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Michael Jackson
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorStaid S Barr
Registered: Oct 16, 2003
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There's a Michael Jackson in the database with BY=1938 (The Munsters, The Hardy Boys II).

Should we now provide the "other" Michael Jackson with his BY (1958 I think), to avoid that the BY of the not so well known actor spreads around? I found that this tends to happen when profiles are refreshed. Would mean an update of hundreds of profiles though...
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There was a contribution recently that removed the BY for the 1958 Michael Jackson i mentioned this in my vote that it was being removed and was it needed but the contribution was not changed and it was approved.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorT!M
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Quoting Staid S Barr:
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Should we now provide the "other" Michael Jackson with his BY (1958 I think), to avoid that the BY of the not so well known actor spreads around?

Yes.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
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Registered: March 13, 2007
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The purpose of the BY is to discriminate between more than one actor with the same name. In the case of two people, as long as one of them has a BY then the distinction between the two has been made. One would have a BY and one would not, that said I would not argue with each having a BY.

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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLewis_Prothero
Strength Through Unity
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Not quite right,
the problem starts when you try to reinstall a backup, then the actor with BY overwrites the actor without BY. So if we start adding BY's then necessarily to all actors with the same name.
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
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Ahhh touche, goblins, hadn't thought about that.

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