Best Practices (Download Titles)

These Best Practices only apply to the download titles you use when populating the submission form at Ultimate-DDL.

Consistency in the format of "Download Titles" is important, and here are the guidelines.

General (Applies to most, if not all types of downloads)

Download titles must:

• not contain dots between words (dots in version numbers are still required).
  • Corel.WordPerfect.Office.X3 13.0.0.470 -- No
    
    
• adhere to (upper/lower) case in words.
  • Corel wordperfect office x3 13.0.0.470 -- No
    
    
• not contain unnecessary descriptions, etc.
  • Corel WordPerfect Office X3 13.0.0.470 - MS Office Alternative! -- No
    
    
• anything in brackets must be suffixed, not prefixed.
  • (Xbox 360) Saints Row -- No
  • Saints Row (Xbox 360) -- Yes
    
    
• not contain release group names.
  • The Number 23.CAM-SenTeLLo -- No
  • Sonic The Hedgehog-PARADOX -- No
    
    

Apps (Software)

Download titles must:

• contain version numbers.
  • Corel WordPerfect Office X3 13.0.0.470 -- Yes
  • Corel WordPerfect Office -- No
    
    

Games

Download titles must:

• not be suffixed with "PC"/"(PC)" if it is a PC game. It is assumed a PC game.
  • Need for Speed: Carbon (PC) -- No
  • Need for Speed: Carbon-- Yes
    
    
• be suffixed with the console name in brackets if not a PC game.
  • Sonic The Hedgehog (PS3) -- Yes
  • Burnout Dominator (PS2) -- Yes
  • NBA Street Homecourt (Xbox 360) -- Yes
  • Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) -- Yes
    
    

Movies

Download titles must:

• be submitted in the following format:
  • Movie Name (YYYY)
    Where "Movie Name" is the name of the film and "YYYY" is the year it was released in.
    • The Departed (2006) -- Yes
    • The Departed -- No
    • Lost in Translation (2003) -- Yes
    • Lost in Translation -- No
• be suffixed with the language in brackets, if not in English:
  • Movie Name (YYYY) (Language)
    Where "Language" is the name of the language.
    • Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006) (Hindi)

TV

Download titles must:

• be submitted in the following format:
  • if it is a single TV episode:
    TV Show Name - SXXEYY
    -OR-
    TV Show Name - SXXEYY - Episode Name
    Where "TV Show Name" is the name of the TV show, "XX" is the season number and "YY" is the episode number.
    • Lost - S03E11 -- Yes
    • Day Break - S01E10 -- Yes
      
      
  • if it is a number of TV episodes:
    TV Show Name - SXX - EYY-EZZ
    -OR-
    TV Show Name - Season X - Episodes Y-Z
    Where "YY" is the episode number of the first episode in the range of episodes and "ZZ" the last.
    • Lost - S03 - E01-E11 -- Yes
    • Lost - Season 3 - Episodes 1-11 -- Yes
      
      
  • if it is a complete season:
    TV Show Name - Season X
    
    

This Guide is still being written. Guidelines for other "Types" of downloads will be available someday.