the neck.
Posted 10/16/2007 2:44pm
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