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Saturday, September 16th, 2017 11:56 AM

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Creole or Pidgin is not the name of a language

As the guide clearly states (https://contribute.imdb.com/updates/guide/language) "Creole is not a specific language; it refers to the way a language has evolved." The same goes for Pidgin. Yet there are currently 265 titles with the language Creole (http://www.imdb.com/search/title?languages=qal) and 32 titles with the language Creole and pidgins (http://www.imdb.com/search/title?languages=crp). Can a staffer please delete all of these and make sure Creole and Creole and pidgins are removed from the drop-down menu in the language section?

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Meredith

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7 years ago

Thank you for your message Marco,

I have filed a ticket with our data editors who will review the request and take any action necessary.

Thank you in advance for your patience

Thanks
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Is there any update on this?

7 years ago

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Jaime

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Hello Marco,

Sorry for the delay in responding to you, we have removed the languages from titles and they are now no longer available to be selected.

Thank you for highlighting this to us.

7 years ago

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Marco

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Thanks for removing them completely.

7 years ago

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Marco

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they are now no longer available to be selected.
Creole is currently available to be selected. I think it got added when this title: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7745960/reference managed to get Creole added as a language.
Can you remove Creole from this title and from the drop-down menu in the languages list?

7 years ago

gromit82

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I don't know if this has been tried before, but I would recommend that once Creole is deleted, if someone tries to submit Creole as a language again, it should be automatically rejected with a warning based on the language guide:
Creole is not the name of a specific language; it refers to the way a language has evolved. Please provide the name of the specific creole language used in this title. For example, some of the more common creoles listed in the database are Haitian; Morisyen (spoken in Mauritius); Kabuverdianu (Cape Verde); and Kriolu (Guinea-Bissau).
This will help lead contributors to the language they mean, which in most cases I suspect would be Haitian.

7 years ago

Marco

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Sounds like a good idea Gromit!

7 years ago

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Michelle

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Hi gronmit82 -

Thanks for your Warning suggestion, I have included this request in the ticket filed for our staff to review.

7 years ago

Michelle

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7 years ago

Hi Marco -

Thanks for reporting this new occurrence of the Creole language listing, I have filed another ticket for our editors to investigate and remove.  Once I have an update I will let you know here.

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Thanks Michelle, for all this assistance during these festive days! :)

7 years ago

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Marco

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Any word on this yet?

7 years ago

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thomas

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6 years ago

Hi Marco, sorry for the delay with this. Some of the technology that powers the list of available options in the submission interface has changed recently, so this request has been left pending. That said, the path forward now is fairly straightforward so I've requested the change and it's just pending resource to push it through. Thanks for your patience.

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Marco

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Thanks for the response and explanation Tom.

6 years ago

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Marco

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Any word on this yet?

6 years ago

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Will

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Hi Marco,

Unfortunately not, this is still awaiting prioritization.

Regards,
Will

6 years ago

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Marco

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Eight months later, is there any news regarding this matter?

5 years ago

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Marco

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Ten months later, is there anything that can be said about this issue?

5 years ago

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Michelle

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5 years ago

Hi Marco -

I can confirm that "Creole" is no longer displayed as a selection within the Languages drop-down section of our Update form.  Cheers!

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I see the same. Thanks for the response Michelle. I'm happy to know that Creole as well as Creole and Pidgins is no longer an option in the language drop-down menu.

5 years ago

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fierycj

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3 years ago

This is so wrong. You can't delete the language of over 100 million people just like that! 

I submitted a request on this, with context

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/please-include-pidgin-in-the-filmtv-languages-list/62247db556bba8382dc3a9e4

Please kindly overturn this decision.

Thank you.

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