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Divider for Cast "group headings"?
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantBlair
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(I should have said "other cast group headings" but I see now that I can't rename topic titles.)


Key points:

1) These are TV series credits.

2) We never use a "group heading" indicating "Cast"/"Starring" with entire cast below it.

So, in which way should the below be viewed for "Additional Voices"... as a divider (visually similar to in the picture) or as a group heading (which aren't listed) and each name role-credited individually as in the old days before dividers were created?




To use a divider, or not to use a divider. That is the question.
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Group divider, definitely.
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Quoting Merrik:
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Group divider, definitely.

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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantBlair
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That was my assumption as well, but I couldn't help but see a crossing between two concepts: headings which we don't display (first two sections) and groups where the name is used with no role (last section).
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General rule could be: "If we wouldn't have the group dividers, what would you put in the role field and what not?"
"Starring" and "Also Starring" I wouldn't put in the role field, but I would put "Additional Voices". Therefore it is a legitimate group divider.


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Actually if I read the rules right, only "Starring" is prohibited. If you really wanted to use them, both "Also Starring" and Additional Voices" are valid dividers. Though personally I'd probably only use the last one.
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I'd add the "Additional Voices" divider as well. I think TomGaines' explanation sums it all up perfectly.
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Quoting TomGaines:
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General rule could be: "If we wouldn't have the group dividers, what would you put in the role field and what not?"
"Starring" and "Also Starring" I wouldn't put in the role field, but I would put "Additional Voices". Therefore it is a legitimate group divider.


This is how I see it as well. I would be tempted to use an "Also Starring" divider ONLY if the section didn't have roles for the actors, in that case I think the divider would be the way to go.
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