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IMDb

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I removed the implication that IMDb's mistakes included listing people on television shows before they were born. First of all, the quoted page arose because people were confused by indications such as people like Meg Ryan and Julianne Moore, both born in 1961, appearing on shows such as As the World Turns (1956). However, the show ran for decades, thus making it possible for Ryan and Moore to appear on the show as adults, even though they weren't born when it debuted. This wasn't a factual error, just an oddity of formatting and display. Furthermore, IMDb has changed its formatting somewhat since the quoted page was written. The IMDb filmographies are chronological, and it used to be that a show like As the World Turns would turn up in the "1950s" section for anyone who was a cast member on that show. Now, however, appearances on television shows are listed based on the year in which the person most recently appeared on the show, at least according to IMDb's records. So ATWT now shows up in Ryan's filmography under 1982, and in Moore's under 2010 (she came back to the show for one episode a few months ago). It's not "building the Frankenstein" to say that David Gregory, born in 1970, is the host of Meet the Press (1947), because the show really has been on long enough for new generations to be born and appear on it. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 16:53, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Katie Perry"

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I'll leave it to someone else to remove it, but I think the singer's name is actually Katy Perry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by HuntClubJoe (talkcontribs) 22:21, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reversion war

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CLCStudent can you please read the essay before reverting it like a bot? Do you really understand what the essay is about? Looloophole (talk) 15:06, 6 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nirvana

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It appears that even the cited source is confused by the two bands named Nirvana. The link to AllMusic.com goes to the correct album, but if you click on the link "Nirvana" on the page, it takes you to the better known American band, which (correctly) does not mention the album at all in its discography. JIP | Talk 19:03, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Actor example

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Using a (fictitious) example of actors with the same name is particularly poorly chosen. Acting is the one profession where they are forbidden from using the same name as another, even if it is their real name. SpinningSpark 22:30, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I mean, why use a non-existent (and probably never will be existent) actor example when we could have a real Frankenstein?

Frankenstein was a character in a Mary Shelley book who became a monster. He later had a career as a rapper and wrestler. Until 1969, he lectured in pedagogy in Israel.

SpinningSpark 22:07, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Essay title

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I created a redirect from Wikipedia:Don't build Frankenstein's Monster.

Should that become the article's title? It's about the same length and less "wrong". Jruderman (talk) 20:16, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]