I was just informed via PM that the contributions do appear to be valid and per the rules, at least any of them that are not TV sets (so far all of those I have in my cue fall into this category.

Is this where I start gripping about an un-usable database?    (kidding)

I think a list is appropriate for a collection of short films.

Two examples
786936-158236 Disneyland USA (TV episodes)
786936-224788 Mickey Mouse in Living Color Volume Two (Collection of cartoon shorts made for the big screen)

I saw these this morning and am conflicted myself.  I'd love to see the contributions voted down or withdrawn.  I think these collections of shorts are certainly well within the spirit of the rule that allows for this type of data to be listed out.  Yet as you say, they're technically not TV sets and the way I read the rules, they're technically not permitted to list the contents.

Still, I think this is one of those situations where the rules "dictate" that we make data less usable for no better reason than that's what the rules say to do.  I'll even play a Skip card here   and say that it probably wasn't the intention of the rules writers to specifically exclude collections like this.  It's just an oversight.

I don't think I can vote No based on the rules.  I really don't want to vote yes, because I think the change violates the spirit of the rules and in my belief this is just an ugly loophole.  I may just have to vote Neutral and lock mine if they are approved.  In an ideal world, the rules would just be modified by Ken/Geri and this mess would go away.  But that's not how things work here.

Quoting TheMadMartian:

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This is one of those areas where the change is technically correct, but why bother?  Much like possessives, this is something I probably wouldn't correct...but I would have to vote 'yes' to the change as it is per the rules.

I agree with your "why bother" statement.  There are plenty of things in the online database that need to be corrected -- without touching these "borderline" issues.  Other than enforcing a rule purely for the sake of enforcing it, I don't see what value is added to the database by removing the list of the discs' contents.

In addition to the rules regarding TV profiles, we have a rule for concert/music videos which says:

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For Concert / Music Videos you may include a listing of Song titles and length, if available.

If we're allowed to include a listing of songs for a music/concert video, what is so wrong with including a list of titles for a collection of cartoons or short film collections?

It looks like they're getting a lot of No votes.  I still can't justify voting No on them, so I've not voted yet.  But I don't see anyone supporting the removal of this data.  Seems like the rules should be amended for this scenario.

IF anything should get changed at all it should be the front scan of this limited edition series ., I don't really fancy to see that Rick's edition of Mickey Mouse in Living Color is #018776 of 150,000.  Amazon has the right idea ,their cover art shows  1 of 150,000 .   

Seriously though  this set of Walt Disney should be allowed to have the listings of each episode shown as it makes the Overview more interesting to see what exactly these sets contains without having to go the Internet all the time,- again and again..

I still can't bring myself to vote yes.  I don't want to support an unnecessary change simply for the sake of following the rules.  I simply don't understand the reasoning with removing good and useful data in this case.