I don't think staff will be fixing any friends blog issues anytime soon, so I'll probably just use my Contacts List for blopping. I am also considering the A-Z method instead of the chronological catch-up because of that, although that reminds me of The Far Side comic where Noah tells the animals to line up in alphabetical order, and the zebras think of the equivalent of "D'oh!" Consolidation update: Thanks to folks in the Union and other contributors, I was able to submit about 40 sets of duplicate names for deletion this past weekend, which is about a third of my hit list, excluding the big offenders. Some of the names have sat there over a year, so it was good to finally get them to a state where they can go away. Unfortunately the search bugs hit this past weekend in full force, so guides may not show the changes. I still have a large number of guides that I've pre-marked as duplicate before learning last week that folks aren't keen on that idea, but I still defend the practice as people are rapidly adopting doubles faster than moving duplicates. I noticed a lot more folks are picking up those pre-tags and consolidating them. That's nice, but please let me know if it's one of those that I might have been working on; would hate to see a line of rejections for "already submitted". Two of the major offending guides, Yakitate Japan, which alone has 30+, and Rockman EXE, which has 12+, have been claimed by editors that know what they are doing, so that's good news. On a related note, if you're allocating people with those Roman numeral designations, please write up short bios wherever you can. It's good to see John Adams (IV), but still a pain to guess which one. Also if your names are very popular, don't bother marking the duplicate outside of the Roman numeral, in case some new actor/crew needs to be added, there ya go. But what really needs to be fixed is the Search and then the MovieTome propagation, not to mention the ability to Add MovieTome credits. And then if staff could respond to the "delete a person" requests and send us PM's if no action will be taken at that time. Jump to the TV.com Actor and Show Duplicate Assimilation union I've also been adding Manga Corollaries to some of my guides. These are those notes that tell you when the storyline and plot elements from an anime show was actually based off of the comic book set, and whether there were significant differences in adaptation. I've found them to be useful and hope that becomes a continuing trend in making the best guides on the Internet. The Censor Bug is still annoying. A simple cosmetic changes such as turning Regular Episode to Special or fixing an airdate now becomes full-on recap editing. But what is also annoying is Word introducing its own form of spelling corrections, like "Haven Brothers diner, Rhode Island" somehow getting butchered up into "heaven brother dines, Rhodes islands." If that's going to happen, then maybe the recap CP award should be some high value and then allow CP-optional editing in the next hour from editors to correct for crap like that. I've also been focusing on filling in recent episodes of The Today Show, which regularly has a huge number of guest stars as well as correspondents. If your non-TV industry person needs those three appearances to justify a guide, try the talk shows, as they seem to bring in the same editors from related magazines and plenty of celebrities. The crediting of non-TV industry folks can be interesting. Is it really better to list "Kitty - offended mom" and "Angus - got bitten by alligator" or just that they were guests on the show? Question: Do you prefer TV shows with mostly new actors, experienced actors, or zero (reality) actors? Sometimes I like seeing the fresh faces, but it pains me to see them not learn on the job or have to wait a few seasons to see if they get better. Other times, I'd like to see veterans of the theater and musicals finally get their big break into television. And sometimes I just get impatient and demand quality, as in actors at the top of their game. I find most shows these days tend to have a wide array of new faces, and maybe the token veteran actor to connect with the old schoolers. Perhaps they just rely on an experienced writing staff instead? How about movies? Same idea? Finally, wanted to wish everyone doing taxes good luck and don't stress too much! :)