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Originally Posted by Secret Squirrel

I do understand. It is time-consuming, which is partially why I haven't submitted many entries either. Maybe we could talk about relaxing some of those, or trying to automate some of the steps.

I understand having complete data is this site's creed, but IMO easing up the 'workload' for contributors is very important, for functions only +trusted can use, since there are so few active people.
Consider old animes that were released in many countries in who knows which date. Original release is more than enough for me, and users from each country could complete the dates better than I'd could/would.

A few alternatives you could use to keep the product page complete while I retain my sanity would be adding auto links if no exact links exist, using relevant sites' GET functions. Ex.-
(if the releases' platforms include games, use generic links)
* Mobygames (auto): http://www.mobygames.com/search/quick?q=okami
* Ocremix (auto): http://ocremix.org/quicksearch/game/?qs_query=okami
* Gamefaqs (auto): http://www.gamefaqs.com/search/index.html?game=okami
(but if I add manual links, no need for the above)
* Mobygames (PS2): http://www.mobygames.com/game/ps2/kami
* Mobygames (Wii): http://www.mobygames.com/game/wii/kami
* Ocremix: http://ocremix.org/game/537/okami-ps2
* Gamefaqs: http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/920500-okami
(also, if there are anime series/ova/movie releases)
* ANN (auto): http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/search?q=naruto

Originally Posted by Secret Squirrel

We've been talking about the platform field going away once an album is linkd to products. Still, this would be easy to add, and probably wouldn't hurt anything.

I too agree on taking it away the platform field after linking, but those would be used for the product page releases too.
Example - all releases are "unspecified".


For the product list, maybe you could separate them by comma when no products are linked, and linear by linked entries when they are. This way the separation wouldn't fail, I think, plus the incentive to link the albums.
About the problem Myrkul mentioned, if we make it a css bullet list?

> Products Represented
* Xenogears (PS) S,A
* Chocobo Racing (PS2) F
* Minesweeper (Multi) V,A
* Doki Doki Penguin Land: Uchu
  Daibouken (AC) D,T,I
* Final Fantasy VIII (PS/PC) D,T,I
* The Pokemon Movie Soundtrack (Movie)

Originally Posted by Cedille

I thought we should ultimately stop separating artists and products names by manually added commas, but it might mean the total redesign of the submission system...

This I completely agree with. Again not too sound ungrateful or anything, but synchronizing large fields can be a such pain.