I downloaded the child profiles for these and now that I own the entire series I see that it's credited in different ways.

Name - Role
-------  -------
Itself  - The Thing
Thing -  Itself
The Thing -  Itself


I'm only on disc 1 of the set and it would be good if this particular actor/role could be linked together with one name throughout the entire series.


What should be the name of the "actor" in this case?  It really is the characters name.

Just a little confused on how this should be handled.

What I would do here... is (if you have them all).... first do all 3 volumes episodes as credited only (locally).... then see which name is the most commonly credited... and use that most commonly credited name as the common name.

Since that is where the online database is going (use most commonly name through look-up tool)... it is easy to do in this case since it is only for that one series... and the entire series is on DVD...  I believe the best bet is to get it right per the rules since it is easily done so.

Once the most commonly credited name is established you can then get them all straight and upload to the main database like that.

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I downloaded the child profiles for these and now that I own the entire series I see that it's credited in different ways.

Name - Role
-------  -------
Itself  - The Thing
Thing -  Itself
The Thing -  Itself


I'm only on disc 1 of the set and it would be good if this particular actor/role could be linked together with one name throughout the entire series.


What should be the name of the "actor" in this case?  It really is the characters name.

Just a little confused on how this should be handled.

I guess

Carolyn Jones - Morticia
John Astin - Gomez
...
Itself - The Thing

This credit is mostly intented as a joke, since according to wikipedia, the hand belongs to Ted Cassidy.

But to be consistant and let the credits make sense, I would personnally use Thing as the common name and use the "As credited" to match the credit on screen.

So, we'll have:

Thing (Itself) as The Thing
Thing as Itself
Thing (The Thing) as Itself

No RH, because Ted Cassidy is NOT credited as The Thing.

He could conceivably be listed as (uncredited) with documentation...more than simply Wikipedia since for accuracy they are about as reliable as someone else we all know.

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No RH, because Ted Cassidy is NOT credited as The Thing.

He could conceivably be listed as (uncredited) with documentation...more than simply Wikipedia since for accuracy they are about as reliable as someone else we all know.

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You say “is NOT credited as…”

Then please explain to me why folks are so intent on creating fictitious credits, and voting yes on them btw, with pseudonyms? The Coen Brothers were not credited as Film Editors in “The Big Lebowski”, “Fargo” or “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” in the film’s credits yet the profiles were changed. This change has essentially deleted Roderick Jaynes from the database. If, after accepting these profile updates, one tries to search for credits for Roderick Jaynes they will no longer get any hits…he’s gone because the search is done on the common name not the credited as name. The same goes for changing an Alan Smithee credit to the actual Director’s name. Try doing a search to see how many Alan Smithee credits are in the films in your collection after accepting a profile update like that…zero hits. Where’s the usability now?

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Quoting skipnet50:

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No RH, because Ted Cassidy is NOT credited as The Thing.

He could conceivably be listed as (uncredited) with documentation...more than simply Wikipedia since for accuracy they are about as reliable as someone else we all know.

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You say “is NOT credited as…”

Then please explain to me why folks are so intent on creating fictitious credits, and voting yes on them btw, with pseudonyms? The Coen Brothers were not credited as Film Editors in “The Big Lebowski”, “Fargo” or “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” in the film’s credits yet the profiles were changed. This change has essentially deleted Roderick Jaynes from the database. If, after accepting these profile updates, one tries to search for credits for Roderick Jaynes they will no longer get any hits…he’s gone because the search is done on the common name not the credited as name. The same goes for changing an Alan Smithee credit to the actual Director’s name. Try doing a search to see how many Alan Smithee credits are in the films in your collection after accepting a profile update like that…zero hits. Where’s the usability now?

I guess it depends on how one defines useability.  Since Roderick Jaynes is a completely fictitious name, what would be the point of searching on it?  I suppose it would be the answer to a trivia question.  On the other hand, knowing that that Coen's edited a film as well as directed would also be the answer to a trivia question.  Useability is in the eye of the beholder.

I will say that by having both pieces of information in the database, real name and ficticious name, we are a program modification away from being able to search on either.  Before, no amount of coding changes would let us know that the Coen brothers also edited their films AND employed a pseudonym.

Just my opinion and the reason why I would support these credited as changes.

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No RH, because Ted Cassidy is NOT credited as The Thing.

He could conceivably be listed as (uncredited) with documentation...more than simply Wikipedia since for accuracy they are about as reliable as someone else we all know.

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Encyclopedia Britannica? at least it is for science source so why not for other areas (like tv/pop culture).

and according to  this 'experts rate wikipedia's accuracy higher than non experts'

-Agrare