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Title Pages: Idea for surfacing a link to a newer version of a title

Background:
1)   IMDb provides ways to associate related titles via "Connections" links.
2)   In some cases, one title page might represent an early preliminary or incomplete version of a production in limited early release, while a second title page (if kept separate under IMDb rules) may represent what the producers regard as a finalized revision or a completed main release.
3)   In some such cases, I think it might be helpful to provide a prominent link from an early release's main title-page header to the separate title page about the finalized version.  Thus the proposed idea:

Idea:
Regarding "Connections" links in cases where one title page represents a preliminary or incomplete version in limited release, and where a separate title page represents a completed main release, consider allowing a link to be displayed in the main header of the early version's main title page, alerting users to visit the title page of the completed version.

(Source of inspiration:   The idea came to mind when I noticed an Amazon feature that provides prominent links on some product listings to alert shoppers about the availability of "newer versions".)
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In general, I think the Connections should be more visible when it comes to follows/followed by links or remakes.

On another note, shouldn't a title that is preliminary or incomplete just be listed as an Alternate Version, instead of a separate entry?

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I think the Connections should be more visible when it comes to follows/followed by links or remakes.
Thanks for putting it so concisely.
(Conciseness eluded me when I wrote my wordy post above.)
On another note, shouldn't a title that is preliminary or incomplete just be listed as an Alternate Version, instead of a separate entry?
See for example this recent case where a merge request was denied:

https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/merging-film-pages-and-merging-star-ratings-and-changing-sty...

IIUC, that request was to merge the title pages of a festival-screened film and a mini-series.  In that discussion the OP described the "film version" as a "stitched together version of" two episodes of the mini-series.  The OP also felt that a merge could "avoid confusion when people come to search for the series."

That merge request was denied, due to the film's eligibility to remain separately listed. ... In his last reply in that thread, IMDb's Will noted that there is a Connection linkage between the titles  (and that it would also be possible to add a Trivia note to further "differentiate" them).

In such a case perhaps the enhancement that we've discussed here could be useful:  a highly-visible Connection link in the upper area of the film title page, such that anyone visiting that page might quickly notice the link, prompting (in that example case) a visit to the mini-series page.

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I had a feeling that Hip-Hop Evolution was the mini-series in question. :)

Whenever I searched for that series, I was directed to the festival film first. A prominent link to the series I was actually looking for would have been very elegant indeed.