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Argument about accents and common names (Hijacked Thread)
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorninehours
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André Maranne / Andre Maranne
"André Maranne" is credited in the following 73 titles (205 profiles):
"Andre Maranne" is credited in the following 32 titles (109 profiles):
IMDb
BFI

André Maranne; 5 Confirmed Credits
A Shot in the Dark
Fawlty Towers
Revenge of the Pink Panther
The Return of the Pink Panther
Yes Minister: Series 3 (ep, Party Games)

Andre Maranne; 12 Confirmed Credits
Battle of Britain
Curse of the Pink Panther
Girl on a Motorcycle
Gold
Jason King (ep, Wanna Buy a Television Series?)
Plenty
Remington Steele: Season Three (1. Steele at It)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Razors Edge
The Saint: Volume 5 (19. The Benevolent Burglary)
The Saint: Volume 6 (22. The Bunco Artist)
Trail of the Pink Panther


Unconfirmed credits
A Tale of Two Cities: Part Two: A Masterpiece Theatre Presentation
All Creatures Great and Small: Series 2
Carve her Name With Pride
Damn the Defiant! (H.M.S. Defiant)
Darling Lili
Doctor Who: Lost in Time (ep, 2/4) 
If Tomorrow Comes
KYTV: The Complete First Series
Lord Peter Wimsey: Clouds of Witness (Part Three)
Morons From Outer Space
Night Train to Paris
The Galton and Simpson Playhouse (ep, Car Along the Pass)
The Square Peg
When the Boat Comes In: Series 1
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Good one: as usual, the staggering number of 73 alledged "André Maranne" credits is bound to be largely IMDb-mined data (not to mention the fact that he obviously doesn't have 73 different cast credits in the database - more like 30). Here's what I can confirm:

Andre Maranne:
- Curse of the Pink Panther
- Gold
- Jason King (ep. 'Wanna Buy a Television Series?')
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again
- The Razor's Edge
- Remington Steele: Season Three (ep. 'Steele at It')
- Trail of the Pink Panther

André Maranne:
- A Shot in the Dark
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Two more for Andre Maranne:

- The Saint (ep. 'The Benevolent Burglary')
- The Saint (ep. 'The Bunco Artists')
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Revenge of the Pink Panther: André Maranne
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FYI, André Maranne is French, and Andre simply doesn't exist in France.
I'm quite sure most of Andre are incorrect conversions of ANDRE by users ignoring French spelling.
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Which Ken already clarified on this...

E=e
É = é

for DVD Profiler purposes.

Edit to Quote Ken:

Quoting Ken Cole:
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We're not making a policy change here, so don't read too much into this.  We maintain that the most commonly credited form of a person's name is how they should be entered in DVD Profiler, with the Credited As field used where this does not match.  Unfortunately, in most cases there is not definitive source for the actor's name, and in many cases the name changes over time.

Linking variations as a solution creates issues where there are overlaps, which if all variants are allowed become all too frequent.  The Credited As solution as implemented allows the two main goals: Credits listed 'As Credited', and the ability to cross-link all credits for a given actor.

This thread is specifically about accents and special characters. 

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2) Use English rules to do the actual conversion between lower and upper case (so always convert "E" to "e", never to "é").


No, there are no special English rules to apply.  Since "é" has a corresponding "É", simple capital conversion is all that's required.  If the character used in the all-caps name is "É", convert it to "é" as needed to create mixed case.  If the character used in all-caps is "E", convert it to "e" as needed to create mixed case.


See section I put in bold.
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Quoting surfeur51:
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FYI, André Maranne is French, and Andre simply doesn't exist in France.

Irrelevant, dear Sir.
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I'm quite sure most of Andre are incorrect conversions of ANDRE by users ignoring French spelling.

Does a capital E with accent aigu exist in french spelling? Like ANDRÉ in the standard film credits of Revenge of the Pink Panther? In the opening credits it's ANDRE.
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Battle of Britain
Andre Maranne as French NCO

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Fawlty Towers (Warty Towels): Gourmet Night

ANDRÉ MARANNE as André
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Girl on a Motorcycle: Andre Maranne as French Superintendent Custom's Officer.
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Quoting bbbbb:
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Quoting surfeur51:
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FYI, André Maranne is French, and Andre simply doesn't exist in France.

Irrelevant, dear Sir.
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I'm quite sure most of Andre are incorrect conversions of ANDRE by users ignoring French spelling.

Does a capital E with accent aigu exist in french spelling? Like ANDRÉ in the standard film credits of Revenge of the Pink Panther? In the opening credits it's ANDRE.


It exists, but is hardly ever used for some reason. Most romance languages are like this.
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Plenty: Andre Maranne as Villon
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Does a capital E with accent aigu exist in french spelling? Like ANDRÉ in the standard film credits of Revenge of the Pink Panther? In the opening credits it's ANDRE.


First, I'm NOT able to answer, for French, but I know from other Mediterranean languages, like Greek, this:
"When a word is written entirely in capital letters, diacritics are never used." Source:
Source: wikipedia: Greek_diacritics

I guess this is the same in French!?
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I guess this is the same in French!?

Sure. The thing is, though: it doesn't matter. For DVD Profiler purposes, ANDRE MARANNE = Andre Maranne and ANDRÉ MARANNE = André Maranne.
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Quoting T!M:
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Quoting karstenp:
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I guess this is the same in French!?

Sure. The thing is, though: it doesn't matter. For DVD Profiler purposes, ANDRE MARANNE = André Maranne and ANDRÉ MARANNE = André Maranne.


Right... it don't matter for DVD Profiler purposes... but you messed up a little on your post. 

should be...

ANDRE MARANNE = Andre Maranne and ANDRÉ MARANNE = André Maranne.
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Oops. Fixed! 

Oh well, I'm sure the intent was clear...
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