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Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by pvorb » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 9:30 PM UTC

throwawayaug8 wrote: post #120

jwilk wrote: post #48

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Wikipedia is not considered reliable either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Wikipe... > Content from a Wikipedia article is not considered reliable unless it is backed up by citing reliable sources. Confirm that these sources support the content, then use them directly. But, unlike IMDB, it's (supposed to be) verifiable.

According to Wikipedia Elon Musk is the founder of Tesla. That's how reliable Wikipedia is

Where did you read that? I highly doubt that such a change will get approved.

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by RC_ITR » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 9:36 PM UTC

helsinkiandrew wrote: post #34

RC_ITR wrote: post #29

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IMDb was founded in Cardiff England.

There’s a thousand Welshman looking for your blood now. Cardiff is in Wales. Initially was called the Cardiff Internet Movie Database (it was hosted at the university of Cardiff)

I mean hot take, but the whole “United Kingdom” concept is sort of pointless.

Either confirm to international norms, or accept that no one outside your borders cares.

There’s a reason why the only major organization that respects the distinction is the governing body of the national sport.

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by drexlspivey » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 9:37 PM UTC

jffry wrote: post #79

whutsurnaym wrote: post #76

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Now you've added another one!!

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Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by UIUC_06 » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 9:44 PM UTC

svat wrote: post #118

UIUC_06 wrote: post #82

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I haven't actually been to India, but I'm reliably informed that there IS some poverty there. Is that incorrect?

As someone wrote:[1] > Let’s say I made a movie about the US where an African-American boy born in the hood, has his mother sell him to a pedophile pop icon, after which he gets molested by a priest from his church, following which he gets tied up to the back of a truck and dragged on the road by KKK clansmen. Then he is arrested and sodomized by a policeman with a rod, after which he is attacked by a gang of illegal…

It would probably be a flop in India, but I'm not the best person to judge that.

I think depictions of the US in overseas movies are pretty much as silly as that, though. Everything takes place in very rich or very poor parts of NYC or LA.

As for "I would probably be accused" -- maybe in India. In the US it wouldn't even rate a review.

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by drexlspivey » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 9:45 PM UTC

edent wrote: post #16

nickphx wrote: post #12

What do you get for doing that though?

"Don't you know who I am? Google me!" Works equally well in job interviews, dates, and getting in to clubs.

I just put “2006 Times Person of the Year” on my resume

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by UIUC_06 » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 9:47 PM UTC

RC_ITR wrote: post #122

helsinkiandrew wrote: post #34

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There’s a thousand Welshman looking for your blood now. Cardiff is in Wales. Initially was called the Cardiff Internet Movie Database (it was hosted at the university of Cardiff)

I mean hot take, but the whole “United Kingdom” concept is sort of pointless. Either confirm to international norms, or accept that no one outside your borders cares. There’s a reason why the only major organization that respects the distinction is the governing body of the national sport.

Not being from the UK:

It's not really pointless. Scotland is way different from England, and I haven't been to Wales but I think that is, too.

As for Northern Ireland: I don't even need to cover that one.

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by chx » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 10:03 PM UTC

johannes1234321 wrote: post #112

chx wrote: post #110

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Except you can use obscure dead tree books as sources and no one will take the effort to check whether the book indeed says so. Use a book obscure enough -- especially in a non-English language -- and it becomes almost impossible to execute said check.

It depend so. The amount of trust I want to give. By citing an obscure book I can judge the fact "hm, that book sounds obscure, why isn't there some other source?" and then decide how much weight I give to it. And if I don't have the book at hand I can identify the person who added the citation and can see what other edits they did to judge their domain knowledge.

No one does this. And Wikipedia myths spread to other media until it's hard to pinpoint where it started.

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by starik36 » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 10:09 PM UTC

bragr wrote: post #11

There's a reason wikipedia classifies IMDB as an unreliable source. Apparently Michael Madsen has a real problem with people adding him to films in production in an effort to get financing. https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-Michael-Madsen-Hates-IMD...

I was an extra in an indie film because a friend asked me to help out. Lo and behold - I now have an IMDB page - presumably the film producer added me.

Fast forward a year and now there are 5 films credited to my name. I had nothing to do with 4 of them. I am unclear how and why this is happening.

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by _trampeltier » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 10:10 PM UTC

jwilk wrote: post #48

leephillips wrote: post #40

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That’s hilarious. Wikipedia classifies IMDB as unreliable because...anyone can edit its pages.

Wikipedia is not considered reliable either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Wikipe... > Content from a Wikipedia article is not considered reliable unless it is backed up by citing reliable sources. Confirm that these sources support the content, then use them directly. But, unlike IMDB, it's (supposed to be) verifiable.

A bit of topic. Does anyone know, why the english Wikipedia site about the JFK movie does not talk about what was fiction, what was true in the movie and what is unknow? On the german page about the movie, they have a lot about it.

I understand there are differences in languages. But in this case, in english, the most important information is missing. So it's just a movie, all fiction?!?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JFK_(film)

Re: Fake IMDB credits

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Post by xwdv » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 10:22 PM UTC

Will a knowledge panel on google help you get verified on various social networks? Or does anyone here have connection$ for getting verified on social networks?