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Reported Problem for Il Commissario Montalbano
posted by superboy97STAFFMOD on March 15, 2023 at 12:33 PM
Item: Il Commissario Montalbano
Language: it-IT
Type of Problem: Design_issue
Extra Details: As per our rules, a regular season should have at least 2 episodes.
Consequently, the final episode, broadcasted as the only episode of season 15, should be listed in the specials season.
Reply by Giuseppe
on December 16, 2024 at 12:49 PM
I understand but it's a wrong rule because the TV series has 15 seasons and not 14 and it doesn't have any specials
Reply by togalock
on February 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I agree. Services using TMDB for metadata should reference 15 seasons and not 14 for this show
Reply by toycat
on June 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Hi @superboy97, I've read your rules but your interpretation of them seems wrong to me. The rule states "One exception is that a new season should have at least two episodes." - the most logical interpretation is that you should not create a new season unless at least two episodes were aired, or if the season ends by airing the first and last episode, possibly by also ticking the Season Finale flag. I understand that you would like to prevent creating a season from a Special in-between two seasons, but your interpretation causes only misunderstandings and incorrectness. I suggest you to add the Season Finale exception to your rule to allow handling these cases properly and more clearly. Thank you for your consideration.
Reply by superboy97
on June 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
New seasons can be created as soon as the title and/or broadcast date of the first episode is known. There is no need to wait until 2 episodes were broadcasted.
This rule has been specifically written to handle the case of seasons holding one single episode like this one.
Reply by toycat
on June 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I see, thank you for your swift answer and a clarification. Still, it really makes no sense to me to have a rule that prevents correct filing of seasons. I fully understand the intent, you presume that there might be a new "regular season" and that the one-episode "season" would become a Special anyway. You may be correct about it in the future, but at this time, your assumption is wrong and the current filing is incorrect. It would be really great if you'd reconsider a nonsensical application of a rule that is most likely designed to avoid a different case. Anyway, thank you for your time and I really appreciate your quick reaction to the matter.