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Junior: CLT-Result or Standard Filter?
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Good day, Sirs,

I've made a contribution and receive only no-votes. So far, as always.

What's new: having a lucid moment, I think about the no-votes.

Is "credited as" still our prime directive?

Should a name, if necessary, crosslink to the most credited name (according to the rules),
or to the standard Invelos' filter name (in contradiction to the rules)?

Anyway, where can I look up the standards?

And why, oh why, did the filter not work, isn't it active throughout?

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Your post is a bit too vague to address. The one thing I can say based on the thread title is that Invelos's Jr./Sr. suffixes standard indeed supercedes the CLT results: their common names are always listed in our database WITH the comma, even when the CLT shows that they're mostly credited without it. Since it's only ever been accounced in the forums, not too many people know about it, though - I find myself having to point people to this thread all the time.
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And the "credited as" should always be exactly as credited in the end-credits, even without comma if that is the way it's written.
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Your post is a bit too vague to address. The one thing I can say based on the thread title is that Invelos's Jr./Sr. suffixes standard indeed supercedes the CLT results: their common names are always listed in our database WITH the comma, even when the CLT shows that they're mostly credited without it. Since it's only ever been accounced in the forums, not too many people know about it, though - I find myself having to point people to this thread all the time.

That thread spuns 17 pages, thank you, T!M.

To be more precise, I changed "Efrem Zimbalist, Jr." to "Efrem Zimbalist,Jr." (as credited).

My expectation was, that the filter would add the "common" name, which it didn't.

So, does the filter not cover all variations of " ,Jr."?    (*1)

If so, intentionally?

And if not, should still the standard filter name be used, against the rules? Or in a case, where
a filter isn't activated, the real common, that is the most credited, name? Which would be "Efrem Zimbalist Jr."?

(1*) Just out of curiosity: how do you calculate the number of " ,Jr."-variations?
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Just for the record:
In which movie does he get credited without the blank between the comma and the Jr.?
Could you provide a screenshot?

To cut a long story somewhat shorter: If it's correct that the credit is without the blank (obviously an error of the creditmakers) the correct entry would be "Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. [Efrem Zimbalist,Jr.]
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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To cut a long story somewhat shorter: If it's correct that the credit is without the blank (obviously an error of the creditmakers) the correct entry would be "Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. [Efrem Zimbalist,Jr.]

Indeed.
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Just for the record:
In which movie does he get credited without the blank between the comma and the Jr.?
Could you provide a screenshot?

The contribution is for Wait Until Dark, 085392-752720.

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To cut a long story somewhat shorter: If it's correct that the credit is without the blank (obviously an error of the creditmakers) the correct entry would be "Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. [Efrem Zimbalist,Jr.]

Agree. That was the basis for my vote.

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To be more precise, I changed "Efrem Zimbalist, Jr." to "Efrem Zimbalist,Jr." (as credited).

My expectation was, that the filter would add the "common" name, which it didn't.

So, does the filter not cover all variations of " ,Jr."?    (*1)

If so, intentionally?

And if not, should still the standard filter name be used, against the rules? Or in a case, where
a filter isn't activated, the real common, that is the most credited, name? Which would be "Efrem Zimbalist Jr."?

I can't imagine that Ken eliminated a situation like "Efrem Zimbalist,Jr." from the filter intentionally and that he intends for us to not follow the standard for such credits. The more likely scenario is that he didn't anticipate a spaceless credit. The fix, to me, is to enter the data as Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. [Efrem Zimbalist,Jr.]. This achieves the goal of the filter and provides name linking and as-credited information we seek.
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To cut a long story somewhat shorter: If it's correct that the credit is without the blank (obviously an error of the creditmakers) the correct entry would be "Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. [Efrem Zimbalist,Jr.]

Indeed.

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Could you provide a screenshot?

Yes.



(end credits)
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I voted no on this change. I agree with Goblinsdoitall on how he should be credited using credited as and keeping the link between this and other movies.

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Could you provide a screenshot?

Yes.

(end credits)

It looks to me like there IS a space between the comma and the "J", though not a very big one.  If there were NO space, I think the comma would be much closer to the "J" than it is, like between the "R" and the period in the same credit.  As I look at the actual screen cap, I'd agree with those who say that no "credited as ,Jr." is necessary or appropriate.
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Could you provide a screenshot?

Yes.

(end credits)

It looks to me like there IS a space between the comma and the "J", though not a very big one.  If there were NO space, I think the comma would be much closer to the "J" than it is, like between the "R" and the period in the same credit.  As I look at the actual screen cap, I'd agree with those who say that no "credited as ,Jr." is necessary or appropriate.


I don't think that the gap is any bigger than the one on either side of the M. So either both need to have a space or none do. I think change to Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. [Efrem Zimbalist,Jr.] as suggested by others.
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It looks to me like there IS a space between the comma and the "J", though not a very big one.  If there were NO space, I think the comma would be much closer to the "J" than it is, like between the "R" and the period in the same credit.  As I look at the actual screen cap, I'd agree with those who say that no "credited as ,Jr." is necessary or appropriate.

It's easy to see that there is no space, if you compare it with "as Sam Hendrix": much smaller font size, much bigger gap.
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To cut a long story somewhat shorter: If it's correct that the credit is without the blank (obviously an error of the creditmakers) the correct entry would be "Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. [Efrem Zimbalist,Jr.]

I do not think the missing space is an error of the creditmakers, but left out intentionally. For Alan Arkin's Roles "Roat,Jr." and "Roat,Sr." are written without space as well:

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Whether we think it's intentional or not - I'd say it's merely a "formatting choice" from the guy typing up the credits - really doesn't matter at all. The one thing that does matter, is that this credit links together with his credits as "Efrem Zimbalist Jr." and "Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.". We do that by using the latter as his common name, and using the "credited as" feature for any differently formatted variants.
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