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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 1,339 |
| | Posted: | | | | someone please correct me if this feature already exists, but I can not find it...
the problem: I have 18 credits for James MacDonald all with no birth year, I have just discovered that there are in fact 2 James MacDonald's and I now need to add birth years.
right now the program makes me add a birth year for the existing actor, then manually remove him from the cast list of titles he does not belong in and manually replace with the new actor with birth year.
i would like some type of right click function... "change to James MacDonald 19xx" to quicken the process
or better yet a way to automate it if at all possible. | | | | -JoN | | | | Last edited: by ruineddaydreams |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 27 |
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 |  Posts: 1,536 |
| | Posted: | | | | It's a little bit more efficient if you do it the other way around.
First add a new actor with the same name, and with a BY, and then go thorugh the necessary profiles using the Replace function.
But in either case, you will have to do one group manually (pick the smallest one). | | | | Hans |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,745 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Staid S Barr: Quote:
It's a little bit more efficient if you do it the other way around.
First add a new actor with the same name, and with a BY, and then go thorugh the necessary profiles using the Replace function.
Yup, that's how I'd do it. | | | Karsten
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,339 |
| | Posted: | | | | I do not see a replace function... little help here please  nevermind found it... that is easier than what i was doing... however the original request stands... there has got to be a better way. | | | | -JoN | | | | Last edited: by ruineddaydreams |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | +10 | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,328 |
| | Posted: | | | | Why limit it to birth years? It would be great if there was a replace function to be able to replace an actor/crew name with someone else in your database. It would save a ton of mouse clicks/keyboard strokes, especially for those with super long credit listing. | | | | My Home Theater |
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| | Posted: | | | | Quoting xradman: Quote:
Why limit it to birth years? It would be great if there was a replace function to be able to replace an actor/crew name with someone else in your database. It would save a ton of mouse clicks/keyboard strokes, especially for those with super long credit listing. +1 I once had to edit a profile for the complete Friends series, a nightmare  | | |
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 | | Posts: 1,536 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting xradman: Quote:
Why limit it to birth years? It would be great if there was a replace function to be able to replace an actor/crew name with someone else in your database. It would save a ton of mouse clicks/keyboard strokes, especially for those with super long credit listing. Well, if you want/need to replace them all, just use the Edit function. But in normal circustances, you will still need to select which ones to change and which ones to keep, and I don't see how that could be other than a manual process. But even there, the Name Variants plugin comes in handy, for those who got a copy before the author left. | | | | Hans |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,328 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Staid S Barr: Quote:
Quoting xradman:
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Why limit it to birth years? It would be great if there was a replace function to be able to replace an actor/crew name with someone else in your database. It would save a ton of mouse clicks/keyboard strokes, especially for those with super long credit listing.
Well, if you want/need to replace them all, just use the Edit function. But in normal circustances, you will still need to select which ones to change and which ones to keep, and I don't see how that could be other than a manual process.
But even there, the Name Variants plugin comes in handy, for those who got a copy before the author left. Does the name variant plugin still work with 3.6 version? It can save strokes because then you wouldn't have to click the corrected names up to the original location in the credits. | | | | My Home Theater |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | To be perfectly honest, xradman, I won't be broken up if it doesn't. I see too many people creating links using ONLY the Name Variant Tool and that proves nothing. It only tells us that two names are similar, it does not tell us that two names are the same person. | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 | | Posts: 1,536 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting xradman: Quote:
Does the name variant plugin still work with 3.6 version?
It can save strokes because then you wouldn't have to click the corrected names up to the original location in the credits. Yes it does. And I agree with skip, the tool is to find issues, but only to repair after checking who is who. | | | | Hans |
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