User:Joshua Scott/IMDb

IMDB has been brought up a few times in various discissions:
 * 19 April 2007
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Films/Style guidelines/Archive 1
 * don't use the user ratings


 * 18 July 2007
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Films/Archive 14
 * resulting in an failed proposal here.


 * 7 January 2008
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 5
 * IMDB may use information from Wikipedia in user submitted areas


 * 16 April 2008
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 11
 * IMDB Pro is no more or less reliable than the normal site.


 * 18 July 2007
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Films/Archive 14
 * resulting in an failed proposal here.


 * 25 July 2008
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 17
 * not as reliable as the new york times.


 * 27 September 2008
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 22


 * 2 October 2008
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 20


 * 17 November 2008
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 24


 * 18 November 2008
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 23


 * 9 February 2009
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 28


 * 23 June 2009
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 37


 * 26 July 2009
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 40


 * 17 October 2009
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 47


 * 25 November 2009
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 50


 * 6 March 2010
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 58

Perhaps the most telling is the IMDb FAQ, which states that they use on-screen credits. I take the position that the credits section is reliable, and a good secondary source for that information.