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I agree, the guide is way out of date. What I'd actually like to see is a Redump wiki - that way, as new tools and dumping methods are developed, the guide can easily keep up with them. If there was one here, I'd contribute to it.

I can confirm the last one is at least of interest to me. :-p

To answer your other questions, you get the dumper status by dumping games - it gets assigned to you after you submit a few to the database through the forums.

The best way to rip PC games depends on if the disc has copyright protections, but if it doesn't, it's done the same way a PSX game is done except for the parts that obviously only apply to PSX games. You can dump Safedisc-protected games (see this thread), but as of yet there is no Redump-approved way of dumping Securom games.

Remember, a dumpable disc is *always* of interest to Redump. Even the discs already in the database are, because dumping it again further verifies database (hence the name "Redump"). But of course, some games are of more interest than others; compared to USA and PAL dumps, there aren't a whole lot of Japanese dumps yet, so that's already enough to get me interested.

You mean like this?

Or should it stay as multiple lines?

Try Google. Redump is only a database, no games are available for download here.

'Jewel Case' is important because the jewel case version of the disc is different from the boxed version of it - the inclusion of a PDF manual, for example.

I did the same thing for these as I do for every single-data-track CD. I used Isobuster to rip the track, do the same thing on another computer, and make sure they're identical. I rip it by extracting it as raw, which I was under the impression was the same as treating it as Mode 2/2352. For the cuesheet, I use this generic one:
FILE "TRACK 01.BIN" BINARY
  TRACK 01 MODE2/2352
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
This was given to me by someone in IRC a long time ago (I don't remember who) that told me to use this generic sheet for single-track CD rips. Should I not be using this? And if not, what should I use? I was led to believe that all data tracks are ripped and handled the same way, is this not true?

BTW, this is something that's always bothered me about the dumping guide; it doesn't really handle this issue very well. It states that you only need to include a cuesheet for games with audio tracks, which isn't true. This confused me at first, because the form refused to accept a disc without a cuesheet, and that's when I was told to use that generic one. If it's true that all single-data-track discs are handled the same way, it would make more sense to have a checkbox on the form you can use to indicate there's only one track. And if it's not true, someone needs to update the guide to say what to do for those discs.

It doesn't, I checked. My feelings on the title is that it should be named (regions aside) SimCity 2000 (Special Edition) (Jewel Case). My reasoning for this:

The most important part of the filename is the name of the game. This defines the most important aspect of the disc, namely what it is. Everything else is metadata. Then comes the edition field. This should be used for when the game contains distinct content from other releases of the game - usually additional content, but it could be applied if something was removed for some reason. In this example, the 'special edition' contains an editor, user-created cities, a making-of video, and other stuff not found in the original SimCity 2000. Now, it's possible there may be some variances within the same edition; that's what the next field is for. This disc has a PDF manual that the original doesn't, making it different from the standard Special Edition disc. However, the manual isn't really new content - it was included with the original SE too, but it was in dead-tree rather than digital format. This means it's not enough to earn a new edition, but it is distinct from the first edition and needs to be labeled somehow.

Of course, this ignores other metadata such as regions and disc labels, but I'm ignoring those for the sake of discussion. I can't see any flaws with this scheme, but I'd like to know if there are any.

Will do. This thread was helpful in me making up my mind how I would do it, at any rate. I'll just use my best judgment and hope for the best.

Of course. When I talk about earlier releases, I'm talking about releases of the special edition. As you can see by this image, the special edition was earlier sold as a full boxed game.

Good riddance. Serials are neither unique nor accurate, two things that make serials useful. I have yet to be informed of any significant data in the serial that can't be conveyed in a far more apparent form in the rest of the filename. I also prefer No-Intro's explicit region labeling as opposed to cryptic single-letter codes.

I, for one, welcome our new No-Intro naming overlords.

Sure thing: http://www.mediafire.com/?iqiimjtlgnf

Edit: I just saw it got added to the database, but somebody added a colon to the name. It's not Need for Speed: Underground, it's just Need for Speed Underground. That's what it says on the case, and on the website: http://www.ea.com/official/nfs/underground/us/ (clearer on the FAQ).