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How do I correct the number of episodes an actor appears in?
First, this is not spoiler related. Well, at least they can't all be spoiler related.
Specifically, Paul Simon is credited with one episode of Saturday Night Live, in 1990, which is rather ridiculous considering he has appeared in so very many episodes from the very start of the series. When I went into try to correct it, I discovered that quite possibly all the episodes are in his credit listing somehow, but they are not counted in his total, and I could not find them on his page.
How do I at least fix the number and date of first appearance? The first credited one is the second episode, in 1975. His name even appears in the episode title, but it's not numbered among his appearances.
gromit82
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5 hours ago
khindall: There are two different sections of Paul Simon's page under which his "Saturday Night Live" episodes are listed. He has one episode in his Actor section, but he has 18 episodes in his Self section.
That said, there is a problem with Paul Simon's page that I would like to call to the IMDb staff's attention:
As shown here, the "Known for" algorithm is claiming that one of the four things Simon is best known for is his one uncredited episode playing the Actor role of Paul Simon on "Saturday Night Live" as opposed to his 18 episodes of the same show where he appeared as himself.
I would suggest that the "Known for" algorithm be modified to take into account the following principles:
Applying either of these principles, much less both, would have ruled out Paul Simon having his 1 uncredited Actor episode of "SNL" being one of his top 4 "Known for" jobs.
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Col_Needham
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5 hours ago
@khindall It seems you are looking in the wrong category as Paul Simon's SNL apperances are (mostly) listed in the "Self" category since he appears as himself. If you click the "All credits" link near the top of his filmography and scroll down to the "Self" section; his last appearance was in 2018:
The source of the problem seems to be that one of his credits on the show has been misclassified as an acting appearance; we have submitted a correction for this which should be live within the next few hours. Sorry for the confusion.
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