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I am kid of speechless.... for me that's a wonderful and exciting start of the day! Wow!
So far I only got two questions, maybe missing in your explanation or I didn't understand: Is there created a new dummy profile whenever the tool is started to create 0-BYs? So e. g. 5 starts, 5 dummys?
All the possibilities of this tool look extraordinary great! But I am not able to understand, why the newly created cast & crew got headshots? Do you copy any actor/crew completely, only letting the BY field free? It is not bad but confusing: We have the same thing for several names in the Headshots Masterdatabase, where a name with BY has the same foto as without. And as this simply can't be the same person, leeting the headshot free would make more sence.
All in all I am not able to find the right words how thankful I am! And I am excited to "play" with that! Wow!
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Quoting Rutan:
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Adding BY to Tony Martin (1953) Australian Actor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553150/
Adding BY to Tony Martin (1964) New Zealand Comedian / Actor / Director / Radio Host.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553151/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Martin_(comedian)
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/world/born-today/2008/06/09/1212863518631.html?s_cid=rss_world
Adding BY to Tony Martin (1912) American Actor/Singer
http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Tony-Martin.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Martin_(entertainer)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553149/
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?participantId=123655|148580&afiPersonalNameId=null
Approved and released.
for Tony Martin (1912) IMDB and Wiki have changed the BY to 1913, it is still 1912 on oldies.com and I can't get connected to TCM. So is this questionable now? | Posted: Topic Replies: 5669, Topic Views: 354434 |
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Quoting Kluge:
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Peter Martin (1934)
English actor.
Beiderbecke Tapes, The Royle Family, Emmerdale Farm, All Creatures Great and Small
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Martin_%28actor%29
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552899/
Peter Martin (1970)
American jazz pianist.
Hope and Glory, Good Night, and Good Luck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Martin_%28jazz_pianist%29
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552897/
http://www.petermartinmusic.com/
For the first one IMDB as well as WIKI changed the BY to 1941. Links remained the same! | Posted: Topic Replies: 5669, Topic Views: 354434 |
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Quoting VirusPil:
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Jennifer Martin (1990): German Playmate, Modell, ...
http://www.jennifer-martin.de/
http://de.stylished.com/jennifer-martin.html
Accepted May 17 2010
Jennifer Martin (19xx): American voice actress: The Mothman Prophecies, Powerpuff Girls, ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Martin
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552502/
According to IMDB there are some more.
The voice actress, the 2nd one, got a BY meanwhile: 1971
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552502/?ref_=tt_cl_t_15 | Posted: Topic Replies: 5669, Topic Views: 354434 |
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| You make me quite curious! Can barely await to see the video | Posted: Topic Replies: 109, Topic Views: 1005 |
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Quoting awilbohk:
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James Logan (1928–2001) actor
Mary Poppins, ...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517575/
James Logan (1970- ) actor
The Mechanic, ...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517576/
IMDB did some changes/corrections: The first one is a british actor,
Mary Poppins had an american "James Logan (1913 - 1989)"
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5880869/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t95 | Posted: Topic Replies: 5669, Topic Views: 354434 |
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Wow! Correcting data sometimes is kind of a VERY horrible experience....
I just spent more than an hour to control all versions of "Robert Lee" - and had to find out that about 80 % of the entries in any profile are using the one with the wrong BY (dangerous business if there are 8 BYs available). So far this might have been the worst name to correct - but it always could become worse...^^ | Posted: Topic Replies: 109, Topic Views: 1005 |
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Quoting ateo357:
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Leon Lee (1952) (Minor& Japanese League Baseball Player) (Mr. Baseball)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Lee
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497737/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Leon Lee (1895) (Writer) (The Wizard of Oz Collection)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497736/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2
Frank Thomas (1968) (Pro Baseball Player) (Mr. Baseball)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Thomas_(designated_hitter)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858827/?ref_=fn_al_nm_3
Frank Thomas (1912) (Voice) (The Incredibles, The Iron Giant)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Thomas_(animator)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858826/?
Contributed Mr. Baseball BY Leon Lee (1952) / Frank Thomas (1968)
Reviewing
Approved 6/13/2013
The actor for "Mr. Baseball" is definitely born 1952, but IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497737/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 ) is definitely the wrong profile! They got something wrong as I won't believe that a man of that age worked as a stuntman older than 60. I try to correct the data there, too!
So meanwhile he has his own site on IMDB:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14784747/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_8
Only missing the BY, don't know why they didn't, but it might come up soon | Posted: Topic Replies: 5669, Topic Views: 354434 |
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Okay, to both of you:
Thanks for all the work and the time you invest in my project
And: Sorry if I come up with new wishes/requests. They're mostly caused by (bad) experiences with existing data or with the lack of functions on profiler itself. Sorry!
It's only the thought: When I am done correcting all the data, I try to avoid that any new profiles could deliver incorrect data, destroying the work of months | Posted: Topic Replies: 109, Topic Views: 1005 |
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Now I am confused? You name the link CastCrewCheck and it leads to BirthYearCheck?
But as far as I understood the descriptions of the several versions/updates: Your tool compares the existing local data with Kluge's list, am I right?
As mentioned before: As the list is living and growing, I am quite sure, you include a copy of Kluge's list anywhere in the tool or is it anyhow "connected" with that site?
http://www.luigifilocamo.it/BY.html
But in both cases: That's not my "problem". A lot of users are not interested in separating people in the database by their accepted BYs or they don't care or maybe sometimes they don't have the time to control every single name of a complete TV Series, if it possibly needs a BY.
So this way countless profiles are actually missing the BY or have the wrong. That's what I am actually correcting. Sooner or later (easier said "later") all my profiles will have the correct BYs (and countless more I have to ask for acception when I am done). But then I buy a new DVD/BluRay and get the full data profile created by someone else. Without any BY. E. g. the casts lists an actor "John Abbott" w/o BY. So I start the tool on that new profile and it says: "Be careful, you allready have "John Abbott" WITH BY. Check, if this is the same!"
For me it looks that the BirthYearCheck compares the whole actors list of the local database with Kluge's list. I'd like to say that I am not the only one who has some more BYs not neccessary for everybody or not proved yet or whatever. And at least in that case, the tool can't tell me to control, if this cast/crew is the same as the one with the same name (and BY) allready part of my local database.
I only can hope that this was not too complicated to understand ;-) | Posted: Topic Replies: 109, Topic Views: 1005 |
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Actually not sure if this "problem" ("idea") should be part of the BirthYearCheck or the Creator:
Since I started to check all the BYs of Kluge's list, whenever I add a new profile for what I recently bought, I check every single cast (so far only cast) with a BY if it is correct.
Allready the problem then is: If the actor would need a BY but the creator of the profile didn't know or didn't care (I heard some are not interested in BYs), then the tool should "say" something like:
BE CAREFUL! This cast (Name 1, Name 2, Name 3) and/or this crew (Name 4, Name 5 etc.) are allready available with BYs. A check is recommended!
Or something like this! That's much easier than to check only the ones with are allready with BY and includes the ones where the BY probably was not entered.
So the tool needs no reference to or integration of Kluge's list (that would be impossible as this list is living and still growing) but only needs to check cast & crew if the same name is available with BY.
In my case: Whenever one person of that name got a BY, I give all other versions one, too, mostly the Fakes, but that's the only way to see a difference of 5, 6, 7 or more persons of the same name. It would be a dream if the Fake-BYs become an official part of the BY-List... especially in case of sharing headshots | Posted: Topic Replies: 109, Topic Views: 1005 |
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Quoting CubbyUps:
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Mark King
Self
BY=1958
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455041/reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_King_%28musician%29
http://www.billboard.com/artist/1527465/mark-king/biography
Actor
BY=?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2090020/reference
Actor
BY=?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455040/reference
Profile Contribution Approved Apr 14 2014 9:36AM
The last one (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455040/reference)
seems to be born 2/9/1961
source:
http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=2671 | Posted: Topic Replies: 5669, Topic Views: 354434 |
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Quoting CubbyUps:
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Larry Keating
Actor
1899-1963
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Keating
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7009778
http://people.theiapolis.com/actor-1FM2/larry-keating/
Actor
BY=?
Xena: Warrior Princess: Season Three
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1093960/
Also see this thread about the BY and that the tombstone date should be used.
http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=684192
Profile Contribution Approved Jul 18 2013 10:30AM
The BY of the 2nd one ("Xena") might be 1949: From his homepage [Quote]: "His first adventure at age 27 was to Peru in 1976 to explore..."
Source:
https://mediawave.co.nz/the-garden-of-evil/larry-keating-producer-director-writer-photographer/ | Posted: Topic Replies: 5669, Topic Views: 354434 |
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Quoting CubbyUps:
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Brandon James
Actor
BY=1982
http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=brandonjames/gender=m/brandon-james.htm
Actor
BY=?
True Blood: The Complete Fifth Season
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3923263/reference
Profile Contribution Approved Jul 16 2014 9:34AM
The second one has a BY (and Deathyear) meanwhile: 1996 - 2017
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3923263/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t138 | Posted: Topic Replies: 5669, Topic Views: 354434 |
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Quoting emmeli:
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Stephen Hunter
Writer
BY=1946
Shooter
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2394211/
Actor
BY=????
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1053536/
Status: Approved Sep 4 2014
The BY of the Hobbit-Actor has been released: 1968
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hunter_(actor) | Posted: Topic Replies: 5669, Topic Views: 354434 |
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Quoting CubbyUps:
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John Hopkins
1974
Merlin
Alice in Wonderland
Robin Hood
MI-5
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394204/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hopkins_%28actor%29
Writer, Director & Producer
1931-1998
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394200/
Actor
?
Astro Zombies (1969)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394203/
Profile Contribution Approved Dec 14 2011 8:58AM
Don't know where 1974 for the first one comes as he is listed in wiki as well as in imdb with 1975? | Posted: Topic Replies: 5669, Topic Views: 354434 |
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Robert Hoffman (Unknown) - actor, Little House on the Prairie
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0389075/
Meanwhile his BY is found: 1966
source:
https://littlehouse.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_Hoffman | Posted: Topic Replies: 5669, Topic Views: 354434 |
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Quoting CubbyUps:
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Sam Holland
Actor
BY=1999
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3027793/
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/sam-holland-35389.php
https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/sam-holland.html
Actor
BY=1962
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0390820/
I got huge doubts about the BY of the second one or if his credits on the IMDB are correct:
Olaying a teen son on "Xena" when he was allready 23 years old might be possible, but as a "Lambeth Kid" in "Chaplin" when he allready was 30 sounds a little bit difficult.
IF THIS SITE is correct, he looks young, but there is no credit how old he was when the foto was shot:
https://www.tvmaze.com/people/98752/sam-holland | Posted: Topic Replies: 5669, Topic Views: 354434 |
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According to BYs:
I am a little bit confused as imo for some actors the BYs wouldn't be neccessary if there would have been done a search for their common name before.
Just two examples:
"Anthony Holland (1920)"
much more times credited as "Antony Holland"
and
"James Henrie (1993)"
much more times credited as "Lorenzo James Henrie"
So which rule is to prefer in such cases? The common name or the BY? | Posted: Topic Replies: 109, Topic Views: 1005 |
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Quoting Behemot:
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Contributed and approved:
Jan Holden (British actress) (1931):
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jan-holden-514017.html
http://www.zetaminor.com/roobarb/showthread.php?7593-Jan-Holden-(1931-2005)-RIP
Jan Holden (Norwegian Actor) (1966):
http://www.biip.no/default.aspx?section=skatt&page=person&id=1501778
http://www.proscen.no/index.php/medlem/51?PHPSESSID=yuqroyzforxisy
Is the 2nd one this one?
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3422506/?ref_=tt_cl_t_17 | Posted: Topic Replies: 5669, Topic Views: 354434 |
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As there are two actresses of the same name (1944/1978) the CLT can't help that much.
So after a load of research I got the following credits in my collection:
Elizabeth Bennett
Ghost Whisperer (Season 2.7)
Castle (Season 1.7)
Liberty Heights
Elizabeth Ann Bennett
Heroes (Season 3.12)
Bones (Season 9.20)
The Dead Zone (1.4)
Any further counts are welcome! | Posted: Topic Replies: 0, Topic Views: 82 |
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Quoting Magmadrag:
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trying to submit
Mickey Finn (1933)
actor in Rawhide and others
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278152/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t17
Mickey Finn (1947)
musician of T.Rex, appearing on several concert dvds (impossible to find on imdb the easy way)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Finn_(drummer)
Mickey Finn (1919) (formerly 1933)
actor in Rawhide and others
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278152/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t17
Sad to say, but they changed/corrected his BY on IMDB, now he is 1919 | Posted: Topic Replies: 5669, Topic Views: 354434 |
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Quoting GSyren:
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@Magmadrag:
I think it's a mistake not to do everything possible to fix the database. Even if at the moment the problem only manifests itself during export, it's not going to get better, but it might very well get worse.
I see you haven't uploaded you collection since March 30. Does that mean that upload doesn't work for you either? Does backup work without errors?
It is, of course, entirely up to you if you want to ignore this problem. I'm just concerned that you may be setting yourself up for a bigger problem further on. 
First of all: Upload I do from time to time.... as you have been at my collection, you see the size. And this way the upload needs time. As I don't have the neccessity to show everybody all I bought for the last two months, the upload is not that relevant for me.
And according to the export problem: It is a couple of months ago, mabye one and a half years, when I was knee deep on solving this problem. And: EVERYTHING failed! Every solution caused more troubles than I had before. So what about if DJ Doena is right and it only depends on the old Win-32 Standard and the export is not possible as I got lots of foreign films with all those special characters? I'd like to say that there is nothing else left what it could be. Imagine spending 8 weeks, several hours a day, to find out, why the export doesn't work. And some of the solutions caused a database crush (inreperaible), made me un- and reinstalling profiler complete + creating a new database from a backup etc. etc.
After all those troubles without any visible result and as anything else works quite perfect (you know that other users have problems with their database with much smaller collections) there IS nothing else I could try.
According to the Win-32 Standard I had/have several "problems" or at least dislikes as some characters/special letters are available as they are included, others not as they are allready Win-64. Even tools have that problem on some special ways, and I had to learn, what doesn't work.
So I only can ask: A cleaned up working database of kind of an extraordinary size works. Would you provoke another crush only for the export if you don't need that feature? | Posted: Topic Replies: 109, Topic Views: 1005 |
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Quoting Magmadrag:
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Trying to submit
Frank Dux (BY 1932)
(IMDB shows him as "Francis Dux")
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0245234/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t31
actor of "Little Shop of Horrors", "Highlander" and a view others
CLT only shows hin as "Francis" for several language versions of "La Comtesse de Hong Kong"
but as he domniats as "Frank" (16/151) in CLT against "Francis" (1/14) a BY might be the only chance to separate him from
Frank Dux (BY unknown)
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0245235/?ref_=tt_cl_t_1
appearing in a view Martial Arts movies and in the docu "Put Up Your Dux"
@LKanne: Sorry for my misspelling in the last post, just corrected it
Meanwhile a BY for the MMA Fighter is available: 1956
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Dux | Posted: Topic Replies: 5669, Topic Views: 354434 |
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Quoting Gamemaster:
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Richard Davis (1930)
Songwriter, Actor
Under Siege
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205328/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t40
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Davis
http://richarddavis.org/
For the one from "Under Siege" only the imdb-link is correct, the other two links fit another musician.
The one from "Under Siege" has his own site where the movie is mentioned and that he is the brother of the director:
https://chicagocatz.com/richie-davis/
And so his birthyear is wrong, too, as he is born on December 30, 1957
https://www.discogs.com/artist/4388043-Richie-Davis-3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Davis_(musician) | Posted: Topic Replies: 5669, Topic Views: 354434 |