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JJ, I assume you are making references to Euro hc actresses who crossed over to mainstream films (Tabatha Cash, etc), I really can't see why such soft core or mainstream movies should be listed in EGAFD.
If I missed your point, please clarify...
That being said, if it were me, I would list EVERY movie in which a porn actresse starred in, whether it was shot in Europe, USA, and even mainstream or soft-core work that actress has done. I would just list ALL of them in HER filmography, but I would NOT open up a separate page for soft-core titles or for NON-continental movies made by that actress.
Now look at the sister British Girl database...they list US and non-British titles of the performers listed there. Why is that, and why does EGAFD exclude them?

Len801 wrote:
> JJ, I assume you are making references to Euro hc actresses who
> crossed over to mainstream films (Tabatha Cash, etc), I really
> can't see why such soft core or mainstream movies should be
> listed in EGAFD.
I suppose the short answer is because it's an ADULT film database.
More practically, there has to be a limit- otherwise, without more staff
[and probably paid ones, at that] the task would become overwhelming.


> if it were me, I would list EVERY movie in
> which a porn actresse starred in, whether it was shot in
> Europe, USA, and even mainstream or soft-core work
Same comment above, about 'adult'.

> I would just list ALL of them in HER filmography,
I can imagine what the Traci Lords page would be like : -)


> I would NOT open up a separate page for soft-core titles or for
> NON-continental movies made by that actress.
I'm not sure I understand this point.

> Now look at the sister British Girl database...they list US and
> non-British titles of the performers listed there.
The pool of UK actresses is much smaller than that from continental
Europe, so it's feasible within the available manpower- although
with the increasing number of UK girls going into porn and available
outlets for their work [web-based etc.] I suspect the task is rapidly
approaching overload. As to US titles featuring Euro girls, there seems
little point in duplicating the work of iafd- although one thing I'd be
very much in favour of would be a link for each actress on egafd to
the corresponding page on iafd, and vice versa.
In the end it's a trade-off between ambition and practicality; I think
the founders of egafd got the balance about right, which is a
testament to their foresightedness.

IMDB is just a film database and if it does list a porn performer (male/female), it will list everything.
IAFD used to list only hc movies released/distributed in the USA, but lately it has been listing (correct me if I am wrong) even Euro movies that may not have been widely seen or released in the US.
The British Adult database lists UK, US and other foreign titles.
EBI lists foreign and US-produced titles.
All I was just suggesting is to be fair to the performer and to be fair to the poor sucker who has to do summersaults in all these databases to find what an actress has done (a soft core film here, a softcore film there, a hc in Europe, some in the USA). Listing just a film title in her biography page is not too much to ask for.
I was not suggesting to open up a separate page for a non-continental or soft-core movie. Only hc continental films should have a separate page with all the details (title, date, director, full cast, some description, video distributors where film is available on line, etc)uietc).
But in my view, all movies could and should be listed in the performers' filmography page. This would not be duplicating or "invading" another database's territory. It would only inform the researcher to look elsewhere for that title for which there is NO separate page at EGAFD. I don't know how else to explain this. The film title would be just listed in her biography but there would not be a separate page for a US title or soft-core title.

What would a Traci Lords biography look like? Something like this:


Karin Schubert filmography??? Something like this:

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Author: jj
Date: 04-08-08 23:28

Len801 wrote:
> JJ, I assume you are making references to Euro hc actresses who
> crossed over to mainstream films (Tabatha Cash, etc), I really
> can't see why such soft core or mainstream movies should be
> listed in EGAFD.
I suppose the short answer is because it's an ADULT film database.
More practically, there has to be a limit- otherwise, without more staff
[and probably paid ones, at that] the task would become overwhelming.


> if it were me, I would list EVERY movie in
> which a porn actresse starred in, whether it was shot in
> Europe, USA, and even mainstream or soft-core work
Same comment above, about 'adult'.

> I would just list ALL of them in HER filmography,
I can imagine what the Traci Lords page would be like : -)


> I would NOT open up a separate page for soft-core titles or for
> NON-continental movies made by that actress.
I'm not sure I understand this point.

> Now look at the sister British Girl database...they list US and
> non-British titles of the performers listed there.
The pool of UK actresses is much smaller than that from continental
Europe, so it's feasible within the available manpower- although
with the increasing number of UK girls going into porn and available
outlets for their work [web-based etc.] I suspect the task is rapidly
approaching overload. As to US titles featuring Euro girls, there seems
little point in duplicating the work of iafd- although one thing I'd be
very much in favour of would be a link for each actress on egafd to
the corresponding page on iafd, and vice versa.
In the end it's a trade-off between ambition and practicality; I think
the founders of egafd got the balance about right, which is a
testament to their foresightedness.