Someone made a contribution to a movie changing "Craig Kilborn as Himself" to Craig Kilborn [Himself] as Craig Kilborn.

The contribution notes gave the following reasoning: "end credits list role than actor name. under role stands Craig Kilborn, under name himself. Since we know he's not named himself, his name is Craig Gilborn, he's credited as himself and his role played is Craig Gilborn"

Should this change be allowed or should it be left as it is? Personally I don't like it (and haven't voted on the contribution yet), but I like to hear what other people think?

Gee, I wonder who the filmmakers would have got if Craig Kilborn wasn't available to play the Craig Kilborn role? 

Obviously there was no such specifically named role called out in the script, it's a cameo for goodness sakes.

This is where the nit picking I have spoken about before comes into play.

I personally do not see anything wrong with putting  HIMSELF or HERSELF  in the credit of a role if the person who it is tied to is playing themselves in the movie.

If there is a contribution where the role says  HIMSELF  and the person IS playing themself ... then I would vote NO if it was being changed.

The rules say to enter the credits "with names and roles listed exactly as they are in the credits."  His name is 'Craig Kilborn' and that is what should be entered in the name field.  To do it any other way is just silly.

Quoting Broven:

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Unicus, I think you are misunderstanding it.  (Or I am.)  What I think is happening is that the credits looks like this:

Store Owner... Mel Gibson
Cop #1... Kevin Spacey
Craig Kilborn... Himself
etc.

The actor names are obviously on the right, and the Craig Kilborn entry lists "Himself" in this column.  So by the rules, the contribution is correct if you follow the "Exactly as they are" rule.

No, I understand what the issue is.  I was simply pointing out that entering the actual name, instead of 'himself', was viable per the rules. 

That being said, I beleive this was discussed over at IVS and the concensus was to use the actual name and list the role as 'himself'.  This was, of course, prior to the addition of 'credited as' so opinions might have changed.

Quoting Unicus69:

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That being said, I beleive this was discussed over at IVS and the concensus was to use the actual name and list the role as 'himself'.  This was, of course, prior to the addition of 'credited as' so opinions might have changed.

Yep. That's how I remember it too and why I asked. Since we now have 'credited as' it doesn't break any linking. The only thing it breaks now is the ability to search for the actor in the cast list itself (Not filter, but by clicking on the cast list and start typing).

I still thinks it silly, but I haven't found an argument against the change yet

Also remember that the common name is not displayed with the dvd details in the collection web page.

So accepting such a change will make the role displayed as:

Himself as Craig Kilborn

Instead of the way he is really credited in the movie

Quoting Addicted2DVD:

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I could be wrong tarantino... but the way I am reading this thread...

Himself as Craig Kilborn

...is how he is really credited in the movie.

After rereading it for a third time... I think you're right 

So count me now as part of the confused people