Item: Clarence Ford
Language: en-US
Type of Problem: Incorrect_content
Extra Details: This man's name is not Clarence Ford, at least according to any actual source on the Internet.
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Reply by Banana
on October 13, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Well, according to my very quick and simplistic research, he was credited in the on-screen credits of some of his films under both names. One online source that uses Clarence Ford (and likely to be the reason why it's used here too) is HKMDB: https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4691&display_set=eng
I invite you to read the guidelines for names and make a better case if you still think the name should be changed.
Reply by tremoloandwine
on October 14, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Effectively every source online credits him as Fok, not Ford, and as someone who's actually seen several of his movies I don't recall ever seeing that psuedonym. I'm not denying that it happened, but I am going to argue that it shouldn't be the primary name used on this site. Credits are often misspelled in English in Hong Kong films, so on screen credits can't be a reliable source. The Hong Kong government's film archive refers to him as Clarence Fok with no mention of the Ford surname.
https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/6.-Research-and-Publication/06-02-Filmmakers-Search/English/Clarence-FOK_e.pdf
Reply by tremoloandwine
on October 14, 2024 at 3:12 AM
I'd also like to add that other than some unsourced Wikipedia entries that were linking to a random jazz saxophonist, HKMDB seems alone in calling him Clarence Ford. IMDB, MyDramaList, the main Wikipedia page, all call him Fok.
Reply by tremoloandwine
on December 12, 2024 at 2:07 PM
any update on this? it's been 2 months
Reply by tremoloandwine
on January 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Checking in for another update and getting quite frustrated at this, I did actual research on this and came up with nothing that suggests he's ever used this name. Maybe there's some obscure credit 20 films down in his filmography that uses that name, either way, it should not be the primary and you should really consider how TMDB is used as a source for information on countless other websites and apps. This is not a little hobby project like the mods seem to still treat it. Would you like it if someone was just calling you by the completely incorrect name? These are, in fact, real people you're dealing with here, and a name is important.
Please, for the love of god, respond and fix this. I've waited long enough and I'm annoyed at how immediately you dismissed this complaint because you just did a Google search. Nothing makes me want to contribute to this site less than being treated like this. You responded pretty immediately when you were able to dismiss me but when I provide evidence I get silence for months.