Skavau wrote:
I wondered if you employed any kind of 'blacklist' policy when someone offers up a dud by IMDB thats either non-existent or a clone of another entry.
No, I don't keep track of the rare duplicates that I happen to notice. Duplicates are generally fixed quickly. In fact it's when they're fixed that I'm the most likely to notice them (I notice that an Id has changed after a merge as the IMDb gives a redirection).
When I add movies to Coollector's database and search for the matching IMDb Id, from time to time I stumble on a duplicate in which case I use the IMDb Id with the most data, knowing that the IMDb will probably fix the issue in a matter of days or weeks.
Skavau wrote:
I've submitted a merge request, as awkward and non-intuitive as it is on IMDB.
Yep, submitting a request to the IMDb isn't for the faint of heart
But they're THE reference movie database. As a single developer I would be foolish to try to have a better database than theirs.
That's why I made it a rule to only add movies to Coollector that have a matching IMDb Id:
1) if a movie isn't worth being on the IMDb, it's not worth being on Coollector.
2) Coollector would have a ton of duplicates without this system. I let the IMDb find and fix the duplicates for me, they have much more manpower than I have.
3) it'd look like a bug if the app had some orphaned movies without a link to the IMDb.