"Special Appearance By" is a very common credit and is often listed in the opening credits which are often a combination of cast and crew.

Since they are not always clearly divided into cast and crew in the opening credits as they are in the closing credits, according to some here, ANY TIME we have a credit in the opening credits using "Special Appearance By", we are going to have to include a screen cap of the person in the film in order to include them in the cast listing.

After all, we cannot assume that people with that credit in the opening credits are cast.  They could very well be crew! 

Hal:

Have you read what I said and actually comprehended it. Your comment favors assumption over accuracy. But lety me repeat it for YOU one more time. Provide a time code for just ONE of the people in that list, NOT ALL OF THEM, just ONE. I am not lazy, I don['t accept assumptions even my own, as I have said i suspect the assumption is correct, but I don't accept assumptions, laziness or "It's too hard" from anyone else either.

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The evidence IS that the data is within the Crew data not the cast data. OK, so if you want nto prove that it IS in fact Cast, then PROVE it. Don't try and pretend that data is something it is not just because you think you know something you cannot know. Your argument has no validity at all. It is not a subset of the cast data, it IS CREW DATA PERIOD. But nice attempt at subterfuge.

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[...] I'm not arguing for the sake of this single film. I'm arguing for the sake of the system. I don't want this one example to force us to have to prove that cast credits are cast credits for the wide possibilities that are out there from what I've seen in film credits or to force us to prove that credited cast members are actually in the film.

OK, then we are talking of two different things, I was trying to answer Gigas question and give reasons why this special case should not be entered without further documentation.
You were talking about "special appearances" in general. And "in general" you are totally correct, it's just this special case that makes an exception.

This is not an exception. The role doesn't change its nature when positioned differently. It's the same role.

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These are not crew credits in the middle of crew credits. These are cast credits in the middle of crew credits. Their position in the credits does not make them crew since there are no crew roles listed. The role that's in the credits is an on-screen role. That makes it cast.[...]

Did I miss something here?
There aren't any roles given, all we have is a vague description of an "appearance", which you like to interpret as an on-screen appearance.

The role given is "special appearances by" and it's done as a group header. We see lots of group header roles. This is not unique. I like to interpret "special appearances by" to mean what it says in basic English rather than arguing that it could mean something that it has not yet been proven to mean in any other film. Take it for what it means and if you can prove it means something else, then there's an issue.

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And going back to my example of the "First Assistant Director" what makes you so sure that in a movie like "Get Shorty" the "FAD" may not also be a cast credit?
It's the positioning of this special credit.
It will be positionend where?
Correct, in the crew-section and not in the cast section.
Where exactly is the difference between an assumed on screen appearance of the "FAD" and an assumed on screen appearance of these "special appearances"? Remember obviously all of them are only known for crew-jobs!
So if you could give me only one plausible reason why someone should list on-screen "special appearances" in the middle of the crew section and not at the end of the cast section, where it would be expected, I'd give in. But plausible and case-specific please.

An FAD credit in a cast section would be a cast role and an FAD credit in a crew section would be a crew role. A "special appearance" role anywhere can only mean one thing unless you can show that it's ever meant anything other than what it means. For a specific example of separated cast credits, see my example above of The Nightmare Before Christmas. Are voice credits only cast if they're in the cast section? Do the words "character voices" take on a different meaning if they are place outside the cast credits as they are in The Nightmare Before Christmas?

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EDIT: I think I found a hint supporting the actual "on-screen-appearance", Paula Gregg seems to have two mentionings within the credits. One within the craftsmen-section and the "special appearance".
The same goes for Michael K. Budge who is supposed to be credited as "On Set Dresser".
Could someone who owns this movie please verify that?

As has been mentioned previously in this thread, the Farrelly brothers are known for using their friends in supporting roles. I've seen two reviews of the film which comment about how boring the commentary is because they spend a great deal of time noting the appearance of their friends throughout the movie. If I owned the film, the commentary is the first place I'd go to in order to settle the issue for this film for the holdouts.

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Hal:

Have you read what I said and actually comprehended it. Your comment favors assumption over accuracy. But lety me repeat it for YOU one more time. Provide a time code for just ONE of the people in that list, NOT ALL OF THEM, just ONE. I am not lazy, I don['t accept assumptions even my own, as I have said i suspect the assumption is correct, but I don't accept assumptions, laziness or "It's too hard" from anyone else either.

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Neither I, nor anyone else, is required to provide you with anything to justify a contribution.

I said it earlier, and I'll say it again.  Submit the change and let the screeners decide.

Paul:

Not the calling out. Your overall attitude and insulting behavior, but like I said you aren't alone.

Your comment shows me just how little you understand me, paul and I mean that seriously.

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