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Remove uncredited Cast from the Online Database?
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Interesting results thus far.  I honestly expected the "don't cares" to be much higher as I figured a lot of folks just aren't that anal about their cast stuff.  What really surprises me is the number who like it the way it is.  This implies that they not only care about the cast data, but it doesn't bother them that the majority of the existing uncredited data has never been verified.

I'm not sure what that says...I care enough to register the fact that I don't care? 
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yeah... the number kinda surprising me too. But then again... I am just happy that not as many people is against what I brought up in the other thread (wiping uncredited clean and starting over)... there is actually more support for it then I expected. 
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What's really astounding is the high consent with "I like it as it is"   
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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I generally don't care about uncredited cast in newer movies because they're mostly just walk-on cameos or very minor parts, but for older movies they can make up the majority of the cast and I wouldn't want to lose that.
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Quoting Patsa:
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I generally don't care about uncredited cast in newer movies because they're mostly just walk-on cameos or very minor parts, but for older movies they can make up the majority of the cast and I wouldn't want to lose that.

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I generally don't care about uncredited cast in newer movies because they're mostly just walk-on cameos or very minor parts, but for older movies they can make up the majority of the cast and I wouldn't want to lose that.

Neither would I.  I just wish that even the tiniest part of those old ones could somehow be verified.  Since nobody seems to be able to do that, how do we know it's correct?  God forbid we get rid of it though, and use what we can actually verify. 
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What's really astounding is the high consent with "I like it as it is"   



Some of us have put a lot of effort into documenting uncredited cast (contacting actors via email, doing research in books, etc.) and contributing them.  There's an assumption amongst many of you that uncredited is nothing by IMDB clones, and that just isn't true for every profile.  Frankly, the pointless desire to wipe out all this effort is highly annoying.

But do whatever the hell you want.  I'm no longer going to contribute, and I'm no longer going to download updates.  happy funtime it. 
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I'll stick my neck out as one who voted for the way it is. I'm not even sure that's the best vote for me, but that's what I picked. I don't like the wholesale removal of uncredited on the basis that it's not previously documented. I think it's a matter of different perspectives. I realize that some want verified data. I think verified data is good, but from my experience, most uncredited is correct. I use the word "most" in the meaning of "more than half". That's ok with me. I know that's not ok with others, but I'm just stating my perspective.

Also, I've gotten to the point with my collection where I'll never be able to go through all of my profiles and research and verify all possible uncredited; therefore, I rely on what others provide for the most part. If people are removing uncredited, that's just data -- verified or not -- that I may never get around to adding myself. I would have to do 10 full audits per day to get through my collection in a year. That's just not gonna happen. I would love to do it. I like adding cast and crew. That's not the problem. I just can't do it all myself.

Another reason I don't support the wholesale removal of uncredited is that it's the only field for which some have this demand. When we copy data from one profile to another, no one comes along and removes an undocumented overview while saying that someone else can add it back if they want to. It's just not done. So why should you be allowed to remove cast data and just say that someone else can add it back if they want?

Uncredited is the only data where there's a trend to remove data without taking responsibility for it. Yes, you're removing data that might not be correct. But you might also be removing data that is correct. That's destructive IMO.

I realize I appear to be in a minority opinion, so I'll leave it at that. I don't vote 'no' against this kind of data removal. I just vote neutral and think it's a sad state of affairs that we've come to. 
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I don't mind the way it is. 

And I'll go along with James, I would imagine that more than half the uncredited are correct (Whether or not documented).  Undocumented does not necessarily mean right or wrong, just undocumented (otherwise, a lot of the pre-change profiles would be wrong, and it is difficult to remove Uncredited cast from those)

What really needs to happen, is a way to prove a negative (prove an actor/actress does not appear in a movie). Somehow, we need to make it possible to remove uncredited cast when warranted.
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I don't think it would have come to this if we weren't so gung ho to scrape IMDb, back in the day.  I'll grant you that a chunk of it is probably correct.  But when I get roles like bit part, no role, scene deleted, I seriously begin to question all this "hard work" that went into it.  Frankly, I also question what the value is in having it.

Ironically, IMDb has been cleaning up their stuff over the last couple of years.  Luckily for them, we've been archiving it for them if they ever want to go back.
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I have no quarrel with the removal of (scene deleted).
...James

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I should probably also mention that I have extremely low expectations of there actually being some sort of data purge with the online.  Somebody set up a poll and I'm offering my opinion.  Barring the numbers becoming overwhelming, I can't see this happening.  So anybody having a panic attack that we're about to lose data can calm down. 
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I didn't vote, because none of the options really apply to what I'm thinking of the situation.

The first option, to remove all that crap and make it local only doesn't sit well with me. There have been some very big actors/singers/whatever in uncredited roles, and I think it's only proper to have them listed, including in the online.

The second option to start all over with good documentation, is, with absolutely no offense meant, a pain in the arse. I know I've done proper documentation just in the past couple of weeks to get actors into the system in uncredited roles. Jack Black in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer springs to mind. I was updating the profiles to fix something else, and for all the profiles he didn't appear in, I made specific documenation of the time he first appears on screen, even uploaded a screen shot in case someone asked for it. To have that work removed (which is WAY less than what a lot of other members have done) would be counter productive. He does appear, he's been documented, people have taken the time to do it properly, and now it's going to be removed and have to be done again? Wouldn't be done by me this time. Making more work for yourself is silly.

The third option of I like the way it is now doesn't sit well either. I recently removed uncredited cast from the Canadian Edition of Darkness Falls which included an exact clone of IMDB data, right down to Matt Brown (X). (I think his name was Matt Brown). There's obviously more of that out there, so there's still a problem. Leaving it alone isn't going to solve it.

The fourth option of let us enter whatever we want is... well... all hell would break loose probably. 

And I'm not neutral on the situation either.

What I really wish would happen, is that people could relax and chill out a bit, and not be so frustratingly anal when it comes to removing uncredited cast. People would really give me a no vote to just remove Matt Brown (X) from Darkness Falls because I can't prove he's NOT in the film??    If someone can explain how that makes sense, I'm all ears. I'd have to upload a screen shot of every single scene in the film where someone new appears on film and know every single one of their names to remove a guy with an X behind his name? (I realize I probably wouldn't get no votes to remove that, but as an example...).

That to me, is taking things to the EXTREME extreme and is a perfect example of making things infinitely harder than they have to be (and scaring off potential buyers/users with a system that's much harder than it needs to be).

There's a middle ground in there, probably a simple revision of the rules in regards to the removal of uncredited cast, that's got to make things easier than they are now...
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The answer is simple IF the data is undocumented, and documenting does not meaning cloning an old profile, then it should not be entered and if it sneaks it REMOVE it. Ken has already grandfatered in the OLD (pre-Rules) data, for exactly the reasons that Merrik highlighted, and I have no dispute with that, there is indeed valuable nuggets of data in there. But, as I have said repeatedly for years now, for new Profiles document the data, it took me very little time to provide documentation support for Huey Lewis in BTTF.

The remainder of th OLD (uncredited) for BTTF I have no idea who those people were or what they look like, so I did not include them.

By the Merrik, you mentioned "because I can't prove he's NOT in the film??" You can't because you cannot prove a negative for exactly the reasons you highlighted.

Any other answer takes us down the road that have already been traveled and well-worn by others. I am all for all kinds of data as long as it is accurate and where the Rules dictate accurate to the ACTUAL credits, but this obviously does not apply.

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Quoting gardibolt:
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What's really astounding is the high consent with "I like it as it is"   



Some of us have put a lot of effort into documenting uncredited cast (contacting actors via email, doing research in books, etc.) and contributing them.  There's an assumption amongst many of you that uncredited is nothing by IMDB clones, and that just isn't true for every profile.  Frankly, the pointless desire to wipe out all this effort is highly annoying.

But do whatever the hell you want.  I'm no longer going to contribute, and I'm no longer going to download updates.  happy funtime it. 

I never doubted that there are well researched and documented uncredited cast entries, what I doubt is that this counts for the majority of the uncrediteds.
While I think that Patsa has a very valid point with his old movies and you with your researched entries are correct too, I still don't like it as it is. But this counts only for the old entries from Intervocative times, which usually didn't get verified at all (with some exceptions). But that's the problem with generalizations, there's always someone hit who didn't deserve it.

What I'd like to see is a well thought restart, where we keep what's been added after the migration to Invelos and has (hopefully) been documented. And remove all undocumented legacy data from Intervocative times. Since this would mean a hell of work (someone has to go and check the verification of every single uncredited cast member and will therefore probably never be seen again), it's quite unlikely that this will ever happen.
So this leaves us two options: Either we delete all uncredited cast in one go (server-side) and reenter them where we find documentation. Or we all take our profiles and go checking for ourselves which of the uncredited cast is correct and which is not.
In times to come both options should end up in a correct database.

Almost forgot: To whom it may concern: I don't really believe that my first post in this thread violated any forum rules. Kindly remember that awarding red arrows simply for disagreeing with someones opinion is considered to be an abuse of the reputation system and may result in submitter rating reduction and/or rating permission removal.
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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