I feel your pain. IMDB is generally more reliable than the average wiki, but that is not saying much. A few of the writers I've interviewed on my podcast have asked me, on and off mic, if I know who to reach out to to correct errors of fact about themselves and shows they've worked on. The biggest gaps seem to be right around the time networks started compressing the closing credits to make room for more ads... I mean... more content. Personally, I exist in TCM's media database (despite never working on a single film), but I'm not credited on IMDB on any of the nearly 50 horrible shows I worked on over a five year period.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/californias-imdb-age-censorship-law-declared-unconstitutional-1086540 I did see this pop up in my newsfeed a couple weeks ago. It looks like people can no longer request certain things (like their age) be removed from the site, so maybe that will help lead to marginally better performance. On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 11:48 AM, Steve Timko <steveti...@gmail.com> wrote: > I love IMBD. I probably look at it 30 times a week. I was having problems > with a smartphone battery and me and a friend were looking at my app usage > of the battery as measured by Android and IMDB ranked third. My friend had > not even heard of the site. > > But as useful as it is, it’s still frustrating because there are gaps. > Some big name actress (Jennifer Aniston?) was able to keep her name out of > the IMDB list for people who appeared in a cheesy exploitation film. Her > name wasn’t in the list, even though she had lines in the film, then it was > included, then it was removed from the list. > > And there’s minor errors, too. Here’s a minor one. Mike Martinez is listed > as the voice for Tito Jackson in the cartoon “Jackson 5ive.” > > https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553639 > > That guy was actually my late former boss, Michael Martinez. He did the > voice for the cartoon, got to meet Bill Cosby a couple of times (his mother > knew Cosby well) and later met Michael Jackson in his late teens at a > party. Jackson was weird then. Pretty much the same name for my former > boss and this performer. So you can see how the mistake was made. > > The reason I bring this up now is because of the passing of Canadian > comedian Mike MacDonald. I was going to post something on this group about > his passing because he was all over TV in the 1980s and 1990s. But when I > went to his IMDB page, it was sparse. Only 22 credits as self, although > there were nine appearances on “Just for Laughs.” I didn’t have cable, but > I saw a lot of him on TV. This morning, Kliph Nesteroff tweeted this clip > this morning of MacDonald on “An Evening at the Improv” in 1988. It doesn’t > show up on the IMDB list. > > https://youtu.be/LGJvddS73xk > > So I’m wondering if others share my frustration. IMDB is a wonderful tool > but it’s disappointing when we see its flaws. With “An Evening at the > Improv,” there’s sparse listings for the show. I know the database was > originally built based on royalty payments performers received. Maybe there > were no royalties for “An Evening at the Improv.” But I’ve seen > MacDonald on many more shows that weren’t listed. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
