Country filter has both "Palestine" and "Occupied Palestinian Territories" #676

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opened 2012-03-18 19:33:48 +00:00 by rlx · 3 comments

rlx commented

2012-03-18 19:33:48 +00:00

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This may be an issue with outdated metadata. The former name would be preferred.

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j commented

2012-03-27 17:26:12 +00:00

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this is not an issue of outdated metadata

rlx commented

2012-04-19 10:03:12 +00:00

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Ok, so according to http://www.imdb.com/country/, there is "Palestine" (under British mandate, in the 1930s) and "Palestinian Territories" (today's Palestine). If it was that simple, we could add Mandatory Palestine as a new country, like West Germany. But they actually have entries with "Occupied Palestinian Territories" as well, and some entries from recent years say "Palestine".

Given these inconsistencies ... can we normalize this at parser level?

Ok, so according to <http://www.imdb.com/country/,> there is "Palestine" (under British mandate, in the 1930s) and "Palestinian Territories" (today's Palestine). If it was that simple, we could add Mandatory Palestine as a new country, like West Germany. But they actually have entries with "Occupied Palestinian Territories" as well, and some entries from recent years say "Palestine". Given these inconsistencies ... can we normalize this at parser level?