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Lam Wai (1) main name change

PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:18 pm
by Teddy Wong
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 :)

Re: Lam Wai (1) main name change

PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:38 am
by STSH
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 :)

PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:41 am
by Brian Thibodeau
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.

PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 2:37 pm
by calros
The majority of English credits bill him as simply "Lam Wai".

PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 2:49 pm
by Teddy Wong
Alright. No change then :)