Welcome to the Invelos forums. Please read the forum rules before posting.

Read access to our public forums is open to everyone. To post messages, a free registration is required.

If you have an Invelos account, sign in to post.

    Invelos Forums->DVD Profiler: Contribution Discussion Page: 1  Previous   Next
TJ Ramini - initials with no dots or space between them
Author Message
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorBehemot
Registered: Aug. 23, 2004
Registered: March 14, 2007
Norway Posts: 555
Posted:
PM this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
I withdrew my "Batman Begins" contribution yesterday after getting 3 No votes in 3 minutes.

My contribution consisted of correcting actor name T/J/Ramini to TJ//Ramini, and my contribution notes were as follows:

Quote:
Source - Actual movie credits:
Correcting name of TJ Ramini so that TJ is in First name field - there is no space between the "T" and the "J", and no dots between the two letters either. Verified from movie credits. Also see here: www.tjramini.com/biography.html


I provided the link to his official website to show that he seems to prefer going by the name TJ Ramini (no dots or spaces between initials), just like he is credited in Batman Begins.

However, I got 3 No votes, saying:

Quote:
quote from mentioned site: "TJ (first name Tarek, middle name Jafar, " which indicates that T is for first and J is middle and should be so parsed.


and

Quote:
TJ is abbreviation of first and middle names


Now he is credited in DVD Profiler as T/J/Ramini, as opposed to how he is actually credited in the "Batman Begins" credits. If you split up initials which are not separated by a space or a dot like this, then it will be impossible to distinguish between his being credited as TJ Ramini or as T J Ramini. Therefore I think these no votes were incorrect. I did however withdraw my contribution, so that I could check here in the forums.

(This particular actor is credited at least in 2 different ways in DVDs I own (TJ Ramini and Tarek Ramini), so it would also be nice to find a common name for him. Based on his official website it would seem he prefers to be credited as TJ Ramini, so this would be a candidate for common name, only I need to know how to parse it first.)
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorGadgeteer
Registered: March 13, 2007
United Kingdom Posts: 519
Posted:
PM this userEmail this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
I would add as T./J./Ramini credited as TJ Ramini
Stuart
 Last edited: by Gadgeteer
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile Registrantkdh1949
Have Gun Will Travel
Registered: March 13, 2007
Reputation: High Rating
United States Posts: 2,394
Posted:
PM this userEmail this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
Who's to say that TJ (no spaces, no periods) can't be a FIRSTNAME?    
Another Ken (not Ken Cole)
Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges.
DVD Profiler user since June 15, 2001
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorDaddy DVD
Lost in Translation
Registered: March 14, 2007
Netherlands Posts: 2,366
Posted:
PM this userVisit this user's homepageDirect link to this postReply with quote
He is credited as Tarek Ramini, not TJ Ramini. You really should check the actual credits instead of the IMDb.

Other than that I think we should always use dots between initials.

Mary-Jane to M.J.//
Mary Jane to M./J./
TJ should then become T./J./
Martin Zuidervliet

DVD Profiler Nederlands
 Last edited: by Daddy DVD
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorBehemot
Registered: Aug. 23, 2004
Registered: March 14, 2007
Norway Posts: 555
Posted:
PM this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
Quoting Martin_Zuidervliet:
Quote:
He is credited as Tarek Ramini, not TJ Ramini. You really should check the actual credits instead of the IMDb.


Excuse me? I don't appreciate what you are implying - I DID check the actual credits for "Batman Begins", and he IS credited as TJ Ramini - not Tarek Ramini.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorDaddy DVD
Lost in Translation
Registered: March 14, 2007
Netherlands Posts: 2,366
Posted:
PM this userVisit this user's homepageDirect link to this postReply with quote
Quoting Behemot:
Quote:
Quoting Martin_Zuidervliet:
Quote:
He is credited as Tarek Ramini, not TJ Ramini. You really should check the actual credits instead of the IMDb.


Excuse me? I don't appreciate what you are implying - I DID check the actual credits for "Batman Begins", and he IS credited as TJ Ramini - not Tarek Ramini.

Ehhh, yeah you're right. I need to recheck the credits, I thought my profile was correct.
Martin Zuidervliet

DVD Profiler Nederlands
 Last edited: by Daddy DVD
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorGadgeteer
Registered: March 13, 2007
United Kingdom Posts: 519
Posted:
PM this userEmail this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
Quoting kdh1949:
Quote:
Who's to say that TJ (no spaces, no periods) can't be a FIRSTNAME?    


Because on his website it says:
Quote:
"TJ (first name Tarek, middle name Jafar, "
Stuart
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorVoltaire53
Missed again!
Registered: March 13, 2007
Reputation: High Rating
United Kingdom Posts: 2,293
Posted:
PM this userEmail this userVisit this user's homepageView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
Quoting Gadgeteer:
Quote:
I would add as T./J./Ramini credited as TJ Ramini



Agreed ... I know the 'core name' (or whatever it's called) still isn't pinned down but I think the general consensus is that any 'core names' with initials will use '.' dividers which means if that's not how they're actually credited use 'credited as'... that's what it's for
It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorwhispering
On ne passe pas!
Registered: March 13, 2007
Finland Posts: 1,380
Posted:
PM this userEmail this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
TJ seems to be a nickname, or in this case artist name, at least thats how i see it. I would add it all to firstname.

Quoting Martin_Zuidervliet:
Quote:
Mary Jane to M./J./


Thats not always the case. My mother has a dual first name, but it doesnt have a - between them, their still both part of the firstname. I would believe Mary Jane could also be a firstname.
 Last edited: by whispering
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantKrikarian
cool that never fades...
Registered: March 13, 2007
United States Posts: 291
Posted:
PM this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
the only problem with all this is is that your documentation belies your change. it is clear from his website that regardless of the typographical configuration TJ are the initials for his first and middle name and should be parsed that way.

krik
"Vampirism is still not a disease, Julia. Vampires are the living dead...dead...dead..."
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLopek
Lovely day for a...
Registered: March 13, 2007
United Kingdom Posts: 813
Posted:
PM this userEmail this userVisit this user's homepageView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
Why not just add him as T./J./Ramini and use the credited as for TJ Ramini?
Andy

"Credited as" Names Database
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorKevin Coed
Registered: March 14, 2007
United Kingdom Posts: 278
Posted:
PM this userVisit this user's homepageView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
Quoting Martin_Zuidervliet:
Quote:
He is credited as Tarek Ramini, not TJ Ramini. You really should check the actual credits instead of the IMDb.[


Says the man who keeps trying to slip in uncredited actors from IMDB info....
Guns don't kill people. Hammers do.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorTracer
Registered: March 13, 2007
United States Posts: 951
Posted:
PM this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
Given no offical word has come down on how to properly handle common names you might want to wait.  It may turn out that his common name could end up being "Tarek Ramini" considering the number of times he has been credited with this name.  If that is the case then you don't have to worry about adding periods after T and J, just common name "Tarek Ramini" credited as "TJ Ramini".

I'm not saying this is how it should be contributed.
Are you local?
This is a local shop the strangers you would bring would not understand us, our customs, our local ways.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorBehemot
Registered: Aug. 23, 2004
Registered: March 14, 2007
Norway Posts: 555
Posted:
PM this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
Quoting Tracer:
Quote:
Given no offical word has come down on how to properly handle common names you might want to wait.  It may turn out that his common name could end up being "Tarek Ramini" considering the number of times he has been credited with this name.  If that is the case then you don't have to worry about adding periods after T and J, just common name "Tarek Ramini" credited as "TJ Ramini".

I'm not saying this is how it should be contributed.


Yeah, I decided to wait, and just contributed him (in another profile I was doing) as he was credited in that movie (Tarek Ramini), without choosing a common name. I left the Batman Begins profile alone, even though it now looks like he is credited as T J Ramini and not TJ Ramini.
 Last edited: by Behemot
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorDaddy DVD
Lost in Translation
Registered: March 14, 2007
Netherlands Posts: 2,366
Posted:
PM this userVisit this user's homepageDirect link to this postReply with quote
Quoting Kevin Coed:
Quote:
Quoting Martin_Zuidervliet:
Quote:
He is credited as Tarek Ramini, not TJ Ramini. You really should check the actual credits instead of the IMDb.[

Says the man who keeps trying to slip in uncredited actors from IMDB info....

Yep, because uncredited is something different than credited in my book. And while I have multiple versions/profiles of Army of Darkness, which you are referring to, with the uncredited actrice Courtney Pakiz I just thought it would be nice to add her to the ones without. But hey if you (and others) don't like this so be it, I will keep it local.
Martin Zuidervliet

DVD Profiler Nederlands
 Last edited: by Daddy DVD
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile Registrantkdh1949
Have Gun Will Travel
Registered: March 13, 2007
Reputation: High Rating
United States Posts: 2,394
Posted:
PM this userEmail this userView this user's DVD collectionDirect link to this postReply with quote
Quoting Gadgeteer:
Quote:
Quoting kdh1949:
Quote:
Who's to say that TJ (no spaces, no periods) can't be a FIRSTNAME?    


Because on his website it says:
Quote:
"TJ (first name Tarek, middle name Jafar, "

No doubt you're correct about Mr. Ramini, Stuart.  But my question had more to do with generalizations.  Suppose he actually went by TJ?  Why couldn't the combination of these two letters stand for FIRSTNAME?

Quoting Lopec:
Quote:

Why not just add him as T./J./Ramini and use the credited as for TJ Ramini?

Works for me.
Another Ken (not Ken Cole)
Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges.
DVD Profiler user since June 15, 2001
    Invelos Forums->DVD Profiler: Contribution Discussion Page: 1  Previous   Next