I have a very long list of actor identifications and updates to give Data18's database. If I include them all on the Contact form they have on their website, will the changes actually be made? There are a few actors in particular whose scene histories and connections are woefully incomplete.
Definitely. I have over fifty (yes, fifty!) updates that need to be made on their database. I have a feeling that if I use their "Contact Us" form, whoever reads it will be overwhelmed by the large number of updates and just ignore the message.
Not sure if anyone from the Data18 team browses these forums, but here's a recommendation: Implement a feature which allows people to suggest edits and/or label actors with the proper identifications on the site, and then simply require those suggestions to be verified and approved by a moderator before they appear on the database. It'd be similar to how people are tagged in pictures on Facebook. The site has lots of potential, but right now there are just way too many omissions. Edited by - Billdude on 6/21/2015 3:26:02 PM
Have you actually contacted them with a proposal to help them update their site? You may be right in thinking they'd ignore an email with loads of updates assuming it's spam but if you ease in gently and they accept, they'd at least be prepared and know the updates are coming to them.
I actually volunteered my own time for these updates if they wanted it. It doesn't really help that the Contact Us form itself is rather vague and isn't properly formatted for update submissions. They don't even have a forum like PornTeenGirl does. It sucks because Data18 is the only database with lots of galleries, connections between performers, and which covers both DVDs and internet porn, but yet there's no easy way for others to suggest all the corrections needed.
Tried that. Nothing. They don't seem to respond to inquiries either. I can't see how they can manage a database as vast as theirs without outside feedback. I wish someone would create a more interactive alternative to that site.
^They may be too busy managing a vast database with great features to respond to feedback, or maybe they have day jobs to pay the bills of a free site.
^^ What do you mean by "interactive"? If you mean something open to Joe Public like a wiki page, that would require and investment of time and/or money to moderate.