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Should there be a rule to post a link to IMDb or rotten tomatoes if you post here? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago by Slovene85@sh.itjust.works to c/ClassicFilms@lemmy.world
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[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fuck both those sites.

https://www.themoviedb.org/

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why not just wikipedia?

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 4 points 1 month ago

As far as I know, Wikipedia doesn't have a standardized way to upload details about films.

Sites like themoviedb.org does and because of that it can be used as a scraper for media metadata.

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wikipedia is awesome. I've been posting weekly for over a year to !bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world and so far there's only been like 1 movie that wasn't on wikipedia.

However, putting a lot of requirements might discourage posting here?

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Agreed. As long as you post the title and year, that should be plenty to let people find the movie themselves.

A wiki and/or movie DB page is good if it's particularly obscure, but shouldn't be required.

[–] Slovene85@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, sorry guys, I had nothing to do with this post. It was my lazy ass posting. It just wants to click a link and be taken to the movie info. It wasn't me.