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posted by Karl DietzSTAFFMOD on June 19, 2014 at 5:33 AM
While looking for a movie that did not get matched to the guide data I stumbled upon the director "Robert Young" and had a hard time figuring out which one to choose from the popup. I suggest to show a text, automatically generated or manually set, like "britisch television director" "austrian actor" From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Young
Robert Young (actor) (1907–1998), American actor
Robert M. Young (director) (born 1924), American director, writer and producer
Robert Young (director) (born 1933), British film and television director
Bob Young (TV producer), American television writer and producer, including Dinosaurs and Smart Guy
For comparison here is what Musicbrainz uses to find the correct Bob http://musicbrainz.org/search?query=Robert+Young&type=artist&method=indexed also https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Disambiguation_Comment
Reply by Matthew Sanders
on June 20, 2014 at 11:20 AM
This is exactly what we need. A 5 word maximum description of the person that accompanies the autocomplete drop down. Very good suggestion, Karl! I just created the ticket. You can sign up and watch it here.
Reply by ispangler20
on March 11, 2016 at 12:54 PM
Does this data exist yet? I am looking for a way to grab the person's identity as IMDb provides (ie: Ben Affleck -- Actor, Director, Writer)
Reply by Marr 🇳🇱
on March 11, 2016 at 1:39 PM
this would be amazing! I second/third/fourth this!
Reply by Samara
on March 18, 2016 at 9:15 AM
it's really needed
Reply by Torq00
on March 26, 2016 at 12:30 PM
Excellent Idea