We all (at least should) know that data from IMDB is not for use on profiler, but it is the only source to compare. I believe that a lot of you used to check data (e. g. BYs) on the IMDB.

So I am very curious what you do if you find out that there is missing data on IMDB or that BYs are wrong?

How I came to this question: For a couple of weeks meanwhile I am comparing all actors of the BY-List with my own collection and - sad bad true - had to find out that so many of them are wrong not only in my database, quite often in the profiles here on the Master-DB.
For local differences: This happens if you get a profile with a "John Smith" (w/o BY) but you only have a "John Smith (1899)" in your database. So there is no new actor created w/o Birthyear, but profiler uses the first available one. And that there are so many used wrong... well, some don't care about BY, or if a BY is accepted, the one who ordered it couldn't change every single profile with that actor. Using the wrong BY is another thing....

Okay, on my way through correcting meanwhile several hundred of my profiles, I consulted IMDB (waht else?). If data was missing, I did a screenshot, and if it was only one actor, I added him myself (always not knowing which one of the dozens of persons it is using the same name) and had to wait until their team of IMDB decides which one now is the correct one.

For several actors (so far I am only doing them, crew is the next step) our BY-List has a different year, most times +/- 1 - 2 years, always documented with Wiki or any other source. So I would like to know: If you find out that the data is wrong on IMDB, would it be too much work to correct it there, too? This is one simple idea to avoid work: If I see a different year in the BY-List as on IMDB, I have to open the thread to read and accept the explanation. We all know that IMDB has a lot of data but sometimes simply is not that trustworthy. But if the one who "ordered" the BY for our database would change/correct it on IMDB, too, it would avoid that I need to open the thread. Then the BY-List would be enough. And you can't imagine how much I had to read. I am on those corrections for 3 weeks meanwhile and have not done all "M"-actors yet! So every "additional" step costs more time.

Another question coming up my mind: Do we have something like "roundmail" in here? For one simple reason: If you don't follow the BY-List or -Thread periodically, you are missing changes. And this way a bunch of your data is possibly not correct anymore, missing BYs for some cast or crew. So imo kind of a roundmail (maybe only for the ones who are interested in and subscribe) which informs that from now on we have name "XYZ" new with BY(s) would make us checking. That's just an idea so far, but with every new BY for any cast or crew the number of differences between the databases becomes bigger.

Quoting scotthm:

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I disagree with the latter assertion.  I often find myself looking at the AFI film catalog as well.

Could be an alternative source, but how do you go on that way:
You are checking your profiles if the right BYs are used and you got one of the "Mark Miller". He is not part of the movie-profile on the AFI.

So how do you find out which one played in that movie? Or: If you add the wrong one, are you informed then and is this corrected by someone else or do they just believe in YOUR data?