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It wouldn't be too bad if we could at least copy and paste crew from multiple films into a single profile, but AFAIK you can't.

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I have to respectfully disagree.  I understand we have a difference of opinion but I believe there is a lot of ambiguity in the rules which is commonly seen in these forums and contributions.  I've been around as long as some and over time it appears a different opinion quickly gets shot down if it's different from another.  At times it seems like a different opinion is not welcomed.

What exception are we referring to here?  Rules do and have changed whether for better or for worse.  DVD Profiler is a very powerful database and I'd prefer to have the most flexibility for all users and not just the way I prefer to profile.

Yes, true box sets have been profiled separately although multiple films on a single disc in the past were not.

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But here's a different example, Combo releases are profiled with the main media type (i.e. BD) in the parent profile.  However, a child profile can be created for the alternate media type (i.e. DVD) and attached to the parent profile.  These child profiles are optional.  In essence to do this the child profile is also being added as if the main profile is a box set.

Now, I don't use these child profiles for alternate media types of the same film but some do.  I've never argued that it shouldn't be done this way because that's not the way I profile my database.

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Quoting rdodolak:

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I have to respectfully disagree.  I understand we have a difference of opinion but I believe there is a lot of ambiguity in the rules which is commonly seen in these forums and contributions.  I've been around as long as some and over time it appears a different opinion quickly gets shot down if it's different from another.  At times it seems like a different opinion is not welcomed.

What exception are we referring to here?  Rules do and have changed whether for better or for worse.  DVD Profiler is a very powerful database and I'd prefer to have the most flexibility for all users and not just the way I prefer to profile.

Yes, true box sets have been profiled separately although multiple films on a single disc in the past were not.

This is the exception that I am talking about.  For more than a decade the rules have required all box sets to have an empty parent profile and mandatory child profiles.  Due to program limitations, this could not be done for sets with multiple films on the same side of a single disc.  Now that the program has caught up to the rule, and we can create individual profiles for these films, I see no reason to create an exception.  If you want to try and change the entire rule, that's one thing, but I am against treating one type of box set differently than every other type.

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But here's a different example, Combo releases are profiled with the main media type (i.e. BD) in the parent profile.  However, a child profile can be created for the alternate media type (i.e. DVD) and attached to the parent profile.  These child profiles are optional.  In essence to do this the child profile is also being added as if the main profile is a box set.

Now, I don't use these child profiles for alternate media types of the same film but some do.  I've never argued that it shouldn't be done this way because that's not the way I profile my database.

Nobody, at least nobody I can recall seeing, is arguing for empty parent profiles for movie box sets because "that's how they profile them."  People are arguing for them because that is how the rules say box sets are to be done.  While there is ambiguity in some of the rules, this one is quite clear..."Create individual profiles for each movie in these Box Sets."