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+{{eyecatch|Note:|For every change you propose, you should specify your source.}}
 ====Websites====
 For most things, websites are the best source.
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 =Episodes=
+For episodes, the easiest thing to fix is probably the play length - it is not always an exact measure, as it only stores minutes, and people do not tend to round consistently, so if the info is 1 minute off, that is most likely the reason. You can easily get the play length from most files (unless they contain multiple episodes). When it comes to the different titles, you need a good source, and usually fansub-translations will not suffice!
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+{{eyecatch|Note:|For every change you propose, you should specify your source.}}
+====Websites====
+For kanji titles, play lengths, and air/release dates, you should always try to find a Japanese website as the source.
+For english title, if the anime has been licensed, provide an official english source.
+====Images====
+Screenshots of the titles as displayed on the screen, or pictures of the titles as written on DVD-covers or booklets are usually valid as Kanji and English title sources.
+If you need a free image host, take a look here: [[Recommended Links#Image Hosting|Recommended image hosters]].
+If you need to take a screenshot, [[How to take a screenshot|here is a guide on how to do that]].
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+|For title-creqs, you should generally find an official source.
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 ====English====
+|If the anime is licensed, you should try to find the official english title - if not, you can translate it yourself (or take it from a fansub), but this should only be done if it is not licensed and it has no official english title.
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 ====Romaji====
+|You should only give the romaji title for titles that already have kanji titles. If there is an official romaji title (I doubt it), that is what you should provide, otherwise you should take a look at the [[AniDB Definition:Romanisation|AniDB Romanisation Guideline]], and try to follow that as closely as possible.
+{{eyecatch|Note:|Automatic romanisation engines usually give lots of wrong titles, so they should be avoided at all costs!<br>DO NOT USE THEM!}}
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 ====Kanji====
+|For kanji-titles, you should always specify a source - especially for conflicting entries. This should definitely be a japanese site. And preferably it should be the official site for the anime.
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 ===Play Length===
+|If you have access to the episode, you can supply the length of the file for this field - if not, you can for example search for the correct length on google and provide sources from there.
+{{eyecatch|Note:|The source should be Japanese, as too often the English version of the anime is cut.}}
+It is suggested that you search using the kanji name of the anime and episode in order to get the best results on google.
+In order to help you find where the number of minutes for the episode is listed, try to find the kanji character "&#20998;", meaning minute.
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 ===Air/Release Date===
+|If you cannot find a date for the episode on the official site, you can try one of the sites listed in the [[Where to find release dates for anime]] section of the wiki.
+If this does not help (often, they only display when the first episode of the anime aired/was released), you can try the same approach as for the play length: google for the kanji titles of the anime and the episode. Hopefully you will find a site that lists all the episodes properly.
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 ===Description===
+|Most people do not read the description as it is not readily available - but in this place, you should probably describe if it is a recap of a number of episodes, or any similar details. It is advised not to bother with actual descriptions of the episode in question - but I guess noone is stopping you.
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+When it comes to groups, things can change all the time
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-Groups Quick Jump: [[How to get started with creqing#|Top]] | [[How to get started with creqing#Sources_4|Sources]] | [[How to get started with creqing#Name.2FShortName|Name/ShortName]] | [[How to get started with creqing#URL_2|URL]] | [[How to get started with creqing#EMAIL|EMAIL]] | [[How to get started with creqing#IRC|IRC]] | [[How to get started with creqing#Picture_2|Picture]] | [[How to get started with creqing#Description_3|Description]]
+Groups Quick Jump: [[How to get started with creqing#|Top]] | [[How to get started with creqing#Sources_4|Sources]] | [[How to get started with creqing#Name.2FShortName|Name/ShortName]] | [[How to get started with creqing#URL_2|URL]] | [[How to get started with creqing#EMAIL|EMAIL]] | [[How to get started with creqing#IRC|IRC]] | [[How to get started with creqing#Picture_2|Picture]] | [[How to get started with creqing#Description_3|Description]] | [[How to get started with creqing#Parent.2FChild_Groups|Parent/Child Groups]] | [[How to get started with creqing#Group-anime-status|Group-anime-status]]
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+{{eyecatch|Note:|For every change you propose, you should specify your source.}}
+====Website====
+====Forum====
+====Channel====
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 ===Name/ShortName===
+|If the wrong name/shortname is entered for a group, change it here - and provide coroborating evidence that it isn't just another group with a similar name.
+Note that for shortnames, sometimes the wrong name is entered because it clashes with another group's (short)name.
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 ===URL===
+|Specify the official URL of the group if it has one - if the group provides bittorrent links on their main page, that page will '''NOT''' be allowed to be entered. Try to find a page that doesn't have any torrent links on it - perhaps their news-page or forum if they have one.
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+|If the group has an email they want to be contacted on, provide it here - it would be preferable to have a source for this.
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 ====Server====
+|Here you should provide which server the group's channel resides on - if you find old outdated (e.g. irc.mircx.com) servers listed here, try to find where the group moved on to, and list that.
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 ====Channel====
+|Here you should specify which channel the group has - you can usually find this info on their website or forums, or they might specify it in their released files.
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 ====Password====
+|If their channel has a password you need to know in order to join, you should specify it here (if you know it).
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 ===Picture===
+|If the group has an official picture they want to use, use the [http://anidb.info/cgi-bin/picupload.pl Pic Upload Function] to upload the picture to AniDB, and provide the resulting picture id in the creq.
+Note:
+:* The recommended size for pictures is 300x400.
+:* Don't use animated pictures.
+:* There is no size limit, but the picture should stay under 100kb, if possible.
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 ===Description===
+|Enter a description of the group - this could include what kind of releases they make and if they're still alive and such - but try to keep your personal opinions out of it.
+If you want to voice your opinions on their releases you should use the anime-group-comments function on the anime pages instead.
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+===Parent/Child Groups===
+|If a group is a parent or child group of another group, unless you added the actual entry yourself you cannot fix this outside of the [http://www.anidb.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=3 DB Change Requests forum]. You should start a thread named something like "<tt>[GROUP][PARENT] Groupname</tt>" and specify which group is parent to which group in the post.
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+===Group-anime-status===
+|You can request to set the status of an anime for a group to "dropped", but not any of the other states - they are all automatic.
+''[[Groupentries:Status|further information]]''
+If you want to set a group's status to dropped, use the [http://www.anidb.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=3 DB Change Requests forum] and specifically the thread: [http://www.anidb.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4024 [Status][Dropped] releases by groups].
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