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James DeMonaco and John Carpenter had the same job on the 2005 version of Assault on Precinct 13.

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John Carpenter as the screenplay writer for Rob Zombie's Halloween.

Yeah, when it's put like this, I'm not entirely sure how anyone can argue in the opposite direction unless they're arguing just for the sake of arguing.

Very much puts it in perspective.

It does indeed.  John Carpenter wrote the screenplay for 1978 version of Halloween.  To enter him as the screenwriter for the 2007 version, is just plain wrong as it misrepresents the data.  The fact that anybody is advocating this just boggles my mind.

Indeed. I don't enter crew on a regular basis. However, if I did, I would look at the context of the role and enter/not enter it accordingly.

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James DeMonaco and John Carpenter had the same job on the 2005 version of Assault on Precinct 13.

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John Carpenter as the screenplay writer for Rob Zombie's Halloween.

Yeah, when it's put like this, I'm not entirely sure how anyone can argue in the opposite direction unless they're arguing just for the sake of arguing.

Very much puts it in perspective.

It does indeed.  John Carpenter wrote the screenplay for 1978 version of Halloween.  To enter him as the screenwriter for the 2007 version, is just plain wrong as it misrepresents the data.  The fact that anybody is advocating this just boggles my mind.

Then you have no understanding of the power of the Custom role, my friend. Maybe this maybe that works for you, it doesn't work for me, never has, never will...it is simply ridiculous on its face.

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Then you have no understanding of the power of the Custom role, my friend. Maybe this maybe that works for you, it doesn't work for me, never has, never will...it is simply ridiculous on its face.

Actually, I believe it is you who has no understanding of the limitations of the custom role.  They can't be uploaded so only benefit the person who has them in their local.  Not that it matters as entering John Carpenter, who wrote the screenplay for the 1978 version of Halloween, as the screenwriter for the 2007 version is just plain wrong as he did not write that screenplay.  To do so, as you so eloquently put it, is simpy ridiculous on its face.

Ah, Martian there's your confusion. True they can't be uploaded, but in the interests of serving the Community you can include the informatuion in your NOTES, so that all can copy the data of the Actual credit if they wish, and you aren't also masquerading data.

But like i said, you favor maybe this, maybe that and maybe something else.

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Ah, Martian there's your confusion. True they can't be uploaded, but in the interests of serving the Community you can include the informatuion in your NOTES, so that all can copy the data of the Actual credit if they wish, and you aren't also masquerading data.

You are working under the assumption that people look at the notes when they download contributions.  I am willing to bet the number that do is very small.

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But like i said, you favor maybe this, maybe that and maybe something else.

Not at all.  I favor the date having meaning.  If someone did not write the screenplay for the film being profiled, they should not be entered as the screenwriter.

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Ah, Martian there's your confusion. True they can't be uploaded, but in the interests of serving the Community you can include the informatuion in your NOTES, so that all can copy the data of the Actual credit if they wish, and you aren't also masquerading data.

You are working under the assumption that people look at the notes when they download contributions.  I am willing to bet the number that do is very small.

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But like i said, you favor maybe this, maybe that and maybe something else.

Not at all.  I favor the date having meaning.  If someone did not write the screenplay for the film being profiled, they should not be entered as the screenwriter.

That is maybe this, maybe that, Martian...that simple it really is. And yes, perhaps i am alon but i do read the Notes. I want to know what i am voting for. I simply do not agree with your idea and find it lunacy, sorry, but with the power of the custom field there is no excuse for any kind of qualifier, at least in this particular instance, especially when it is essentially trying to create two separate definitions for the same terminology.

Also as I noted Cass' idea, while admirable in its attempt, doesn't hold water.

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That is maybe this, maybe that, Martian...that simple it really is. And yes, perhaps i am alon but i do read the Notes. I want to know what i am voting for. I simply do not agree with your idea and find it lunacy, sorry, but with the power of the custom field there is no excuse for any kind of qualifier, at least in this particular instance, especially when it is essentially trying to create two separate definitions for the same terminology.

Also as I noted Cass' idea, while admirable in its attempt, doesn't hold water.

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If this were correct, I would agree with you, however, I have yet to see credits where it was unclear if someoen wrote the screenplay the movie was shot from or the screen play to an earlier movie which was being remade. The word screenplay is the same, but that isn't the whole credit. The terminology is decidely different.

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That is maybe this, maybe that, Martian...that simple it really is. And yes, perhaps i am alon but i do read the Notes. I want to know what i am voting for. I simply do not agree with your idea and find it lunacy, sorry, but with the power of the custom field there is no excuse for any kind of qualifier, at least in this particular instance, especially when it is essentially trying to create two separate definitions for the same terminology.

Also as I noted Cass' idea, while admirable in its attempt, doesn't hold water.

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If this were correct, I would agree with you, however, I have yet to see credits where it was unclear if someoen wrote the screenplay the movie was shot from or the screen play to an earlier movie which was being remade. The word screenplay is the same, but that isn't the whole credit. The terminology is decidely different.

You are still trying to apply two different definitions , Ace. And this something that is so easily handled by Custom Role and COMMUNICATIVE notes.

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