IMDB link on show info

dpratt wrote:

Let me explain the difference to you. Wikipedia does not allow original content. If you want to post something there it has to have a third party reference. Yes it's user-generated but they don't allow you to post content that doesn't have a 3rd party reference. HOWEVER IMDB is useful because producers, actors, etc can contribute content directly to the site. And they don't need to provide a third party reference like Wikipedia does. The producer of a new show cannot directly edit Wikipedia and add new information about the show without a press release that shows the said information first. IMDB does not have that restriction which is what makes it an original source, unlike Wikipedia.

From my experience it is not mandatory to reference to a third party. You could even create new pages on wikipedia about an imaginary person.

dpratt wrote:
huh?

https://github.com/OpenUserJs/OpenUserJS.org/wiki/Userscript-beginners-HOWTO#what-is-a-user-script

IMDB has some producers (TV and movie) that contribute to shows. The problem is knowing when they do, and when they don't and the info is third-party or contributed by just some guy off the streets. The only way to really tell is after-the-fact.

For instant, Preacher usually has the cast up a day or two before the episode airs. Since it's been accurate four weeks in a row, odds are a producer is adding the stuff. But then there are also uncredited actors. Sometimes the characters they're listed for don't even appear in the episode. So are they characters the producers or writers contributed that were cut at the last minute. Some third-party contributor person thinking that "Hey, they were in it last week, I'll just list them every week," the actor himself contributing them thinking his scene was going to make it but was cut, or what?

Wikipedia theoretically doesn't require third-party sources. But there are plenty of "This article is a stub and needs third-party verification" bits scattered throughout. Whether a page actually requires a third-party source depends on the tolerance and attention of whoever is the editor in charge of the page.