Good afternoon,
Was thinking recently, what would be great is if we had an additional enhancement to the Artiste listings:

Author(s)/Writer(s)

That way people could click on the author/writer and see what doramas they have written. If they like a dorama written by a certain author, they may like other dramas written by the same person, and would be able to see those doramas listed akin to the way Jdorama.com currently lists actors and actresses.

Since listing the author/writer would be just like listing an actor or actress, it shouldn't require any database reprogramming.
-PCM

I think that's a great idea!

Another database that I thought might be helpful is, a listing of the dramas from the broadcasting channel, such as Fuji TV. It can be like the yearly database that we have now, only that the doramas are listed by their broadcasting station.

PCM, you shoulda posted this in the suggestions forum...

Moving...

bmwracer wrote:

PCM, you shoulda posted this in the suggestions forum... Moving...

Doh!
-PCM

Nice idea. You're right that it normally shouldn't take too much programming effort, for both the Author/Writer and the listing by broadcasting station.

For writer/author.. it may get quite complicated. How should it be for live-action dramas brought over from anime? Would we later be adding director and the rest of the staff?

One big stumbling block is.. who's going to gather the database.. at the moment we already have problems (manpower) updating the main drama database (yesh, the new season's dramas are still not available here.. hopefully soon though).

For listing by broadcasting station, not a problem, just aesthetics as to where we can put this option/link.
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Genma wrote:

One big stumbling block is.. who's going to gather the database..

Well, PCM came up with the idea.....

Wow great idea...
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WikiDrama at Daddicts is the place to go

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Category:JDirector

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Category:JWriter

Whats more you can add and edit it yourself.

No need to wait for admin to do it

Genma wrote:

Nice idea. You're right that it normally shouldn't take too much programming effort, for both the Author/Writer and the listing by broadcasting station. For writer/author.. it may get quite complicated. How should it be for live-action dramas brought over from anime? Would we later be adding director and the rest of the staff? One big stumbling block is.. who's going to gather the database.. at the moment we already have problems (manpower) updating the main drama database (yesh, the new season's dramas are still not available here.. hopefully soon though). For listing by broadcasting station, not a problem, just aesthetics as to where we can put this option/link.

I'd offer to help out, how complicated is the work?

I'm an ex-SQL DBA and an S.E.
-PCM

I think most of the work is in collecting this information. Of the top of my head, I can think of one, Kouki Mitani. He did Ohsama no Resutoran, the Furuhata series, and I believe Shinsengumi. But that's all I know.

It'd be totally awesome to have the current database coverted to Wikipedia and future updates could be made to it by users. Keeps the database up-to-date as well as easy to manage.

pcmodem wrote:

I'd offer to help out, how complicated is the work? I'm an ex-SQL DBA and an S.E.

Thanks, like what dochira had said, most of the work is in information gathering and data entry. I probably have to create a module for that data entry. Currently I have modules for most parts of the database except artiste-artiste and drama-drama relations, which I'm still updating via SQL. The most recent drama updates were done by juliana_phang actually, and she's been doing a good job of it so far.

I'm trying to separate the technical parts and data gathering between me and some helpers. More efficient to keep the site updated this way.

eightysix wrote:

It'd be totally awesome to have the current database coverted to Wikipedia and future updates could be made to it by users. Keeps the database up-to-date as well as easy to manage.

Come to think of it, its a cool idea. But the unstructured nature within a Wiki page makes the entire site very hard to maintain.

I'm also toying with the idea of letting any user do the data-entry, while I just click to approve. Only problem is, most users post incomplete or inconsistent information which I have to follow-up before any updates. It shows in the update requests I've been getting on email thus far.
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Genma wrote:

Come to think of it, its a cool idea. But the unstructured nature within a Wiki page makes the entire site very hard to maintain. I'm also toying with the idea of letting any user do the data-entry, while I just click to approve. Only problem is, most users post incomplete or inconsistent information which I have to follow-up before any updates. It shows in the update requests I've been getting on email thus far.

I don't know how much work in involved to code it, but there could be a "holding pen" for incomplete drama submissions. Once the required information (however determined) is filled in (and corrected by others), then you'll receive the final approval message for posting to the main database. It's sort of a hybrid DB-Wiki solution. In this way you are not inundated with emails/PM, and we users will be able to fill in information as we get them.

Genma wrote:

I'm also toying with the idea of letting any user do the data-entry, while I just click to approve. Only problem is, most users post incomplete or inconsistent information which I have to follow-up before any updates. It shows in the update requests I've been getting on email thus far.

maybe you should have (if possible) 3 tier approval step. anyone can updat it like you said, but the mods here are fairly knowledgable to check stuff over so we can click on a check, and then ultimately you can have final approval. all kinda like some sort of workflow.
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Here's my Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/kwan1?ref=profile

Sounds like for me.. though its a one-time effort.

Lets see if I can squeeze the time out for that.
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