Introducing the new Edit page for IMDb Title Credits

Hi @ljdoncel​,

Thank you for your comment, and for providing feedback. 

Please could you elaborate on what you mean by: 

(it still lacks a filtering system to mark the items that have already been validated or verified)

We'd like to understand what we can do for you in regards to this need, and what we can work on to support that.

Thanks!

Hi, @Ozzy​:

could you elaborate on what you mean by: "it still lacks a filtering system to mark the items that have already been validated or verified"

Of course. I'll explain it using an example I just submitted a moment ago: the complete audit of Predestination (2014/I) (#261015-151648-650000).

When I undertake a comprehensive audit of the on-screen credits of a title, I don't know how other fellow contributors approach this, but I follow these steps:

1. I take screenshots of the title and upload them to an Imgur link. In particular, I always try to submit the complete cast list (with the corresponding order numbers, which I add using Photoshop) and a time-lapse video of all eligible credits (Imgur only allows clips for free up to 60 seconds long) (https://imgur.com/a/6HocC1f). Additionally, I always try to include specific screenshots of names that are incorrectly marked as (uncredited), to make it easier to verify that this label needs to be removed (e.g. Raoul Teague was wrongly listed as uncredited when in fact his name is clearly there). And sometimes, I also upload other focused screenshots, such as the soundtrack, a company's crew, or a specific location unit... Then I'll include that Imgur link in the explanation box for every edit I make. 
   
   
2. The length of the credits for a 1970s drama isn't the same as that for a Marvel blockbuster with extensive visual effects so, depending on the number of items in a movie that I expect to check (and considering the huge limitations of the current form -which I've already complained about countless times-), I choose one of the following preset URLs:
     
   For this movie, I correctly figured I could do everything in a single tab without it crashing, so I chose the following URL (full audit), where I replaced tt0000000 with the film's tconst (tt2397535):
   
   http://www.imdb.com/updates?update=tt0000000:cast.correct.all/self.correct.all/crew.correct.all/production_companies.correct.all/miscellaneous_companies.correct.all/distributors.correct.all/special_effects_companies.correct.all/crazy_credits.correct.all/trivia.correct.all/goofs.correct.all/soundtracks.correct.all/certificates.correct.all/business_cp.correct.all/business_ad.correct.all/business_gr.correct.all/technical_met.correct.all/taglines.correct.all/
   
   The link opens/displays all entries in Correct mode. After first supplying specific data on my country (Spain) obtained directly from the ICAA (certificates, gross, admissions)...
   
   
3. ...I can now focus specifically on auditing the on-screen credits. To do this, I play the film and check each name that appears on screen (people and companies) one by one against the existing entries in the form.
   • If the name exists and is listed correctly, I change the entry from Correct to Keep.
     ⚠️This cannot be done on the new Edit page⚠️
   • If the name exists but is listed incorrectly, I amend it to match the on-screen caption.
   • If the name doesn't exist, I add it to the form.
     
     
4. And I keep re-checking and saving every so often, because any experienced contributor knows that the form can only be recovered from a saved version (if the tab is closed for any reason, the information entered is completely lost). Once I've finally gone through all the names in the credits (which can take hours or days), acknowledging/addressing all the yellow warnings, I re-check the form again, and then comes the final, crucial phase of cleanup.
   • Names that are "Keep" or "Correct with green background" are credited people/companies that reflect what the credits say.
   • Names that are "Correct with white background" are uncredited people/companies or duplicates. 
     ⚠️This cannot be done on the new Edit page because these credits are indistinguishable from the “Keep” ("already validated") entries⚠️
     
     • I add the attribute (uncredited) to most of these entries.
     • I delete duplicate or similar entries ("superseding rule").
     • I delete ineligible entries (trailers, localized versions, uncredited voice, etc...)
     • I delete suspicious/unsubstantiated entries.
       
       
5. Finally, I add the voice actors for Spanish and German dubbings, and go through all the trivia and goof items to add links and timestamps.
   
   
6. And submit!As you can see, during a rigorous audit, it's crucial to have a system in place where all credits that are verified are tracked—not just the ones that are corrected, but also the ones that are already correct—because that's essential for assigning attributes such as (uncredited) or filtering out entries that should be deleted. When there are only a few entries, it's not much of a problem, but in departments with hundreds of names, it's impossible to use the new interface without having an external list to refer to

Thank you very much for reading this feedback. If you have any other questions, I'm here to help.

4. The name field does not "serach for name similarities"/"find the name" before you have managed to write the EXACT FULL NAME, se video:

Firefox, windows, tested on

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt49275861/

The old however searches for every letter, see picture:

5. 

It looks verry unnatural that the self I am adding sits in a self Category, but the other Self's are listed under "Cast", and after submitting it moves from Self to Cast, but on the personal page it is listed under self.

How is an un-experienced contributor to understand that this is correct?
See picture.