cainecollin Wrote:The reason shows get locked is because people can't agree on things and keep changing it. in the example of Mythbusters, It doesn't have a true season order as all the sites that list seasons, including the DVD releases and official sites all differ in there actual "season" order. As for not updated for 4 months, that is because Mythbusters goes on hiatus at random times with no new episodes for 4+ months at a time (the same reason there is no correct season order) I believe the current ordering for Mythbusters is what the official site for it states are the seasons and episodes BUT whenever it is unlocked people go and change all the episodes and such all over again, where it then needs to be fixed, and there are hundreds of topic posts on their forums over things.
As for other shows all the ones that are locked are either ended with everything already in correct order or people keep making a mess of the show (and there is most likely a forum post about that particular show, and if you see something wrong with a show that is locked you can ask to have it corrected.)
As for you being able to keep track of all the TV shows so you could fix them if you could, honestly I doubt it, it'd be a huge task, I can't even imagine how many different TV shows are on there that people go and change and then need to be corrected on a daily basis.
as for "it can't get worse" you obviously haven't seen some of the ones people go and screw up whether intentionally or because they believe that the order they decided on is more correct then multiple sources and then re-number everything along with deleting other things etc. which then screws up all the numbers and orders for everyone else trying to use that particular show.
And while some of TVDBs ways of doing somethings can be extremely rude (re: some of their responses, when say the same question has been asked and answered hundreds of times), the info on the site is generally one of the best places to get ALL of the info for most shows in one place.
I agree that it is one of the best. But that is too bad.
I didn't say I could fix EVERY show but I would have fixed the two I mentioned, with enough fans of the site, I am sure many if not all shows would get fixed.
Pawn Stars is STILL locked and they are months into the new shows.
And the problem with locking is that programs that rely on the information would still work if the information was wrong, but will NOT work if there is no information at all. If they call it season 2 or 50 the programs could still scrape the info or set them to download (sickbeard) even if it had the wrong season number. With the shows locked, the programs that rely on the site don't work at all. I personally would rather see Pawn Stars with the wrong season number (I really don't care what season you call it) than not be able to have or watch Pawn Stars at all. It just seems like they are making a small problem into a bigger problem. They are stalling other programs AND having the wrong season is no worse or better than not having the shows listed at all. It is not solving the problem.
Solving the problem would be easy!
1. Fix the few shows that are wrong themselves.
2. List specific guidelines to naming the show (must come form the official site, no DVD order, etc)
3. Have members sign up to be "advanced" members and give them the right to change and update shows. And revoke this access for messing the shows up. I would be sure they could find tens if not hundreds of people who would sign up.
They have a good thing going and I hate to see them screw it up over something so simple. There are a TON of people calling for other scraping sites. They are #1 now but that can change and they will never get it back!
