Category talk:Films by actor
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imho this metacat title should probably be "Films by actor". starring is not even a noun. RZuo (talk) 11:11, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
- I agree that Category:Films by actor would be better, especially since we made Category:Actors gender neutral. - Themightyquill (talk) 13:55, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
- This would widen the scope - starring can mean anything from having one of the main roles to being featured somewhat prominently in the credits. It certainly would not include not-so-well-known actors in bit parts. As the definition of starring is not very clear, I would prefer Category:Films by actor, but the subcategories would need to be renamed as well. The cat sorting should be changed, too, as it is now by first name instead of last name. @Joostik: was this category meant for all actors in a film or really only the starring ones? In the latter case, by which definition of starring? --rimshottalk 08:36, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
- It hasn't been strictly enforced to this point, unless someone really thinks Buzz Aldrin's cameo in Transformers: Dark of the Moon was a starring role: Category:Films starring Buzz Aldrin. =) I'm not sure this whole category tree is useful on commons at all since we don't have many movie categories, but conversely, since we don't have many movie categories, it's unlikely to get out of hand. - Themightyquill (talk) 12:45, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
- this cat tree is the way to go. the other direction (which creates a loop when both are present) is a joke like the "film locations by film" tree. the other direction is "XYZ movie cast members" Category:Cast members, which puts prolific actors in hundreds of cats.--RZuo (talk) 21:39, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
- enwiki hasn't such solution. Category:Films by actor may be acceptable. Something similar is Category:Films by character Estopedist1 (talk) 21:36, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
- +1 for Category:Films by actor. Category:Films by starrings is just nonsensical. Although maybe something like Category:Films by star would work, but I'm still going with Category:Films by actor since "star" isn't an actual thing and you can't really have Category:Films by starrings if "star" doesn't exist in the first place. --Adamant1 (talk) 17:41, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
- this cat tree is the way to go. the other direction (which creates a loop when both are present) is a joke like the "film locations by film" tree. the other direction is "XYZ movie cast members" Category:Cast members, which puts prolific actors in hundreds of cats.--RZuo (talk) 21:39, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Moved to Category:Films by actor. -- Themightyquill (talk) 20:02, 2 July 2022 (UTC)