Ken:

Ken recently allowed for this as the user noted. At least for the moment I will retain any (uncredited) data prior to July 2005 although I will probably be modifying such data to break any link to IMDb. However if the release was after July 2005 then (uncredited) data should have been documented for inclusion and if it wasn't ( and it more than likely was not) then it SHOULD be removed.

Skip

After having read this and other threads, I would be remiss if I did not comment on this blind belief in ending credits.

1) Ending credits are often falsified, especially in non-union jobs. I dount that you will find a David F. Friedman film with accurate credits for instance.

2) A recent hardcore release of four films, Diary of a Schizo (1972), featured a pre-implant uncredited Rene Bond. It is the only hard core film I hae seen of her pre-implants. How do I know it is here? I recognize her.

3) Laure, recently released, according to the credits, was written by, directed by, and features Emmanuelle Arsan. Just a few problems there. The actress credited as Emmanuelle Arsan is actually Marayat Bibidh (The Sand Pebbles), and the writer/director was her UNESCO diplomat husband Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane, who used the fake name to avoid scandal in his job. He also penned Emmanuelle, the Joys of a Woman and Emmanuelle the Anti-Virgin, which were later combined into one book. He was a vocal proponent of free love, and she supposedly inspired his writing.

I gave up trying to fix IMDb as they hae made it way too difficult and time consuming. After my brief foray into DVD Profiling, I am about to make the same decision here.

I woulder if I subbmitted changes to the above films with justifications like, I recognised her face and boobs, the director supplied the information in an interview, or exhaustive research including the writing of Joe Bob briggs, Linda lovelace's second biography, and two interviews on the disk special features would get the changes accepted.

Chris

WKD 

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I gave up trying to fix IMDb as they hae made it way too difficult and time consuming. After my brief foray into DVD Profiling, I am about to make the same decision here.


Chris

Yes, I note all of your submissions and voting here Chris. We sure will miss them 

It's a really useful new feature that Ken has implemented isn't it 

I suspected I could count on you lot for intelligent discusion of my technical points. Thank you very much for confirming my suspicions.

Chris

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After having read this and other threads, I would be remiss if I did not comment on this blind belief in ending credits.

1) Ending credits are often falsified, especially in non-union jobs. I dount that you will find a David F. Friedman film with accurate credits for instance.

That's what the "Credited As" feature is for.

Ok, but how do you veryify the credited as feature?

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3) Laure, recently released, according to the credits, was written by, directed by, and features Emmanuelle Arsan. Just a few problems there. The actress credited as Emmanuelle Arsan is actually Marayat Bibidh (The Sand Pebbles), and the writer/director was her UNESCO diplomat husband Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane, who used the fake name to avoid scandal in his job. He also penned Emmanuelle, the Joys of a Woman and Emmanuelle the Anti-Virgin, which were later combined into one book. He was a vocal proponent of free love, and she supposedly inspired his writing.

Again, the "Credited As" feature covers this.

Possibly, but I am not sure how I would even begin to format those changes. Perhaps that is why nearly all sources have always had this wrong.


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I woulder if I subbmitted changes to the above films with justifications like, I recognised her face and boobs, the director supplied the information in an interview, or exhaustive research including the writing of Joe Bob briggs, Linda lovelace's second biography, and two interviews on the disk special features would get the changes accepted.

What do you think would be wrong with such contribution notes?

I would guess my recognition of Rene Bond would be rejected out of hand as unverified data. Similarly, appearing as data might well rely on my personal knowledge, and would not be acceptable justification for a change. It is possible the Laure data would be accepted.

And thank you for addressing the issues. For the people who found it amusing that I have not done done a lot of contributing, I see adding correct data to this database as free work. Obviously, they see it as a rare privledge belonging to the annoited few. And you have no idea what I did and didn't contribute to the old database.

Chris

Tuna, I don't see a problem with any of what you said. The Laure stuff are know, Rene Bond is really easy to spot on a movie and must of the time you got the real name in the commentary. So if I had any of these DVD those contribution will get a yes from me if I can verify the change.

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And thank you for addressing the issues. For the people who found it amusing that I have not done done a lot of contributing, I see adding correct data to this database as free work.
Chris

Not done a lot = zero


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And you have no idea what I did and didn't contribute to the old database.

Chris

Actually you can see what you did Chris, at the 'old site' your contributions counted on your 'post count'. You joined in March 2000, and in seven years you accumulated a 'post count/contribution' of 6.

Six 

I couldn't give a monkeys if you help the community by trying to participate in improving the database, or just use what others have done. But don't try and BS everyone that you were actively contributing in the past.

Perhaps the punctuation is incorrect for his profile
6,406

should read
6.406

I mean with such a high contribution rate.

Steve