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This and related entries should be in one (Short Peace)...
...they are one movie (or at least released as one package, which by precedent should be in one entry).

Well, you may disregard my personal opinion, but I think that there is really no need to split the entries in question. At least not the latter one. That would cause no hassle for the users who currently have these entries on their lists and for the users who are yet to watch these films it would be much much easier to follow one entry rather than 17 separate ones. A list of episodes should be added to the More info section though.

I think that an exception should be made for the anthologies that are already in the DB, similar to how MAL doesn't split into seasons some of the older anime entries like 'Big O' and 'Cardcaptor Sakura'.

Also, any anthology that is not in the DB yet, but has a large number of short episodes could possibly be added as one entry. Or at least considered depending on the case at hand. I'm simply trying to point out the desired general direction these exceptional entries could be taken ultimately making it easier for the mods to manage the DB, and for the users to add these entries to their lists.

First two movies were released a year earlier. According to the current database guidelines that were put up before the entires were added into DB, they are listed separately correctly and should stay that way. (Unless of course an exception is made for them too.) The 2013 omnibus release of Short Piece is comparable to the DVD release of the 'Yokoo's 3 Animation Films'. That contradicts your requests.

And what if a film belongs in an anthology AND in a compilation that includes works from other people? (unless you want to have single entries for compilations too? talk about complicated.)

I'd rather be able to rate them individually. And I'd rather be able to get specific information on different films, including how other people reacted to them, and potentially some context information on how a film was made...

Sure, the fact that some films were released earlier on their own makes this more of a grey area, but you do have Tokyo Loop on top of the individual entry for one work that was released before Tokyo Loop. You do have Eve no Jikan OVAs and movie.

It's far more annoying having one or two entries sticking out and staying like that for no reason while you're trying to figure out a general rule.
... I'd like to know what makes you think anthology entries are needed in the first place, ...

Maybe you feel like there are way too many shorts being added and that it'll keep going, but there aren't too many more that have yet to be added at this point.

Sure, the Short Piece is debatabale, but we can't simply merge it without changing the guidelines, and changing them is not that simple as it may seem.

I see that you have valid arguments. The entries you have submitted separately doesn't cause that much trouble indeed (but they do affect search results saturating it).

Sure you can rate them induvidually and all, but some of them doesn't even have a picture available, nor much details on the initial release, etc...

The combined entry on the other hand may even tell much more to the user, like in example of http://www.amazon.com/Independent-Japanese-Animation-SOUGIYA-COLUMBOS/dp/B00E3DW076 where the user can actually consider purchasing the DVD and completing the whole entry instead of adding a couple of shorts possibly available on YouTube, Vimeo or official site. But that might be a burden for those who can't get the whole collection. It works better with manga one-shots/antalogies as they are often available for download.

If you ask me though, then I would say that the general rule we would like to follow is to keep the exisiting merged entries as is, at least.

Oh, that's relieving to hear. :) There is a 24 Volume DVD release containing about 480 short works that was recently mentioned though (sorry, I don't have a link to provide right now). I don't see us adding each work separately, do you?