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Sunday, November 13th, 2022 11:03 PM

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Are these "-available" keywords appropriate? (e.g., "unrated-version-available")

It seems to me that these keywords are improper, since they don't really describe the film. Plus, similar keywords like "available-on-dvd" and "not-on-dvd" have previously been deleted and blocked.

Should these keywords be deleted and blocked as well?

director's-cut-available (10 titles)

deleted-scenes-available (1 title)

unrated-version-available (8 titles)

restored-version-available (5 titles)

colorized-version-available (1 title)

category-audio-only-version-also-available (12 titles)

spanish-language-version-available (1 title)

16mm-home-club-school-church-print-available (1 title)

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2 years ago

If I were to look at this from a purely semantic angle, I could see "exists" being a more suitable word than "available", but still remains the problem of using keywords to describe something other than the content of the work itself but the circumstances of its relationship with the overall world of media.

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2 years ago

Most if not all of these seems to be information that belongs to the Alternate versions section. Therefore, they should not be added as keywords.

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2 years ago

Hi @keyword_expert -

I would have to agree with @Pencho15 & @jeorj_euler , the keywords are being used to describe something other than the content of the work itself and would be better as part of Alternate Versions. So I have deleted and blocked.

Cheers!

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@Bethanny​ Thank you!

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2 years ago

It occurs to me that category-audio-only-version-also-available may have been used by @jay_spirit following this thread

I still think even that one is not a valid keyword. If we allowed keywords that direct users to other titles like these do, there would be quite a lot of possible keywords.  But I would be curious to hear any defense of this or any other keyword(s) on my list.

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@keyword_expert​ 

Yes, category audio only version also available is a keyword I invented.

I created it when audio-only podcasts were not yet allowed in the database.

(And I still hope that we will not have separate titles in the database for the video version and audio version of any podcast.)

(That would be a mess.)

I'm indifferent to these Alternative Title keywords. It feels acceptable to me to have them, but I would not start crying if they disappeared.