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Soundtrack name linking: Why are names not allowed to be created?

A short and quick question (forum search found no clear answer, hence asking). 

Q: Why can a Soundtrack person/group not get an IMDb name page created just by having Soundtrack credits alone? 

Under the current guidelines, if said name has not currently appeared in a non-Soundtrack role on IMDb, then a new "nm" page cannot be created for them, and therefore in soundtrack listings, IMDb data contributors cannot link to a single page for said name. 

Surely a function of any database is to see ALL credits for names, regardless of role. In these instances the credits happen to be for Soundtrack-related credits (artist, composer, etc.). 

Why does this limitation exist on IMDb?
 

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The reason this is not very good over the long term, is that:

1. If the name hasn't received a non-Soundtrack credit, database users will never be able to see all the Soundtrack credits for the said name's work on a single IMDb page. 

2. Over time, these names may eventually garner a credit in another role, thus earning a name page creation, yet all the previous Soundtrack entries submitted beforehand do not then appear on that name page unless each and every Soundtrack entry is manually re-edited into a "link=" for said name. A load of work that likely never happens, as submitters are unlikely to notice said name suddenly has a new nm page created. 


As background/soundtrack music is a vital part of any movie/TV industry production, this is highly annoying to say the least. It’s almost as of music is treated as completely incidental to the visual element on IMDb when it comes to accreditation for ones work. 

Thoughts? 

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Slightly off-topic, but one way to add a ”new” (music related) name is to add music videos to IMDb. Or, update some existing music video titles with composer and/or lyricist credits (meaning the composers of the actual song in the music video). In that way some person could get a IMDb name page and therefore also Soundtrack credits will become a bit easier to add.

More: https://help.imdb.com/article/contrib...#

( This didn’t really answer you question, but just a thought. )

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Yeah that’s a get-around of sorts, that may work for some names that are big enough or happen to feature or have an association with a music video(s). 

Of course the majority of soundtrack names added are from small artists/producers/composers, so that’s not going to work for most name additions on here. 

Hence the underlying issue remains for this majority.  

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Thanks for methodology screenshot.

But again, it's the policy I'm talking about:
Why does IMDb deliberately not allow namepages to be created from soundtrack name entries directly?

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Sorry I don't get what you're talking about. I'm not talking about any of that.

I'm simply talking about linking artists on the IMDb /soundtrack page to their own IMDb "nm" page. If they don't already have an nm page, then users cannot create one for the artist from /soundtrack pages.

Eg. On the below page, I added the tracks from the TV episode which were entirely missing, but can only link the artists that are already on IMDb, hence loads of unlinked ones:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9138932/soundtrack

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Sorry I'm answering your posts as they are incoherent.

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Again, that's just not even factually true or relevant. It's not even "fun stuff" to start with, as it's searchable and appears on nm pages.

I suggest you stop wasting time talking about things you clearly don't understand whatsoever. And refrain from commenting here further. You're embarrassing yourself with incoherent irrelevant comments. Go away.

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