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Two little "cleaning projects" for bored or committed contributors

Hi, everyone :

While processing the title.trivia.tsv file to get some results, I gathered data of several trivia items that need some additional corrections related to either former (qv)-links or newer [link=]s.

I know this is not a priority, since in many instances there's more an aesthetic issue (hence "cleaning") than a loss of information; e.g. tr0568374 in Pluto and the Armadillo:

However, these bad-formatted links affect the integrity of linked data, make browsing the site more difficult, prevent titles from being displayed according to user's country preferences, and yes, they're just plain ugly, so...

...just in case any fellow contributor wants to help amend these entries (thank you!!), I'll leave the complete listing here. To ease the task, if you click on the trconst, the trivia will show up (to verify if it's still wrong-formatted), and the (edit) next to it will lead you to the trivia update form of the title where such trivia is located (unfortunately, there are no direct URLs to correct specific items within a title).

I've separated the items into two different categories ("projects"):


A) LACKING OR WRONG-FORMATTED NEWER [LINK=]s

The header says it all... e.g. tr4196631 in "Syke" (2014) {Joulumaa (#2.10)}:
As of 20 Sep 2019 there are (at least) 285 items that need to be corrected:

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B) LACKING TAG IN INTENDED FORMER TITLE (qv)-LINKs

A contributor enclosed some text in underscores (_) to, allegedly, create a former link to another title, but forgot to add the (qv) tag afterwards... e.g. tr1924104 in Daria:
As of 20 Sep 2019 there are (at least) 1,310 items that need to be corrected:
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I've already submitted updates for this whole 100-trivia group (tr0564805 to tr0575448)...

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The block above (tr0575464 to tr0590353) has been processed as well...

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These ones (tr0590581 to tr0630650) have been cleaned too...

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The block above (tr0631652 to tr0680173) is done too...

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I started this block tr0680548 - tr0717793

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Well, it was not a vacation. Just one item "tr0702992 (edit)" cost me equally to a whole 100 block in time, while being 1 edit for system ;)))
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I did not link this one tr0700727 (edit) - because it needs a deeper research for which exactly film is mentioned.
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I also start processing the next following block: tr0721146tr1124551.

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Just one item...
Wow! That really deserves an extra praise... See the differences between before and after your edit:

Thanks!

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The above block is done.
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I take the next block: tr1134291 - tr1636285

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The above block is done.

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I'm taking this one (tr1641202 to tr2062581)...

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...and it's completed!

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Is this really the last unclaimed block? 
I'll plant my flag. tr2063320-tr2421756 
https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/two-little-cleaning-projects-for-bored-or-committed-contribu...
timestamp 12:46:59

I'll start at the top. If someone else wants to start at the bottom...

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I'm taking from tr2329348 onwards...

ETA: ...and it's over!

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tr2314425 - tr2322949 are done.

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tr2304213 - tr2322949 are done.
I stop on this. Thank you all.

All the edits made on September 23 are pending. 
No one of 70+ is approved. Oops...

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Report of project completion was slightly premature.
I had not finished my section (and thank you to those who reduced the block).
Now my 50 (tr2063320-tr2304208) are complete, with this Pending:
tr2076680 (edit) 190923-081305-316000

If anyone wants to beautify this one so it shows as a vertical list, go for it. (I only had to fix a couple of links.)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488907/trivia?item=tr2182054


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If this block (tr2436749tr2800504) is still unclaimed I'm doing it in the next hour or two. :) 

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A bit of a progress report: I started from the bottom of this cluster and slowly moving further up. Taking much longer than expected since many titles require a lot of additional editing I discover along the way (usually botched trivia, sometimes also cast and crew). Having a blast moving through that, though, as I've already discovered quite a few things I never knew I wanted to see. :) 

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And... This cluster of 100 pieces finished. I imagine most people are way faster, but I also think they're not going into a rabbit's hole each time, correcting additionally a ton of stuff on numerous titles. It's totally okay: rabbit's hole is not for everyone. Usually if there's one mistake, you can bet that there's another one somewhere. Correcting one title might ensue in effective hour of trying to piece the situation together. Plus, these 100 randomly happened to have ton of stuff I like so reading was a distraction, as well. 

Anyhow, out of 100 corrections most of them were approved nearly instantly, only one was (oddly enough: will post on that more or less soon) declined and two are still pending. 

If there will be anything left I'd love to try and do another cluster sometime on September 23-29. :)

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Having trouble with tr2921318 (edit).
Anyone recognize what this might refer to?
The Simpsons (TV Series) One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish (1991)
Trivia
References to _D.O.A._ include the kids singing in the restaurant and the doctor saying, "Sorry to keep you waiting."

I don't find a Simpsons episode titled D.O.A.

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It's D.O.A.
100%

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Got it, did it.
D.O.A. ('49), The Quotes page confirmed it nicely.

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Editing of this set of 100 (tr2804065-tr3057909 ) is complete. Pending:
tr2829219 (edit)  190922-125606-940000
tr2854931 (edit) 190922-130234-925000
tr2863468 (edit)  190922-131250-858000
tr2867927 (edit) 190922-132619-376000
tr2883050 (edit) 190922-134057-729000
tr2885196 (edit) 190922-134426-368000
tr2886581 (edit)  190922-134828-693000
tr2886603 (edit) 190922-135041-922000
tr2888597 (edit) 190922-135152-681000
tr2920899 (edit) 190922-141327-364000
tr2921318 (edit) 190922-151447-576000
tr2976922 (edit) 190922-150311-919000
tr2999541 (edit) 190922-163939-197000

Oh, and Nikolay may want to check this one:
tr3000165

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Oh, and Nikolay may want to check this one

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bderoes, at this point I was practically expecting something of mine to pop up in the cluster I was cleaning up but, oh well, got exposure elsewhere. :) 

I dug up the initial submission notification e-mail from three years ago and... Yeah, I messed those up, forgot "(qv)" on more then one instance. I like the new link formatting a lot more for that reason: it's much harder to mess up this one for me. :)

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So the project is just to correct formatting problems?
Because when I check the first item on the A list, it's not quite correct, even with the formatting fixed.
It says:
Tippi Hedren ... uses the name "Margaret Edgar" in the show, which is her character's name in the Hitchcock film [link-tt0058329]
The tt refers to Marnie, where her character name is Marnie Edgar, not Margaret Edgar.
If I take the time to check each one like this, the task is super-daunting. Then again, I'm not sure I want to link my contributor status with incorrect information. (I could use my secondary account...)

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Hi, bderoes:

I usually assume that, when I choose "Adding/correcting link(s)" in the explanation box, the data manager just checks that I'm doing so, without re-verifying if the info that was there in the first place was accurate... but you're correct, and perhaps we should have confirmation that there'd be no further penalty if the data ultimately happened to be not true...

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Edits have been submitted for this entire group of 100: tr3058779 to tr3392527, Pending:
tr3060061 (edit) 190921-195304-436000
tr3060091 (edit) 190921-195425-695000
tr3064311 (edit)  190921-195633-188000
tr3107805 (edit) 190921-201340-758000
tr3107825 (edit) 190921-201430-255000
tr3110034 (edit)  190921-201603-962000
tr3123381 (edit) 190921-201926-944000
tr3138292 (edit) 190921-212217-066000
tr3198785 (edit) 190921-215012-702000
tr3203371 (edit) 190921-215211-562000

BTW, for both my batches, I opened the tr constant link for each item to see if the bad stuff was still visible. (I caught one that I skipped that way.)

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Cheers!

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I'll take the bottom of the B list, namely the message
https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/two-little-cleaning-projects-for-bored-or-committed-contribu...
with timestamp 12:53:34

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Thank you very much, bderoes...

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tr3524814 (edit
I can't make sense of this, from Shrek the Third (2007):    

Amy Poehler and Cameron Diaz would later star together again in _Pettopia (2016)_ 9 years later. 

Can't find Pettopia, nor anything else the two did in 2016.
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?roles=nm0688132,nm0000139&title_type=feature,tv_episode,video...

Not even a google search yielded results, neither spelling Pettopia nor Petopia instead.

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MAthePA - neither Poehler nor Diaz is in Zootopia.

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I'm not saying for the initial submitter what is meant under "would later star": a wish, a hypothesis, a prediction based on inner knowledge, or else. For me, Zootopia is the only variant which makes a sense in this situation and context. Should I prepare a scientific thesis on this? :)

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It does not seem appropriate to change an extant trivia item based on speculation about what it's original author might have intended.

My research suggests the item is false. Not even joint appearances on SNL were remotely close to 2016, so "Pettopia" with them wasn't even a sketch on that show.
I'm inclined to request deletion of the item.

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My initial reply is only for what "Pettopia" could possibly mean. I think you don't need an advice what to do next, but if you need my opinion: this trivia item deserves to be deleted for more than one reason. At least, the trivia sounds as a rumor.

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The 110 items I claimed from
https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/two-little-cleaning-projects-for-bored-or-committed-contribu...
with timestamp 12:53:34
are now edited. Most are completed, with these few exceptions:
tr3640840 (edit) / no action (Testing Movie)
tr3433546 (edit) / pending 190921-015828-466000
tr3497948 (edit) / pending 190921-104916-232000
tr3524814 (edit) / pending deletion 190921-155052-058000
tr3568060 (edit) / pending 190921-113037-222000
tr3589525 (edit) / pending 190921-123028-459000
tr3657292 (edit) / pending 190921-134807-937000
tr3663646 (edit) / pending 190921-150250-984000
tr3888739 (edit) / pending 190921-151827-216000

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Till this moment, I've done 100+ items from section 'A', except these ones:
tr1047320 (edit)
tr2824266 (edit)
tr3006839 (edit), tr3006876 (edit)
tr3157257 (edit)
some of them are good to improve the search algorithm.

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some of them are good to improve the search algorithm
You're correct... a few false-positive results of my regex query (worth its price... ). Thanks for collaborating, MAthePA!

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Section 'A' is done; 15 pending.