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Show HN: TheyMadeThat – an IMDB for everything, and not just for movies

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Feel free to test drive our alternative to LinkedIn in alpha: http://theymadethat.com

Just please don't delete any data or add garbage data to our site.

If you like what you see, please up vote our Apply HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11523675

Ideally it would be great if you guys post your questions and comments there as well

Pleading with people not to mess up your data is guaranteed to lead to problems. You can't rely on the goodwill of anonymous internet people. You will need a flagging system, moderators, etc.

No we can't but HN tends to be civil. Yes some day after alpha we'll have nice things hopefully that but for now we're just relying on version history and database backups

clickable http://theymadethat.com

The name is a bit silly, I'm thinking about "how it's made" and various childrens books about how stuff works.

The site doesn't strike me as a 'database' of sorts, nor does the name now that I think of it.

Site itself has a lot of whitespace and again doesn't feel like a database.

I am also not sure people are passionate enough to actually edit stuff about some random tech guy or even some software. But for movies - people dedicate their lives to keeping up with those things, discussing them etc.

What would make it more "databasey"?

I don't really know to be honest.

We're definitely not positioning this as a datastore or database. I only mentioned IMDB because it's the website that's closest to what we do.

"I am also not sure people are passionate enough to actually edit stuff about some random tech guy or even some software"

TheyMadeThat has more than 'tech guys' and software. We have cars and mid-century modern furniture as well, and technically we can store data on books, music, and anything else that people are passionate about. We're pretty sure there are people obsessed with those things as well movies.

So is it like wikipedia then?

Yes and no. It's like saying there's no point to IMDB since Wikipedia has the same data... or why do you need IM when email does the same thing? The subject matter is more limited and the display is way more consistent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Fadell

http://theymadethat.com/people/tony-fadell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Pinkham

http://theymadethat.com/people/chris-pinkham

Forgot. Unlike Wikipedia, we don't have a notability threshold. You don't need to be famous in order to have an entry for your work.

The idea may be good or not, but the submission is a bit silly, without a link, asking me to vote somewhere.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11523675

Better? ;)

Honest question: How does this improve on the info already on Wikipedia?

I'll answer your question if you post it here instead

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11523675

In my opinion, that is not consistent with the spirit of "Show HN". Cross link from the application if you must, but please don't treat this thread like SEO.

The question still gets answered on HN... So I'm not sure how this completely breaks the spirit of Show HN

To answer your question the main difference is consistency and more of a focus on interelating two different subjects and people

Clickable: http://theymadethat.com

How is the backend fundamentally different from a wiki?

How is the frontend, more efficient than one?

Compared to a wiki for both the backend and front end the relationships between two different resources are more clear and consistent

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Fadell

http://www.theymadethat.com/people/tony-fadell

In what ways?

1. Unlike Wikipedia if there is enough data, you are guaranteed separate pages for work and people just like what you have in IMDB for movie and actors

2. With those separate pages you will get links in between them

Try the links on this page:

http://www.theymadethat.com/people/tony-fadell

Here's something I forgot. The most important difference between TheyMadeThat and the most important wiki: Wikipedia.

Unlike Wikipedia, we don't have a notability threshold so you can post your work now and you don't have to wait until you get Frank Loyd Wright's prestige before you can have an entry.

http://www.theymadethat.com/people/ben-rudgers

Since we're here, compare it to your LinkedIn profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brudgers

It's not a correct way to submit a link on HN. Plus to this, don't ask your friends to upvote your link.

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