Antono wrote:I have a question though: Lets suppose we see a later edition of an anime which has some "extra" gore or nudity scenes? How can we decide whether this was the original version the creators had in mind (which means we have to mark this edition UNCENSORED and the previous one CENSORED) or they just decided it would be nice to have some gore/nudity scenes a posteriori (in which case this edition is marked "additional content" and the previous one "original"). We need inside info about every new edition. Is that feasible? If it is, this rule OK with me: simple and reasonable.
Probably the easiest way is to make censorship for the first release, just if a particular scene is different in a later release, same scene, but something was put into the other released (unpizelized or like the nipples in kgne). Censorship for a later release is if anything was cut out of the initial release. Anything added after the first release would be additional content. This is the only way it is enforcable by the moderators, anything else is a grey area. That way censorship (no matter how silly) and additional content could be proven with screen shots and video clips.
In extreme cases where there is inside information about the content added and it was cut originally because of censorship, then the original release can be marked as censored, but that would be at the discretion of the moderator.
Antono wrote:Also, what do we do about editions that have even more additional content than previous "additional content" editions. Should we simply mark them as "additional content" or should we have grades, e.g. additional content -> additional content + -> additional content ++ and so on?
This could be handled with file comments. Hopefully it doesn't happen that often, but producers are stupid.
OK, let me restate the rules.
When a file is added to AniDB, it is not censored or uncensored, unless there is proof based on the rules below.
If it is the original release of that episode, then it is not censored unless a later version is released that clearly shows a difference in the same scene, then it can be marked as censored.
Possible exception to this rule, something that is obviously hentai, and has pixelation over pubic areas, it may be considered censored. (Note other features like camera angles, lighting, symbolism, invisible pubic areas, ... do not count as censorship, unless there is also an uncensored version.
The original release can be considered censored and a new release considered uncensored if within the same scene there are obvious differences where something is in the new scene that was hidden or not there in the original. For instance nipples in knge and other things that were edited out.
Conversely, if anything that was in the original and was edited out of a subsequent release, the original is uncensored and the new one is censored.
If anything is added to a later release that was not in the original (new footage), then that is additional content in the newer release. Based on evidence, a moderator can determine that additional footage really should be considered as censorship of the original (Gantz), but it is up to the moderator.
If there are many different versions of the same episode, then apply the rules as best as possible and make notes in the file comments on the exceptions.
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