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But then my dear Forget we MUST list all of the Stunt people, why aren't they part of the Cast. The cast has a very specific section labelled CAST and the puppeteers are not a part of that list. How do you deciode who is in the cast then, according to you they can appear anywhere in the end credits and there is no way to discern them. Is one of the Accountants a cast member, by your definition or lack of one, they certainly could be. The Rule is both clear and decisive and a line has to be drawn, otherwise there is no definable cast and everybody is cast. As Ace pointed a bunch of "nameless" in terms of Roles, puppeteers are Cast, particularly when they are sparated from the REAL cast data....uh uh,

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At the same time, it is also clear about stage names. So if Queen Latifah sang the theme for a film & was credited there, solely using the info in the rules as worded, there's nothing stopping people from entering it as Queen//Latifah. This is of course crazy so people apply the same rule to both Cast and Crew despite it only appearing in the cast section and specifically mentioning "actor" in the wording.
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I am deeply amused when the rules are so clearly delineated, yet users pretend that they are not and try and spin various pieces data such Puppeteers and Additional Voices when they are widely separated from the Actual cast data. I have seen instances where Additional voices have been added when they are at the END of the credits, craziness.

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But then my dear Forget we MUST list all of the Stunt people, why aren't they part of the Cast. The cast has a very specific section labelled CAST and the puppeteers are not a part of that list. How do you deciode who is in the cast then, according to you they can appear anywhere in the end credits and there is no way to discern them. Is one of the Accountants a cast member, by your definition or lack of one, they certainly could be. The Rule is both clear and decisive and a line has to be drawn, otherwise there is no definable cast and everybody is cast. As Ace pointed a bunch of "nameless" in terms of Roles, puppeteers are Cast, particularly when they are sparated from the REAL cast data....uh uh,

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At the same time, it is also clear about stage names. So if Queen Latifah sang the theme for a film & was credited there, solely using the info in the rules as worded, there's nothing stopping people from entering it as Queen//Latifah. This is of course crazy so people apply the same rule to both Cast and Crew despite it only appearing in the cast section and specifically mentioning "actor" in the wording.

That would be absolutely correct, without documentation, which HAS been researched in this instance.. Then the question becomes defining stage name, our research aside, it is certainly conceivable that she has legally changed her name to Queen Latifah which would take it ouit of the realm of stage name. But this has little to do with the topic at hand.

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•If puppeteers are included in the end credits include them and append
It says end credits, that should mean all of the end credits not just a certain Section.
No where in the rules does it say only this certain section,
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Darknite:

Again, wrong, sorry

"For the purposes of this section we define "standard" film credits as those where all credited actors involved are listed together in a single section at the end of the film - defined here as the "end credits". The section details both the actor’s Name and the Role that they played in the film. The credits may be listed "in order of appearance", "alphabetical order" or in an order of importance decided by the filmmakers. Some actors may be credited a second time in either credits at either the opening or close of the film."

The Puppeteers in this particular example meet absolutely none of the criteria which are spelled out in the Rules.

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Wrong, corne. They most certainly do.

The Rule states "are listed together in a single section at the end of the film". The puppeteers and the Cast are neither listed together, since the entire Stunt team comes in between them, NOR are they listed in a single section. In short, the Puppeteers are NOT part of the cast.

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This is the definition in the Rules of "Standard Credits".  It has nothing whatsoever to do with the Rule regarding puppeteers.
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NO, Hal, you are incorrect, the rules define the Cast credits. "are listed together in a single section at the end of the film"

The puppeteers you refer to are neither listed together not are they in a single section of the credits. You also cannot interpret the data relative to Jadagrace berry, it's the data, man. You claim it's absurd, upon what basis, have you mystically acquired the same powers of divinity of some users, I believe this the actor's first appearance or very early in her career, but the data is what it is. The program does not recognize the lower case berry without use of Credited As, but that is what the data IS. I certainly don't pretend any superhuman abilities, only what the data is factually.

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It's absurd to use "Credited As" for capitalization BECAUSE the purpose of "Credited As" was to provide a mechanism to link credits that would not otherwise link.  "Jadagrace Berry" links just fine to "Jadagrace berry" which links just fine to "JADAGRACE berry" without using "Credited As".  It's a complete waste.

Your "Credited As" is still incorrect if we are using it for capitalization since the actual credit in the film is "JADAGRACE berry".
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But then my dear Forget we MUST list all of the Stunt people, why aren't they part of the Cast. The cast has a very specific section labelled CAST and the puppeteers are not a part of that list. How do you deciode who is in the cast then, according to you they can appear anywhere in the end credits and there is no way to discern them. Is one of the Accountants a cast member, by your definition or lack of one, they certainly could be. The Rule is both clear and decisive and a line has to be drawn, otherwise there is no definable cast and everybody is cast. As Ace pointed a bunch of "nameless" in terms of Roles, puppeteers are Cast, particularly when they are sparated from the REAL cast data....uh uh,

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We do not have to list the stuntmen because there is no separate rule for stuntment as there is for puppeteers!
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This is the definition in the Rules of "Standard Credits".  It has nothing whatsoever to do with the Rule regarding puppeteers.


The section with the rules about puppeteers starts "In addition to the above, the following rules should be followed:" The part Skip cites appears in the section above. It seems fairly clear to me it applies to all cast credits.
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The Rules make no such distinction.  If they are included in the end credits, they are to be included.  There is no qualifier that they need to be included within the cast list, or that there be no spacing  between  them and the cast list (as for stunt people) or that there cannot be anything between the cast list and the puppeteer list.  They only have to be listed SOMEWHERE in the end credits.  Period.

I misunderstood your stand here and I have to change my opinion, this is not true.  Per the rules, the term 'end credits' is defined as the place where all credited actors involved are listed together in a single section at the end of the film.  For puppeteers to be included in the profiler credits, they must be included in that section of the film credits.


Sorry but the Rules say:

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For the purposes of this section we define "standard" film credits as those where all credited actors involved are listed together in a single section at the end of the film - defined here as the "end credits".


"Standard Credits" are defined as those cast that are listed together.

The Rule for puppeteers does not refer to "Standard Credits".

Ending credits (which is what are referred to in the Puppeteer section) on the other hand are those credits which appear at the end of the film as opposed to beginning or opening credits which appear at the beginning of the film.
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This is the definition in the Rules of "Standard Credits".  It has nothing whatsoever to do with the Rule regarding puppeteers.


The section with the rules about puppeteers starts "In addition to the above, the following rules should be followed:" The part Skip cites appears in the section above. It seems fairly clear to me it applies to all cast credits.


I agree....in addition to taking the "standard credits" for cast, puppeteers from the end credits are to be included!
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Sorry but the Rules say:

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For the purposes of this section we define "standard" film credits as those where all credited actors involved are listed together in a single section at the end of the film - defined here as the "end credits".


"Standard Credits" are defined as those cast that are listed together.

The Rule for puppeteers does not refer to "Standard Credits".

Ending credits (which is what are referred to in the Puppeteer section) on the other hand are those credits which appear at the end og the film as opposed to beginning or opening credits which appear at the beginning of the film.

The rule also says, "defined here as the "end credits"."  The definition given applies to both terms...'Standard Credits' and 'End Credits'.  If it didn't, there would be no need for that portion of the rule as we all know the difference between 'opening' and 'end' credits.
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This is another example where a simple answer from Ken would help and it seems neither side is going to get anywhere here by arguing about it. 

In cases like this I truly believe that both sides have valid arguments and that the rules can be interpreted either way. But if I had a choice to include or not include just on the basis of my personal opinion, without consideration of what the rules say or don't say, including them would be nice. 

So Ken, which will it be? Doesn't matter which side "wins", what matters is that we have an answer from someone with power which stops these silly arguments in their tracks before it escalates to a mud slinging match.
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With all due respect you aere not reading the Rules but you are spinning and creating interpretations that are both counter to the specific wording of the Rules and further to ignore DATA, which will go nowhere. The data is what it is  and it is berry, I don't know why it is and neither do YOU, unless you have been in contact with the actress, what we KNOW is that the credit says berry and I find you comment calling it absurd to be insulting of my intelligence and furthermore absolutely conrtrary to the Rules. We have problemn that is caused by the program's refusal to distinguish between lower and upper case but we can capture the correct data via Credited AS. I suppose you believ the following REAL credit shouuld behandled someway other than Credited As
Director george waGGner, THAT is the way it reads not GEROGE WAGGNER, George Waggner or any other fiction it REALLY reads george waGGner, that is absurd? I don't think so, and he is credited this way many time in his career, so your claim to absurdity takes precedence over data...that is absurd.

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Sorry but the Rules say:

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For the purposes of this section we define "standard" film credits as those where all credited actors involved are listed together in a single section at the end of the film - defined here as the "end credits".


"Standard Credits" are defined as those cast that are listed together.

The Rule for puppeteers does not refer to "Standard Credits".

Ending credits (which is what are referred to in the Puppeteer section) on the other hand are those credits which appear at the end og the film as opposed to beginning or opening credits which appear at the beginning of the film.

The rule also says, "defined here as the "end credits"."  The definition given applies to both terms...'Standard Credits' and 'End Credits'.  If it didn't, there would be no need for that portion of the rule as we all know the difference between 'opening' and 'end' credits.


The phrase "defined here as the end credits" refers specifically to credits at the end of the film as opposed to credits at the beginning.

Please read it again....you are not getting the context.  Pay particular attention to other references to "end credits".  It's meaning is only related to credits at the end of the film as opposed to the beginning.
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This is another example where a simple answer from Ken would help and it seems neither side is going to get anywhere here by arguing about it. 

In cases like this I truly believe that both sides have valid arguments and that the rules can be interpreted either way. But if I had a choice to include or not include just on the basis of my personal opinion, without consideration of what the rules say or don't say, including them would be nice. 

So Ken, which will it be? Doesn't matter which side "wins", what matters is that we have an answer from someone with power which stops these silly arguments in their tracks before it escalates to a mud slinging match.

Why, Vittra, does ken need to intervene everytime  someone wants to ignore the Rules. Does he need to change our diapers. the Rules is CLEAR, there is no doubbt, there can't be, except for those incapable of understanding the simplest of english

"For the purposes of this section we define "standard" film credits as those where all credited actors involved are listed together in a single section at the end of the film - defined here as the "end credits". The section details both the actor’s Name and the Role that they played in the film. The credits may be listed "in order of appearance", "alphabetical order" or in an order of importance decided by the filmmakers. Some actors may be credited a second time in either credits at either the opening or close of the film."

There is no lack of clarity in those words.

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