MDL's 2024 Challenge FAQ and Discussion

 ColourMePurple:

For editing the tags, I had also initially got told off because I didn't know the process. You have to click on edit page and then select genre. Then you add tags and below there is space to explain why that tag is appropriate for the show. Like give examples of the scenes and situation. Try to explain it as best you can. And if the mods agree, they will add it. Sometimes it takes them time to update the tags so be patient.

I slowly learnt how to edit the pages over the last year or so. In the beginning I explained how and why each tag was relevant to the story. I was told to stop doing that and to just give sources instead. So I did that. I got told off again and was later asked to explain the tags. Which was back to square one. After that, I stopped.

Good to know you and @JulyMoon concur. Thanks to you guys my challenge form is slowly getting into shape!

 ColourMePurple:

Oh. Maybe they changed the rules in between but I was given examples that included explanation of the tags. I believe the same is mentioned in the how to section of the forums.

It's more like it depends on the approval staff member who checks your edit. One staff member wanted a screenshot from me, it wasn't enough that I saw an alternative title in the intro of a drama while another is okay when I say I watched the drama and have seen it. Unfortunately that makes it inconsistent and leads to editors being called off. I think both methods of proof should be accepted by all approval staff. I found a personal solution for myself but I understand when people don't want to edit anymore. I've been at this point as well. 

 ColourMePurple:

Oh that is interesting and sad if people feel discouraged because tags help discover shows which you wouldn't find otherwise. That's why I usually add tags for less prominent dramas and movies since the popular ones get enough help. Glad you have found a method that works for you.

I totally see the importance of edits and adding tags, but it's disheartening when your edits get rejected all the time despite providing a source which is not accepted because there are different requirements depending which approval staff member checks your submission. Sadly, the tone isn't always friendly in those rejection messages. So I understand where bitcoolKat is coming from. I wish that edits will be fun for everyone though. 

Amusement Park prompt - In a drama, a bunch of adults go to a Trampoline park to have fun. They later go to other places (or maybe the whole thing was one giant place, don't know, wasn't clear) which looked like the inside of an arcade with games, basketball, claw machines etc. My question - does the trampoline park count for the Amusement park prompt?

If you can hear crickets but not see them, does it count as a bug?

Doubt ep 2 1:05:16.

In the drama ‘Kill Me Love Me,’ the name of the FL doesn’t mean ‘flower’ or any kind of flower, but the ML compares her to a flower called the ‘immortal flower’ because it appears fragile and small, but is strong and resilient. Could this be considered for the prompt ‘a character with a flower name’? If so, I accept it, and I could answer to the ‘leap flower’ (four-leaf clover): it has as another title of the drama ‘Weariness of Spring Flower,’ and the cover has flower petals (they seem to be cherry or plum blossoms). The soundtrack includes two songs with ‘flower’ in the title (Detest Spring Flowers and Flying Flowers Enter Dreams). The drama’s opening has flowers everywhere (could this count as flowers shown in the intro?), and there are a few events involving flowers, such as when the FL is trapped and finds the immortal flower blooming in the cell, and the ML also sees it at that moment. Later, in another scene, he sees the flower and realizes that it was the ‘immortal flower’ that she spoke of while lying on the floor of the cell. Not to mention, the FL’s favorite treat is in the shape of a flower.

 ColourMePurple:

I've also been looking into this drama for the challenge. There was a thread in the forums that her mother's name meant "flower" (from the source material) but sadly she isn't mentioned in the cast and even in the show when she is shown with her mother, she doesn't use her name. I am not sure if the father calls the mother by name at any time.

I am not sure if merely comparing the FL to the flower counts unless he uses it as a pet name or such. Maybe we will get lucky as episodes go on.

EDIT: I actually wanted to ask a question related to Kill Me Love Me myself. There is a spring festival mentioned and shown in episode 9 called Shangshi Festival. They have multiple stalls selling flowers there. Would this count as a Flower Festival?

I also hope that the ML takes that as a nickname for the FL and that we can get this prompt…
As for the festival, I saw it. It meets the regularity criteria (since the crown prince mentions waiting 13 years to be by the general’s side during the festival), but I’m not sure about the name part. For me, it would count, yes.