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I use child profiles, but I too remove box set data from parents if I'm doing anything else to them. For me it seems ideal to have all the information in the parent and children both, with no box set links in the DB, so that people can form profile box sets without much hassle if they'd like, but those who only want the parents aren't affected.

But then this has all been said before...

That's what I'd like to see. It makes the most sense, and keeps both sides of the argument happy.

Didn't know that.

Quoting lyonsden5:

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Quoting chibul:

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COMMON NAMES:
http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=37108
-Consensus decision here is to use iMDB as a starting point for the common names. Obviously, there would be individual cases we would need to debate in the forum, and we of course would do so, but we would need your approval to go forward with this system. The "Credited As" feature would be then used to tie together multiple variants of one's name (various names a person has been credited as) and promote database accuracy.

In the Contribution Rules Committee Forum Ken had this to say regarding this topic.

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Using any single source as the authority, while tempting, may result in legal problems.  On a case-by-case basis, looking up names on one or more sites (or simply in an Internet index search) to help determine the most popular reference is acceptable and shouldn't cause any legal issues.

Another alternative is to simply total the credits by Credited As to determine the best name.  If Bob Smith is credited in 70% of his films in our database as "Bobby Smith", that's the name he should have.  Thoughts?

Yes eminently sensible for those with 'Western' style family names but when it comes to THE EAST - in particular, those who star in Chinese and Hong Kong movies - I suggest there is the need for separation.

For example, take the Shaw Brothers classics.  Most of the actors in these are hardly known in The West or not at all.  Their names should therefore, in my opinion, be recorded in the traditional Eastern style where the family name comes first.  In some cases, e.g. FU Sheng, there is an addition of a Western first name, in this case Alexander, and he is generally listed as Alexander  FU Sheng.  This fast became a standard HK practice, particularly in commerce, accelerated of course by the fact that Hong Kong was a British ruled colony until 10 years ago.  The same thing is now happening quite rapidly in mainland China, something I can attest to from several visits to Shanghai.

So, what I am saying is if the Hong Kong (or whatever) movie is one that has principally had distribution in the East and its actors have not appeared in Western movies, then it is the interests if DVD Profiler to achieve an authentic database by entering the names as the Chinese do. 

The 80% rule can apply, of course, with the current generation of actors like Jackie Chan, Jet Li, or Chow Yun Fat who have achieved true international recognition and established common name use.

Jackie Chan - alias Jacky Chan, Chen Yuan Lung, Chen Yuan Long, Chen Long, Chen Lung, Cheng Lung.  Make my point?

NOTE:  since posting this comment, I have sighted the topic "Proposal for Romanization of Names of Chinese/Hong Kong Actors".    Accordingly I am reposting this response to that topic.