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"TMDB-Synchrotron" Bot looks to be making some odd changes ...
posted by dokuroSTAFFMOD on January 21, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Today I noticed the "TMDB-Synchrotron" bot has made a couple of strange updates:
- One example is from the series The Split to episode 1x3 where the title was changed to "Episode #1.3". I have reverted the change -> https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/79053-the-split/season/1/episode/3/changes
- Second example is from the series Boy Swallows Universe to episode 1x6 where an incorrect external id to imdb was added. I have fixed this update -> https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/209332-boy-swallows-universe/season/1/episode/6/changes
The bot might want to be reviewed in case there is other changes it is making which are incorrect.
Reply by Tim Uruski
on April 15, 2024 at 2:51 PM
We've spun up a separate bot account that runs at a much lower frequency for manually handling specific backfilling. I'll be keeping an eye on it here: https://www.themoviedb.org/u/TMDB-Betatron/activity
Reply by talestalker
on May 13, 2024 at 10:44 AM
TMDB-Betatron is adding wrong Czech certifications, for example 15+ to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban here.
As far as I can tell from what I've come across so far, all the changes made to the Czech content are incorrect. But it's most likely an unreliability of the source, not a bug in the bot. Unfortunately, we can't filter the edits made by the bot by the original language of the movie, so I'll fix the errors as I come across them. I just hope that the bot isn't changing locked fields...
Reply by Tim Uruski
on May 13, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Thanks for the report @talestalker, I'll dig into the source for Czech certifications and get that sorted.
Reply by dokuro
on May 24, 2024 at 10:39 AM
FYI... I can see the bot TMDB-Betatron added a 15 certification for a theatrical release on this movie -> https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/810693-0/changes?filter_key=key&filter=release_dates
Ireland does not have a 15 certification for theatrical releases, its 15A as per the guidelines defined -> https://www.ifco.ie. A 15 certification would be fine for physical or digital releases but not theatrical. You may want to adjust the code in the bot to account for this.
Reply by talestalker
on June 14, 2024 at 5:28 AM
As per the @lineker report here TMDB-Betatron added a 2042 digital release date here.
Reply by raze464
on June 15, 2024 at 2:26 PM
TMDB-Betatron added a 1975 theatrical release date to the 2016 film "Warcraft."
Reply by raze464
on June 15, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Per this report, TMDB-Betatron added a 1965 theatrical release date to the 2015 film "Neighbors."
Reply by raze464
on June 15, 2024 at 10:27 PM
TMDB-Betatron added a 2043 digital release date to the 2017 film "Justice League."
Reply by mary
on June 16, 2024 at 12:58 PM
TMDB Betatron had added various 1973 and 1974 release dates to a 2009 film "Adrift".
Reply by mary
on June 16, 2024 at 1:02 PM
TMDB Betatron had added a 2012 release date to a 2022 film "The Eternal Daughter".
Reply by superboy97
on June 17, 2024 at 12:27 AM
For How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966), TMDB-Betatron added a wrong 1970 Japan theatrical release instead of a TV release date (supposing that IMDB is correct).
Reminder : On IMDB, when a movie is listed as a "TV movie", all release dates listed there without indication in parenthesis are TV releases. If a release is theatrical, it is explicitely marked as "(theatrical release)" like here for example for a TV movie that has been released theatrically in France.
This is the reverse as for theatrical movies.
Reply by David
on June 21, 2024 at 5:57 PM
TMDB-Synchrotron added the imdb ID and several other info of The Wait to the documentary Hamilton vs. Verstappen: un Mundial de infarto
Reply by Tim Uruski
on June 24, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Thanks for cleaning that up. That bot is currently on hold while we fix the issues with its matching system.
Reply by codycook
on June 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM
See "Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)" edits by TMDB-Betatron. A movie released in 1995 has a future release date of 2035... a 40-year anniversary, perhaps, more than 11 years away... that's quite a huge distance away from now. There should be a limit on how far out these are applied.
Reply by ate.yams_0t
on July 2, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Here's a few more with incorrect release dates in case it hasn't been reported yet. They seem to be for digital releases and often for Austria:
Hagazussa shows 2043-08-25
Nina Forever shows 2042-09-23
Primary Colors shows 2036-02-25
Splinter shows 2040-04-19
Tag shows 2042-09-29
Dark City shows 2036-02-04
I've removed those release dates for now.