I can confirm it, josephk. At least, in February 2008,
"The baby of Mâcon had number" 445 in Boyactor database and
"Proof (1991)" had number 115. The first has not been replaced; "Proof"  has been replaced by "Historia zóltej cizemki".

Any word from the admins on where the disappearing profiles went?

Quantum's answer is dead on.
In order to be in our database, an entry should have a leading role by a boy actor and an appropriate profile picture. Exceptions have been made when members have spent considerable effort in creating galleries for films that would not otherwise qualify under these standards.
There may still be films in the database presently that do not meet these standards. Over time those profiles will be addressed.

As to your specific examples, there doesn't seem to be much evidence that The Baby of Macon had a boy in a leading role (Nils Dorando is credited 22nd). I would re-list Proof if I could find a suitable picture for the profile. I have been told that Jeffrey Walker is given sufficient screen time to merit a watch.

I've seen Baby of Macon, and Nils Dorando has far more screen time than 22nd on the credit list would indicate. In fact he's probably the central character.  He is the Baby of Macon, and is actually not a baby, but a young boy, and from memory he's in quite a few scenes. However, it is one of those borderline films which may or may not deserve a place on the database. I think at one stage I had listed a bunch of titles to remove from the database, but I let this film remain but it was 50/50 to keep or remove. I was, however, very very close to removing it.

Jeffrey Walker is very much in a minor-ish supporting role in 'Proof'. From memory, his scenes would probably amount to little more than about 5 minutes. For the sake of consistency, I'd suggest not reinstating a profile for the movie.

Having said that I think Joseph has a good point to make, but if a line is not drawn somewhere, the number of movie profiles needing to be added would be overwhelming.

Cal - I'm still working on that list; if I ever get sufficient free time I'll complete it. 


Mike - Nothing with a gallery is being dumped, though certainly you make a good point were such a title to be removed. It is out of consideration to the work that was done that these titles are not even being considered for replacement.

josephk wrote on 28. Nov 2008 at 17:21:


Actually the work wouldn't need re-doing - all the information is still there on the server. The entry is just tagged as deleted, but can be easily undeleted should the need arise.

If you want to make a case for reinstating the Baby of Macon then I'm sure we can consider reinstating it (and it's a 30 second job to reinstate it)

Zabladowski wrote on 28. Nov 2008 at 00:53:


Sorry about that Zab, I did actually mean to say profiles and as such.

Of course, we all know I never make mistooks 

Anyway, I think anything that could prevent a donor being upset, is a good thing to consider.

Thanks