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[li]Per Ken, citing the CLT is more than enough to make a change to a common name.[/li]

1) I don't agree with that interpretation of Ken's comment

It's not an interpretation, Skip, it is what you would like to call a FACT. Here's the link and the quote:

Quoting Ken Cole:
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It is not necessary to document the source of the common name, outside the use of the CLT. If there is a dispute over whether the credit references the same person, documentation may be necessary.  However, in most cases it is not required.

I have notified the evaluators to disregard general demands for specific documentation of common name outside the use of the CLT.

Users who prefer more rigidly documented common names are free to enforce those rules on their local data.
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Additionally, by changinging William Wisher, Jr. to just William Wisher we "corrupt" a very importantant data concept; that he uses two DIFFERENT credits depending upon his work.

This would all be unnecessary if we were bnot trying toapply user-determined data. With a Simple Association system, such data would indeed be automatically recorded throughout the entire system once an association was made that William Wisher=William Wisher, Jr.=William Wisher jr. and we would maintain the significant piece of data that Wisher, Jr. applies to his acting credits..

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We don't use separate common names for cast and crew.

Yes, if we had your Simple Association system, things would be different. But we don't. Let's deal with what is.

Things would not only be different, James, they would be far better than what we are currently using. These arguments would then be of no import.

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Quoting T!M:
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[li]Per Ken, citing the CLT is more than enough to make a change to a common name.[/li]

1) I don't agree with that interpretation of Ken's comment

It's not an interpretation, Skip, it is what you would like to call a FACT. Here's the link and the quote:

Quoting Ken Cole:
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It is not necessary to document the source of the common name, outside the use of the CLT. If there is a dispute over whether the credit references the same person, documentation may be necessary.  However, in most cases it is not required.

I have notified the evaluators to disregard general demands for specific documentation of common name outside the use of the CLT.

Users who prefer more rigidly documented common names are free to enforce those rules on their local data.

Tim:

I know full well what Ken said. I do NOT interpret it to mean that you do not need to include CLT results, just that use of such results is sufficient most of the time...and that I agree with.

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That may not be important to you, Tim But to some pf us it is every bit as important as linking, perhaps more so.

The "that" you are referring to, is your perceived idea that Mr. Wisher "uses one credit for acting and one for Crew." As I pointed out five minutes ago, you're basing that perception on one (count 'em) credit - so... pretty skechy to say the least. But even if we ignore that, the program is not set up to facilitate tracking this. If it's important to you, then by all means, go ahead and track it locally. For online purposes, however, his common name applies to both cast and crew.
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That may not be important to you, Tim But to some pf us it is every bit as important as linking, perhaps more so.

The "that" you are referring to, is your perceived idea that Mr. Wisher "uses one credit for acting and one for Crew." As I pointed out five minutes ago, you're basing that perception on one (count 'em) credit - so... pretty skechy to say the least. But even if we ignore that, the program is not set up to facilitate tracking this. If it's important to you, then by all means, go ahead and track it locally. For online purposes, however, his common name applies to both cast and crew.

And corrupts data in the process. You might consider it sketchy, Tim. But to demand your standard, show me ONE credit were he has an acting credit as just Wisher...just one. You won't find it because it does NOT exist. this is an acting credit and it is being fundamentally changed.

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And corrupts data in the process.

At no point is any data being corrupted. No matter what the common name, we still track whatever name variant is seen on-screen in the "credited as" field. It's as simple as that, and everything else is just going on in your head only.

Additionally, I really think it's time you give this up. On page one, you've started with the complete misconception that we don't use common names for (uncredited) cast entry. You then proceeded to cloud matters by referring to a father with the same name (your no-vote still reads "there is also William Wisher the fathet in addition tyo William Wisher the son, who are you changing it to you"). That simply isn't true, yet another red herring, as there is only one William Wisher in the database - no father with the same name, no Sr. It's just, plain and simply put, not true. Subsequently you started claiming that Kluge should have used "credited as" for his change, while we obviously can't use "credited as" for uncredited entries, so that was a dead end as well. And now you suddenly want to track that Mr. Wisher "uses one credit for acting and one for crew" - something the rules simply don't facilitate: the common name is common for both (and let's not forget the fact that you're basing this perceived difference on only one credit), and you're carping about CLT numbers. All in all, it's pretty clear to everyone that you're grasping at straws...

The matter was settled on page one: Kluge's contribution is 100% correct. End of story.
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Quoting T!M:
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And corrupts data in the process.

At no point is any data being corrupted. No matter what the common name, we still track whatever name variant is seen on-screen in the "credited as" field. It's as simple as that, and everything else is just going on in your head only.

Additionally, I really think it's time you give this up. On page one, you've started with the complete misconception that we don't use common name for (uncredited) cast entry, you then proceeded to cloud matters by referring to a father with the same name (your no-vote still reads "there is also William Wisher the fathet in addition tyo William Wisher the son, who are you changing it to you") which simply isn't true (there is no father William Wisher in the database), subsequently you claimed that Kluge should have used "credited as" (while we obviously can't use "credited as" for uncredited entries), and now you've boiled down to CLT numbers. You're clearly grasping at straws...

The matter was settled on page one: Kluge's contribution is 100% correct. End of story.

Not when it's (uncredited) as reybr noted correctly. It's not possible to change it to William Wisher (William Wisher, Jr.) (uncredited), therefore we are fundamentally changing the nature of the data, since he appears to use a different variant for acting than he does as crew and this is an acting credit; the data becomes fundamentally changed.

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Quoting T!M:
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And corrupts data in the process.

At no point is any data being corrupted. No matter what the common name, we still track whatever name variant is seen on-screen in the "credited as" field. It's as simple as that, and everything else is just going on in your head only.

Additionally, I really think it's time you give this up. On page one, you've started with the complete misconception that we don't use common names for (uncredited) cast entry. You then proceeded to cloud matters by referring to a father with the same name (your no-vote still reads "there is also William Wisher the fathet in addition tyo William Wisher the son, who are you changing it to you"). That simply isn't true, yet another red herring, as there is only one William Wisher in the database - no father with the same name, no Sr. It's just, plain and simply put, not true. Subsequently you started claiming that Kluge should have used "credited as" (while we obviously can't use "credited as" for uncredited entries), and now you've boiled down to CLT numbers. All in all, it's pretty clear to everyone that you're grasping at straws...

The matter was settled on page one: Kluge's contribution is 100% correct. End of story.

That is YOUR OPINION. I don't recall ever seeing anything from ken or Gerri that gives YOU the power to make such decisions.

Are you claiming that you now represent Invelos? Your opinion is your opinion and not a statement of Fact that you have not been given the power to make.

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And corrupts data in the process. You might consider it sketchy, Tim. But to demand your standard, show me ONE credit were he has an acting credit as just Wisher...just one. You won't find it because it does NOT exist. this is an acting credit and it is being fundamentally changed.

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If he's credited in cast with "Jr", we have the ability to track that through use of the Credited As system for that specific credit. There's no need to reflect that credit form in other films where he's not credited at all. In fact, doing so would be incorrect since it's not his common name.

First you wanted his uncredited to conform to his writing credit for Terminator and now you want his uncredited to conform to his credited acting appearance in another film, while simultaneously trying to conform his uncredited to show there's a difference between his credited crew and credited cast appearances. This shows why user-preference reference points are a problem and why we need to use the reference point of the common name. Credited As can be used to track all of the credited variants. With uncredited, there's no variant.
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Not when it's (uncredited) as reybr noted correctly.

Just for the record: I already noted that for you on page one (twice!): you just neglected to read it.
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And corrupts data in the process. You might consider it sketchy, Tim. But to demand your standard, show me ONE credit were he has an acting credit as just Wisher...just one. You won't find it because it does NOT exist. this is an acting credit and it is being fundamentally changed.

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If he's credited in cast with "Jr", we have the ability to track that through use of the Credited As system for that specific credit. There's no need to reflect that credit form in other films where he's not credited at all. In fact, doing so would be incorrect since it's not his common name.

First you wanted his uncredited to conform to his writing credit for Terminator and now you want his uncredited to conform to his credited acting appearance in another film, while simultaneously trying to conform his uncredited to show there's a difference between his credited crew and credited cast appearances. This shows why user-preference reference points are a problem and why we need to use the reference point of the common name. Credited As can be used to track all of the credited variants. With uncredited, there's no variant.

No, James we don't see reybr comment earlier and he is correct. We cannot in (uncredited) capture William Wisher, Jr. in any way.

James you missed the point, the data is not in normal Common Name form because of the (uncredited) and the user is changing it to William Wisher, not me, the original data says William Wisher, Jr. (Uncredited), this is consistent with his acting credit(s). William Wisher is not, and we cannot capture William Wisher (William Wisher, Jr.) (uncredited). If we could you would not hear me complaining.

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We cannot in (uncredited) capture William Wisher, Jr. in any way.

And the good news is we don't have to! We just enter him using his common name. No interpretation, no user preference, nothing. If the man appears (uncredited) in the film, then he gets entered by his common name. It's as simple as that, really. Anything else is a personal preference, and belongs strictly local.
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Not when it's (uncredited) as reybr noted correctly.

Just for the record: I already noted that for you on page one (twice!): you just neglected to read it.

So you now the ability to make such claims, Tim. Or are you breaking Forum Rules by pretending to be a representative of Invelos.?

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Quoting T!M:
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We cannot in (uncredited) capture William Wisher, Jr. in any way.

And the good news is we don't have to! We just enter him using his common name. No interpretation, no user preference, nothing. If the man appears (uncredited) in the film, then he gets entered by his common name. It's as simple as that, really. Anything else is a personal preference, and belongs strictly local.

And the bad news is that that corrupts an important piece of data in this particular case.

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Not when it's (uncredited) as reybr noted correctly.

Just for the record: I already noted that for you on page one (twice!): you just neglected to read it.

So you now the ability to make such claims, Tim. Or are you breaking Forum Rules by pretending to be a representative of Invelos.?

What on earth are you talking about, Skip? I merely pointed you to two posts where I explained to you that we cannot use "credited as" on an (uncredited) cast entry. How am I "making a claim" with that?! How am I "pretending to be a representative of Invelos" with that?! I was merely stating a simple fact: that the program does not allow us to use the "credited as" field on an (uncredited) cast entry. Let me stress the words simple and fact.

So: was I right on the money, or was I making outlandish claims? Was I simply stating a fact, or was I "pretending to be a representative of Invelos"? It'll be interesting to see if you're man enough to offer an apology.

Again: you're clearly grasping at straws throughout this entire debate; jumping from one misconception to the next one. This strange accusation is just another red herring because you apparently don't have anything remotely sensible left to say on the matter at hand. For once, just face the facts, keep your chin up, and admit you were mistaken. I promise you: it won't hurt as much as you might think, and then we can all move on to the next issue. Have we talked about parsing lately? 
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No, James we don't see reybr comment earlier and he is correct. We cannot in (uncredited) capture William Wisher, Jr. in any way.

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James you missed the point, the data is not in normal Common Name form because of the (uncredited) and the user is changing it to William Wisher, not me, the original data says William Wisher, Jr. (Uncredited), this is consistent with his acting credit(s). William Wisher is not, and we cannot capture William Wisher (William Wisher, Jr.) (uncredited). If we could you would not hear me complaining.

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Changing the uncredited cast to William Wisher is correct since that's his common name. In no instance has Invelos ever directed us to use different common names for crew and cast appearances.
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