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Feature suggestion: gender field on cast/crew records.
posted by matthewbuchananSTAFFMOD on January 28, 2016 at 4:55 PM
We'd like to be able to show the breakdown of male vs female in many areas, such as being able to generate most-watched Actors and Actresses automatically based on film views (instead of just a single list of Actors). A gender field on the person object would make this possible and is preferable to us layering this on at our end (and presumably then crowd-sourcing the data from our members).
Reply by Travis Bell
on January 28, 2016 at 6:00 PM
Hey Matthew,
Yup, this one is being tracked as well (ticket #434). This one is easier and probably something I could get done sooner rather than later.
Reply by matthewbuchanan
on January 28, 2016 at 7:57 PM
Cool, thanks. With all the interest in Women in Film, seems like something that would be well received!
Reply by Travis Bell
on February 8, 2016 at 5:17 PM
Genders has been pushed live on the website. This will make its way to the API in a few days.
Reply by matthewbuchanan
on February 8, 2016 at 5:34 PM
Awesome! Thanks very much.
Reply by matthewbuchanan
on February 8, 2016 at 5:35 PM
Might it be worth having an "Other" option instead of just Male/Female/unset?
Reply by Marr 🇳🇱
on February 8, 2016 at 5:39 PM
I just noticed the new people profiles, neat! :)
Reply by Travis Bell
on February 8, 2016 at 5:52 PM
Curious, is there really a difference between "other" and "unspecified"? What I mean specifically I guess is the "-" is just a label, which I could change. So what I am wondering is, is the idea of an "other" or "not specified" gender any different? Those feel the same to me. If a person doesn't want to share a specific gender then that's fine but we would still only need 3 options. Thoughts, ideas?
Reply by matthewbuchanan
on February 8, 2016 at 5:55 PM
Yes, on reflection that makes sense. At least you are offering the third option! If the field had to mandatorily be Male or Female that might present more of a problem.
Reply by matthewbuchanan
on February 8, 2016 at 5:56 PM
The only downside is that it's not possible to tell the difference between "this field is not set" and "this field is purposefully set to unspecified".
Reply by Samara
on February 8, 2016 at 8:05 PM
Just a reminder: Maybe think of to make a field for relatives like suggested before