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ANSWERED: Contributor question

posted 8 years ago by horn-5
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When a site contributor,one of those thousands of people who supplied the DATA information and, now rare posters( one sheets, three-sheets, six sheets) and lobby cards and newspaper and magazine ads and theatre ads and heralds and publicity & scene and behind-the-scenes stills from their own private collections and not hi-jacked from some internet web site)and who (thousands of us from all over the world) are MAINLY responsible for making the IMDb the great "Authoritive"and unique site it has become still get a confirmation- notification number?

Examples (These could be hard data--cast/crew/all printed data areas or images):

My Blue Heaven 170121-001258-332502
My Darling Clementine 170128-072900-452402
Mighty Mouse Meets Bad Bill Bunion 160813-010917-127202
Mile-a-Minute Romeo 161217-024026-516902
Man from Guntown, The -correction/remove 161221-153219-691802
Man from Guntown, The -correction/remove 61221-153824-763002
Man from Guntown, The -correction/remove 161221-154132-482702
Gun to Gun-deletion request 161015-044028-831402
$5,000 Reward 160806-030543-094102
100 Men and a Girl 160703-001314-323602
13th Chair, The 160603-191017-117902
20 Mule Team 160707-031143-723402
20,000 Men a Year 160830-002650-222202
21 Days Together 160712-035444-975702
3 Bad Men 170103-194936-818402
3 Cheers for the Irish 160829-154730-821502
3 Women 160803-061207-896102
40 Horse Hawkins 161231-082643-351802
42nd Street 160617-135032-769302
45 Calibre Echo 160524-141136-159102
45 Fathers 160831-024426-485402
49th Man, The 170130-081720-850902
52nd Street 160706-192418-751602
Abandoned 160817-191049-139402
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops 161030-130928-696702
Abie's Irish Rose - 1928 161111-164841-501002
Abilene Trail 160626-013748-623402
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island 170204-134129-429602
Roamin' Wild 170204-135817-376502
Zombies on Broadway 170117-124734-565802
Zorro's Fighting Legion 170118-150923-340302
Zombies of Mora Tau 160719-215311-573502
Zombies of the Stratosphere 160901-175259-436602
Zenobia 161211-003121-889902
Ziegfeld Follies 160707-225205-584102
Yvonne De Carlo 160723-034455-118602
Yvonne Pelletier 160806-061722-032202
Zasu Pitts 160718-003410-040902
Yukon Jake - remove bad quality video cover 170101-005241-018402
Youth Takes a Fling 160713-051312-881302
Ypres (Wipers) 160602-002615-813002
Young Bill Hickok 160725-145412-337002
Young Buffalo Bill 160725-122239-899502
Young Dr. Kildare 160707-223017-793302
Young Eagles 170118-150652-042302
Young in Heart, The 160624-081725-518102
Young Man with a Horn 160730-110735-670802
Young Philidelphians 160730-112647-260402
Yellow Rose of Texas, The 160727-162812-009902
Yes Sir, That's My Baby 160526-191520-902802
X Marks the Spot-duplication removal 170112-185009-020902
Yakima Canutt 160723-012608-744802
Yank at Oxford, A 160715-185352-936402
Women in Hiding - Crime Does Not Pay series 170108-020824-040102
Women in War 160516-225726-369202
Village Barn Dance 160823-014607-726102
Village of the Damned 161123-203734-530702
Two-Fisted Stranger 160531-073312-733402
Two-Gun Man from Harlem 160703-144724-354902
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp-correction 170112-162540-415102
Trapped in the Sky 160714-124525-166502
Trapped in Tia Juana 160806-172143-459902
Superman and the Mole Men 160628-043458-513302
Superman-1948 160605-211833-884902
Secret Agent X-9 - 1945 161222-143916-572002
Secret Agent X-9- 1937 160905-181153-356502
Scream in the Dark, A 170101-061911-124002
Screen Snapshots: The Walter Winchell Party 161229-213523-224402
Rocket Ship 160613-052507-881402
Pygmalion 160716-002110-375602
Queen Christina 160623-105333-012702
Queen of Broadway 170112-024403-676202
Popeye Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves 160813-011752-422002
Popeye Meets Sinbad the Sailor 160813-021233-590202
Olympic Elk, The 160827-012702-471502
Navy Blue and Gold
Navy Blues Sextette
Adventure 170125-032750-965402
Adventure Girl 160619-183721-552602
Adventure in Manhattan 170109-020551-531302
Adventures in Silverado
Adventures of Captain Africa, The
Adventures of Don Coyote, The 161225-133411-403702
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James 160601-161134-666202
Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, The
Adventures of Jane Arden, The
Adventures of Kitty O'Day, The 161223-141133-229302
Adventures of Mark Twain, The
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Adventures of Rusty
Adventures of Sir Galahad,The
Adventures of Smilin' Jack, The 160912-194012-178902
Adventures of Texas Jack, The 160715-125255-387402
Adventures of the Flying Cadets 160608-112826-164302
Adventures of the Masked Phantom, The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The-1938

A very, very small sample just from the past couple of years...I didn't keep confirmations from the first 14 years of thousands of data contributions.

But,just curious....since the communication lines (contributor to contributor/site to contributors,etc) also appear to be severed on Feb.20, 2017.

This post on behalf of all of the thousands of contributors who constructed a great building on the foundation site laid by the brilliant Col Needham. He should get honored by the AFI for what he has done for film heritage...with the aid of thousands of movie lovers all around the world.

No, I'm not pandering or seeking favor. Just stating what I believe to be true...while asking a question that might be, in the eyes of the site, a bit terse.

Les

Ooops Department" I missed copying the confirmation number on some of the titles. Will supply if needed. Picking from a List of close to 20,000 confirmations is prone to human error...even for us drones.

[–] Col Needham 8 years ago

But,just curious....since the communication lines (contributor to contributor/site to contributors,etc) also appear to be severed on Feb.20, 2017. Yes, you will still receive confirmation emails. The only thing going away is the boards system.

Col

[–] rubycalaberXX 8 years ago

How many of your users do you think will kill themselves because these boards are their only social outlet?

[–] horn-5 8 years ago

Ruby,

Col answered the OP topic question but...

...I don't know if Col knows (and I have no idea of how he would know) how many users depend on the IMDb as their "only social outlet" ( I sincerely hope it is none who depend on these boards as their only social outlet) and, consequently,would be unable and, I suspect,unwilling to even guess at what is, at best, a speculative off-topic question.

But since you hijacked my OP, I, speaking only for myself, speculate the answer is...not one single user.

I also think you have the right to ask your question and the correct place to ask it is on Tom's announcement post.

Looking forward to seeing it there

Best regards,

Les

[–] Jeorj Euler 8 years ago

Soon you will only have the Help Desk at which to fuss.
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[–] Marhleet_DR 8 years ago

and Help Desk is just so useful

[–] horn-5 8 years ago

Jeorj,

Well, if you are talking to me reference the "fuss" comment, I've contributed more data on one single day for this site than you have in your entire(going on) 18 years combined doing whatever you do on this site. And I have no problem with any User of this site who is not a contributor. Dealers Choice and you don't have to play.Nothing wrong with being just a sideline spectator.

And, if "Fuss" is a reference to the times I've made a post questioning something on site, I don't understand your problem with that...I've made hundreds of those over the past (going-on) 17 years, and my won-lost-tie record has been close to 7-1-2, and I know at least four of those posts ended up with the site (following a staff meeting) changing a guide-line to reflect what I was advocating.

The CH Board was created to be used exactly as I have used it, along with scores of other contributors that have made a "fuss" many more times than I have.And if I irk you in some way, well so be it. That's a small price I'll pay in order to make the IMDb more accurate for the Users.

And don't be too certain that..."soon I'll only have the Help Desk at which to fuss." If I am going to "fuss" then I'll do it in a public forum...that might irk somebody and sign my name to it.

See you down the road.

Les

[–] Jeorj Euler 8 years ago

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[–] joystar5879 8 years ago

I'm going to MISS you, Les....

Thanks for all you've done for Film, and for your standards of scrupulous accuracy.

JS

I do hope he won't upset Henry...