I don't think I'm alone, II don't like them,  don't added them and I don't trust uncredited no matter where they come from. We have enough haggles and errors just getting the credits from the DVD.

I seen errors on the films credits, hell some god didn't put them, a human did.
Humans make error. This one admits to making errors, although it appears that
some using this profile are perfect and have never make an error.
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I suggested many moons ago that a separate list should be provided for the uncredited (at least cast) for those of us who don't want to mess with them. Most thought it was good idea.
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In all cases no one knows where these lists originate from. Now I know thwre a few movie buffs who like to keep tabs on all the actors and their movies. I'm not one of them. I never was into hero worship, not movies stars, sports heroes or what ever.

Just how many profiles that were brought over when Invelos was started are messed up. I'll bet most of the older movies, 1950 and older that have limited cast and crew credits on screen, have cast lists that are copied from imdb, uncredited or not.

Flamingo Road, 1953, UPC 027616253262 has 32 cast members listed only the first 11 are actually credited. The remaining 21 are straight out of imdb, and they are not even marked uncredited.
There is no credit to the submitter or origin of the profile. Just how many profiles in the on line db do think there are like this one. I found this one because I thought I might be able copy some of the crew and cast list for the "Joan Crawford Collection: Volume 2, Flamingo Road" profile. This is not the first time I've seen this. For these box sets I often load profile(s) of the movies to come if they are a available. Then check and update them with the DVD when I get. And many are wrong and obviously copied from imdb.

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I don't see any benefit in doing this.  Just use the most common form of the name and be done with it.  I don't see any reason to make up data.

The benefit of this is that it will improve the common name, as the common name is the name which is credited the most.

Wouldn't using the common name as the (uncredited) name do the same thing?  The uncredited names are included in the Credit Lookup Tool.

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And we are not making up data if the information is taken from the credits. In fact the data is incorrect if it tells us a certain person is uncredited when (s)he is not and it's only his/her cast role that's missing.

We do not enter uncredited crew.  If a crew member is not credited with a cast role, but does play one, then he is uncredited.  To say listing him as 'uncredited' is incorrect makes no sense.

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Other than this I believe the checkbox is just there for easy entry and to enlarge the available room for a role name. If it's still allowed to enter suffixes like "(puppeteer)", I do not understand why a manually typed "(uncredited)" has to be a problem.

I am not trying to be rude, but it doesn't matter what you believe.  The fact remains there is a checkbox in the program and the rules tell us to use it.

But how they are credited as crew bears no relation whatsoever to how we should credit them as cast, they are separate databases and have no effect on each other. So suggesting we record their crew name as part of uncredited cast makes no sense.

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Yes, it tells us to use it if they are uncredited but they aren't. It's their cast role that's uncredited.

Yes, their cast role is uncredited which makes them uncredited cast.  As such, you enter their name, role and tick the little box.  The fact that they have a crew credit has no bearing on this issue.

I agree with antolod, you are making this way more complicated than it needs to be.  I just can't figure out why.