I think it maybe a good idea to be able to add gender to cast members.

This could be strictly local or be made contributable.

Documentation could be from their roles and/or from multiple websites.

I have found some cases where people who share the same name are of different genders.

For instance when doing a search on IMDB for Chris Miller I see mostly actors, but I also see at least one actress with that same name.

This maybe useful when photos can't be found and no birth years either to separate them.


Thoughts?

I don't have a problem with it being added but can see a potential problem.

Let's say it's a person way down in the cast list, they've got no lines so can't be easily picked out. Their character name is something like "Sam". How can you determine what gender they are if they've only been in one film?

IMHO: Too much work for too few gain.

Quoting DJ Doena:

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IMHO: Too much work for too few gain.

Agree. It only helps in a vert few cases, and creates a lot of uncertainty in others.

Think about people where only initials are given, or East Asian names, or group names, or animal names, what have you...

Quoting Kinoniki:

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What about the dogs and llamas?

Ok, if we want this,   we need male, female and animals.

Quoting ninehours:

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I have no objection to your idea but what gender would you put for this person   

Wendy Carlos aka Walter Carlos

http://www.nndb.com/people/721/000031628/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Carlos
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137793/
http://www.wendycarlos.com/biog.html

Well being that she was born a male and had a sex-change I would go with how she is legally known now. And that looks like female.


Sites such as IMDB almost always lists their sex next somewhere in the persons page. Be it bio or filmography.


As was pointed out in my OP, this could be something that is kept strictly local.


Just thought I'd toss it out there to see if anyone thought it was a good idea.
Seems not many do.0

Rethought: If the possibility will remain to leave the Gender blank at the unneeded, I would vote yes.

Quoting VirusPil:

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Quoting Kinoniki:

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What about the dogs and llamas?

Ok, if we want this,   we need male, female and animals.

[TongueInCheek]And hermaphrodite for earthworms, etc.[/TIC]

I don't see any great benefit from the proposal.