I wouldn't mind seeing them flipped either...have the 'common name' in brackets instead.

Also, when you contribute these for crew credits, the only thing you see is the 'credited as' name. The 'common name' does not appear at all in the crew evaluation.

The crew thing should be fixed already (for comparisons; maybe contributions are different )... I noticed and reported it and it got fixed in the meantime (actually, I think it was fixed before you posted )

Personally, I like it the way it is (Credited As name in brackets). Maybe we need a poll

You don't have to relearn what goes where, all you have to do is fill out the fields correctly, following the names the fields have been given.

You enter the common name in the general actor name fields, and if the end credits differ from this common name, you enter the credited version in the "credited as" field.

Since we're finally making the move to link the different credited versions of an actors' name together, it's only natural that the most important piece of information is the common name, the name an actor is normally known to audiences. So it's only natural that the common name shows up prominent in the cast listings, and to keep the data accurate have "Credited as" appended in brackets.

If it were the other way around, we'd still have cast lists displaying the same actor under different names, something we don't want anymore, which is the reason this feature was implemented. The cross linking feature is no good if I only find the actor's common name I look for as an appendix. You need to have the common name in the list, the "credited as" name is of lesser importance.

If it were the other way around, we'd (still) put the main focus on the various different spelling forms of names, instead of the actual common name. And that's exactly what was intended to change by introducing this feature: shift the focus away from the "credited as" names and put the "common name" in the spotlight.

Quoting Darxon:

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You don't have to relearn what goes where, all you have to do is fill out the fields correctly, following the names the fields have been given.

You enter the common name in the general actor name fields, and if the end credits differ from this common name, you enter the credited version in the "credited as" field.

Since we're finally making the move to link the different credited versions of an actors' name together, it's only natural that the most important piece of information is the common name, the name an actor is normally known to audiences. So it's only natural that the common name shows up prominent in the cast listings, and to keep the data accurate have "Credited as" appended in brackets.

If it were the other way around, we'd still have cast lists displaying the same actor under different names, something we don't want anymore, which is the reason this feature was implemented. The cross linking feature is no good if I only find the actor's common name I look for as an appendix. You need to have the common name in the list, the "credited as" name is of lesser importance.

If it were the other way around, we'd (still) put the main focus on the various different spelling forms of names, instead of the actual common name. And that's exactly what was intended to change by introducing this feature: shift the focus away from the "credited as" names and put the "common name" in the spotlight.

It's got nothing to do with filling in the correct names, it has to do with how they are displayed.  Since DVDP started, the name displayed in the comparison side by side is what we now call "as credited".  You had a direct 1-to-1 comparison right on the screen.

Now, the right hand column has the common name where the "as credited" used to be, and "as credited" is in brackets.  And it doesn't match what you see if the left column layout wise.  It's confusing! and there is no need to swap them around that way.

Quoting Rifter:

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there is no need to swap them around that way.

Again, as Darxon said: the swap WAS needed to indicate that Invelos chose to shift the focus away from the "credited as" names and put the "common name" in the spotlight instead. Actor name X [credited in this particular movie as Y] is the only logical order.