XPost: alt.tv.star-trek.tos, rec.arts.movies.current-films, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
      
   In article <1OqdndYSMKLbp6vWnZ2dnUVZ_rOdnZ2d@supernews.com>,   
    "Mac Breck"  wrote:   
      
   > Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   > > In article <4eqaj515979shuqrrhdqvdljo0rol2cemo@4ax.com>,   
   > >  Merrick Baldelli  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> Having seen this, I'm beginning to get the same impression   
   > >> that IMDB is suffering from the same territorial bullshit that   
   > >> Wikipedia's currently going through with power control and power   
   > >> abuse issues.   
   > >   
   > > Oh, it's worse on IMDb, at least as far as getting things fixed.  I   
   > > update an actress friend of mine's page at both sites.  Some asshole   
   > > decided she's 2 years older than she really is.  Thing is, I've known   
   > > her since we were 12 and in 7th grade together.  I know damn well how   
   > > old she is.  On Wiki, I was able to explain that on the changes page   
   > > and they listened and stopped making her older.  On IMDb, no such   
   > > luck. They used to change it back and forth constantly but stopped,   
   > > on the theory that 'the older age is always correct' - assholes.   
   > >   
   > > On my own page, somebody went in and killed the credits for my team   
   > > that built the Nautilus replica for the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea   
   > > DVD. For one of the guys, that was his only industry credit, and his   
   > > entire page vanished!  I've tried for a couple years to get it   
   > > reinstated, but IMDb doesn't even acknowledge your attempts; changes   
   > > either appear or they don't.   
   > >   
   > > While massive abuse can and does happen on Wiki, at least there's a   
   > > record of it, and you can be heard.   
   >   
   > That sounds awful.  You'd think that after providing verifiable proof of   
   > the correctness of your information, IMDb, Wiki and Netflix would be   
   > able to lock down certain fields or at least put in a note *for* *the*   
   > *administrators* *to* *see* , to clue them in on the history of the   
   > changes to that field on that page.   
      
   You'd think.  Of course, I have no idea what the other guys are telling   
   them.   
      
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