Forum - View topicShould streaming sites be linked in Encyclopedia entries?
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yuna49
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Licensed shows usually have links to their DVDs and BDs, but I don't see any links for their streams. Surely by now it makes sense to start including streaming links as well, when perhaps 3/4's of new late-night releases appear on Crunchyroll, Funimation, or TheAnimeNetwork. There is also a wide array of older shows available at Hulu and elsewhere, some of which like Cross Game and Nodame Cantabile, have never been released on a physical disc in Region 1.
is the absence of such links a conscious policy, a lack of editorial personpower to compile them, or just an oversight? Who is responsible for the links to DVD/BD releases? Are they dependent on our submitting them or are they compiled by ANN's staff? Is there anything we can do to help identify streaming links? Just adding a category to which we could submit the links as we can for other things like casts and summaries would be a start. If you ever do start including links, please offer the option to post both subtitled and dubbed versions. |
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dormcat
Encyclopedia Editor
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Those physical media (plus eBooks) links (located between the "can you contribute any of the following?" pull-down menu and "Japanese staff") existed way before legal streaming -- or even illegal streaming -- was technically feasible. It uses a UPC/ISBN/EAN-dependent proprietary system to grab prices from the seven cooperating online retailers. Therefore, the purpose and technical structure of those physical media links are fundamentally different from streaming site URLs; the latter simply don't have UPC/ISBN/EAN of any sort. While only Dan could decide and design whether a new category of streaming links to be added among physical media or not, any user is welcomed to add legal streaming websites under "Official website." |
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yuna49
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Thanks!
I was, of course, only speaking of legal sites. I may starting adding a few to the website section as you suggest. My kitty wishes she could be a dormcat, too, but my daughter's college frowns on pets in the dorms. I suspect she'd be happier living amongst a bunch of young ladies than hanging around the house with dad, but them's the rules. |
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Shiroi Hane
Encyclopedia Editor
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Where the video is streaming on ANN (e.g. via Crunchyroll) the videos should be linked from the episode list also (e.g. animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7293&page=25)
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