Lam Wai (1) main name change

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Should we change Lam Wai (1) to David Lam Wai?

Poll ended at Thu May 08, 2008 9:18 pm

Change to David Lam Wai
2
29%
Don't change
5
71%
 
Total votes : 7

Lam Wai (1) main name change

Postby Teddy Wong » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:18 pm

Another suggestion.
Concerning this person - http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=5412&display_set=eng
he is quite known actor, but his main name in HKMDB is simply - Lam Wai (1)
now there are a lot of Lam Wais in DB, so I think we should make this Lam Wai to be somehow prominent from the other Lam Wais
I suggest to change his current main name - "Lam Wai (1)" to "David Lam Wai"

Of course after this change, it will be a bit difficult to find him in DB for the people who know him as Lam Wai only, and doesn't know his english name (David).
So here is the poll :)
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Re: Lam Wai (1) main name change

Postby STSH » Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:38 am

In how many movies is he credited as David Lam ?
I've never seen it.

Teddy Wong wrote:Another suggestion.
Concerning this person - http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=5412&display_set=eng
he is quite known actor, but his main name in HKMDB is simply - Lam Wai (1)
now there are a lot of Lam Wais in DB, so I think we should make this Lam Wai to be somehow prominent from the other Lam Wais
I suggest to change his current main name - "Lam Wai (1)" to "David Lam Wai"

Of course after this change, it will be a bit difficult to find him in DB for the people who know him as Lam Wai only, and doesn't know his english name (David).
So here is the poll :)
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Postby Brian Thibodeau » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:41 am

I think I've only seen him credited once as David, but admittedly there are plenty of his movies I haven't seen. Those I have, he's usually just Lam Wai or Lin Wei.

I tend to think the English name should be part of an actor's main name in the listing if he/she was billed that way in a majority (i.e. over 50%) of their screen credits. Just a thought . . .

Additionally, if you search David Lam from the main page, he still comes up as one of the hits, so anybody searching him that way would still be able to find him thanks to the alias included in his listing.
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Postby calros » Sat May 03, 2008 2:37 pm

The majority of English credits bill him as simply "Lam Wai".
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Postby Teddy Wong » Sat May 03, 2008 2:49 pm

Alright. No change then :)
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