Something that would have to come into consideration is when a porn actor crosses over to mainstream. It is not always a different actor just because some movies are porn and some are mainstream. One (major) example of this would be Tracy Lords... she has done many mainstream movies after getting out of the porn industry.

So whatever needs to be done would need to be done on a case by case basis... not all porn actors such as a checkbox as you suggest.

I know Birth Year is not great and I wish we could move to something else... but since I don't have any suggestions I have to wait and see if someone else comes up with something that would work for all cast/crew.

Quoting Addicted2DVD:

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Something that would have to come into consideration is when a porn actor crosses over to mainstream. It is not always a different actor just because some movies are porn and some are mainstream. One (major) example of this would be Tracy Lords... she has done many mainstream movies after getting out of the porn industry.

So whatever needs to be done would need to be done on a case by case basis... not all porn actors such as a checkbox as you suggest.

I know Birth Year is not great and I wish we could move to something else... but since I don't have any suggestions I have to wait and see if someone else comes up with something that would work for all cast/crew.

OK, perhaps a an automatic checkbox for all porn actors isn't good.

Perhaps an option to check a box for those that are porn actors with the same name of a mainstream actor.


Is there another Tracy Lords?
I don't think there is, so that wouldn't affect her.
Even if there was, the links to her mainstream roles wouldn't be affected. All that would be noted in a hidden manner is that she is/was the porn actress.

I can't see this working.

I guess some people don't understand the problem.

I'm only talking about porn actors that share the same name as a mainstream actor.

After doing many profiles and looking up CLT results there are cases where a few "Hidden" titles will show up. You can tell by the titles of the Hidden Titles that they are porn titles.

Here's one example.

Steve Cruz:
IMDB lists 2 actors with this name.
1 for The Blues Brothers
The other for Get Rich or Die Tryin

CLT results:
25 titles (100 profiles)

Out of that there is the following results:
20 Profiles in which Steve Cruz is listed as a cast member in porn titles.


I can't find a Birth Year for either of these three actors.

The problem occurs if some user has The Blues Brothers in their local database as well as some porn titles with this Steve Cruz guy.
Because no BY for either can be entered, both are linked.


I did a little test.
I downloaded one of these "Hidden Titles" and I clicked on Steve Cruz in the Blues Brothers profile and up came that Adult title.
So, both are linked.


This also just brought up something else.

I had the parental control in place and even though I had the Adult title hidden, when I clicked on the actors name in the profile the adult title also showed up.

Needless to say this very well could be a problem if certain people are around or children.


So another suggestion is that when the Parental Control is place that no adult titles would show up in the pop up window even if the person shares a common name of a mainstream cast/crew member.

CubbyUps,

Here is a simple work around for the two people with the same name.  Add a cast members for the porn flick and behind their name place "(ADULT)"  This will make a new entry and will make him completely separate from your mail stream actor.  As for the parental controls not working I would definately advise Ken.

never mind