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Duplicate Keywords - List #65 (multiple characters keywords) (Proposals for Permanent Merger and Auto-Conversion)
Here is the next installment of my lists of proposed keywords for permanent merger and auto-conversion.
I am posting this list for fellow contributors to review first and raise any objections or questions. I will wait at least 28 days before changing this post to a "problem" post and asking IMDb staff to make the proposed changes.
The mergers and auto-conversions should be made in the direction of the arrows.
Duplicate Keywords Proposed for Permanent Merging and Auto-Conversion
actor-playing-multiple-roles (1136 titles) --> actor-plays-multiple-roles (114 titles) --> actor-plays-nultiple-roles (4 titles) --> actor-plays-multiple-characters (28 titles) --> actor-playing-multiple-characters (52 titles)
multiple-characters-voiced-by-same-person (22 titles) --> actor-voices-multiple-characters (1470 titles) --> actor-voicing-multiple-characters (829 titles)
actress-playing-multiple-roles (380 titles) --> actress-plays-multiple-roles (59 titles) --> actress-plays-multiple-characters (10 titles) --> actress-playing-multiple-characters (17 titles)
actress-plays-dual-roles (32 titles) --> actress-playing-dual-role (87 titles) --> actress-plays-a-dual-role (41 titles) --> same-actress-plays-two-characters (10 titles) --> same-actress-playing-two-characters (19 titles) --> actress-plays-two-characters (1 title) --> actress-playing-two-characters [new keyword]
actress-plays-triple-roles (1 title) --> actress-plays-a-triple-role (3 titles) --> actress-playing-triple-role (2 titles) --> actress-plays-three-characters (5 titles) --> actress-playing-three-characters [new keyword]
actress-voices-multiple-characters (1016 titles) --> actress-voicing-multiple-characters (110 titles)
multiple-actors-playing-same-role (28 titles) --> multiple-actors-play-the-same-role (7 titles) --> multiple-actors-for-one-character (77 titles) --> role-played-by-multiple-actors (28 titles) --> multiple-actors-playing-same-character [new keyword]
multiple-actresses-for-one-character (13 titles) --> multiple-actresses-playing-same-role (10 titles) --> multiple-actresses-playing-same-character [new keyword]
same-actor-playing-three-characters (1 title) --> same-actor-plays-three-roles (1 title) --> same-actor-playing-three-roles (12 titles) --> actor-plays-a-triple-role (6 titles) --> actor-playing-triple-role (1 title) --> actor-plays-three-characters (4 titles) --> actor-playing-three-characters [new keyword]
same-actor-playing-two-characters (126 titles) --> same-actor-plays-two-characters (20 titles) --> same-actor-plays-two-roles (3 titles) --> actor-playing-dual-role (151 titles) --> actor-plays-a-dual-role (80 titles) --> actor-plays-dual-roles (35 titles) --> actor-plays-two-roles (18 titles) --> actor-playing-two-characters [new keyword]
same-actor-plays-two-characters-simultaneously-on-screen (13 titles) --> same-actor-playing-two-characters-simultaneously-on-screen (61 titles)
same-actress-plays-two-characters-simultaneously-on-screen (2 titles) --> same-actress-playing-two-characters-simultaneously-on-screen (6 titles)
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2 years ago
I decided to change this list to merge into keywords containing "-ing" words ("playing" and "voicing") rather than "-s" words ("plays" and "voices").
I did this for two reasons. First, for these types of keywords, there was already a preference on IMDb for "playing" over "plays." (The same is true for Google searches, although that may be a function of these phrases being used within sentences.)
Second, by using "-ing" words here, that can help distinguish from plot keywords. In general, for keywords describing a person taking an action within a show or film as part of the plot, I have tried to merge into "-s" keywords (e.g., "woman-vomits" is favored over "woman-vomiting"). But what about keywords like this, that don't describe the plot, but rather the actors and actresses who are acting in the film or show itself? Using "-ing" words is one way to distinguish that set of keywords.
I suppose it's possible for there to be a show or film where an actor or actress plays multiple roles as part of the plot. (I would bet such a title exists although I haven't looked for any.) In that case, perhaps keywords like "actor-plays-multiple-characters" would be appropriate there, and those keywords could be designated as Plot Detail keywords.
In general, it feels slightly better to use "-ing" words here to indicate the acting, as opposed to the plot. I have gone back and forth on this, but that is where I am currently. Any and all feedback is welcome.
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