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"reference-to-" keywords
I'd like to see all the "reference-to-" keywords changed. Consider this:
- Add a new category called Referenced
- Remove reference-to- from any keywords that begin this way
- Categorize said keywords as Referenced
Example:
Reference-to-Cary-Grant would become Cary-Grant in the keyword category, Referenced.
This tells the user that Cary Grant is referenced in the movie/episode.
The reference-to- prefix is awkward. Its original purpose was to keep out bad keywords. (Right now, Cary-Grant would be a bad keyword. Newbie contributors would add it to movies that starred Cary Grant.)
But the prefix is inspiring its own raft of bad keywords. People now create keywords like reference-to-a-giraffe, reference-to-Paris-France, reference-to-falling-out-of-a-tree.
I believe the keyword section needs a Referenced category.
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11 months ago
Might as well take advantage of the new paradigm.
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gromit82
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11 months ago
Jay: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that the categories of keywords only show up when one is submitting keywords, not when they are displayed to users.
So I don't understand the reason for wanting to add a new category of keywords at this time, nor would users be able to see that the former "reference-to" keywords are indeed references.
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gromit82
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11 months ago
I would also note that the issue of "reference-to" keywords ties in with the unresolved problem I raised last year at https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/references-to-films-as-keywords/623566b1cdd0e45fc28c083a. In that thread, I noted that the keywords guide currently says:
https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/keywords/GXQ22G5Y72TH8MJ5#plotdetail
But that is not actually desirable, since we already have the Movie Connections section of the database, where references to other films can actually be explained -- something that can't be done in the Keywords section. I requested that the quoted sentence be removed from the Keywords guide.
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