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Valid Sources

Please note that IMDB should never be used as a source for Guest Cast, Guest Crew, Cast Appearance or Crew Appearance information.

Guest Cast

A Guest Cast entry specifies a guest starring role in the episode. It links an actor ("person") entry that played or voiced the role, with the character entry that was portrayed. A Guest Cast entry can be created for all appearances in an episode, regardless of whether they were actually credited or not. It should never be created for an actor that's already part of the show's Main Cast in the given episode.

Since a Guest Cast entry is tied to a single character, separate Guest Cast entries should be created if one person has multiple credits in an episode. This can happen for example in animated shows, if one actor voices multiple characters.

On TVmaze, a dedicated character entry (and thus a character page/guide) is created for each guest role. This may sound like overkill for small and insignificant characters, but it allows for much greater consistency in our data model, site and API; so bear with us.

In some shows, the credits make a distinction between different kinds of starring roles, like "Special Guest Star" or "Co-Star". If this information is available it can be entered, otherwise simply leave it at the default of "Guest Star". If a character does appear in a certain episode but is specifically not credited for it, the "Uncredited" type can be used.

If the person does not appear in the episode but only his or her voice is heard, the "voice of" property should be checked. This is common in animated shows, but also in some scripted shows in the form of a narrator.

If a person is not portraying a character role in the episode but merely being him- or herself, the "him/herself" property should be checked. If this happens, there are several options on how to name the character:

Mind to apply these choices consistently within a show. Unless a person has two very different roles on a show, all the Guest Cast entries for a person should refer to the same character.

Mystery guests (like on The Masked Singer) can be credited as Guest Cast as of the episode where they are revealed. They should never be added ahead of their actual reveal (based on e.g. leaks), nor should they be retroactively credited in the episodes where they appeared prior to their reveal.

Guest Crew

A Guest Crew entry specifies a person working on the crew for a specific episode. The four possible crew types (Writer, Director, Story and Teleplay) were chosen because those crew positions commonly vary between each of a show's episodes.

Credits for "Screenplay" should be added as "Teleplay" instead.

Cast Appearances

A Cast Appearance can be used to indicate which of the show's Main Cast members actually appeared in the episode.

Crew Appearances

A Crew Appearance can be used to indicate which of the show's Main Crew members were actually credited in the episode.

Images in the episode gallery should be an actual scene from the episode. Official promotional images may be used, provided they have exactly the same composition as shown in the public release. That means "behind the scenes" images cannot be used. An episode's main image should be free of major spoilers - suitable for people who have not yet watched the episode.

Since gallery images must be taken from the actual episode, their aspect ratio has to be the same as on the show itself. This is usually widescreen, e.g. 16:9. The image should have a resolution of at least 720p (1280x720), unless the episode was never aired or released in 720p. But please upload the highest resolution that's available for any particular picture. The site will automatically generate thumbnails in various smaller sizes; and the higher the source resolution the better quality they'll be.

Screencaps are allowed to contain a network/webchannel logo, but may not contain any third-party logos or watermarks. Images must not be blurry or have visible compression artifacts (most noticeable in dark scenes) such as in this example.

Any number of images can be added to the episode's gallery, but since only the main image is prominently used, adding more than a few images is not very fruitful. When episode data is likely to be contended because on-screen data conflicts with one of the other valid sources, screengrabs from the episode's title card or credits may be permanently added to the episode gallery to prove the data's validity.

Videos

Episode videos can be used to add a trailer to an episode. Currently, the only allowed source for Episode Videos is Youtube. To add a Youtube video to an episode, enter its ID in the youtube field.

Recap

A recap is a detailed description of the events in an episode. It will almost definitely contain spoilers, and should be a substitute for actually watching the episode.

As opposed to the other data listed here, recaps are not a piece of data that can be edited by anyone. Instead, recaps are the property of the user who created them, and can only be edited by their original author or Head Contributors.

Please take note of our copyright policy. Recaps may not be copied from official sources, unless the source's license explicitly permits it.

Notes

Notes are freeform text that can be added to episodes to provide background information or clarification. Notes can only be created if they fit into one of the categories listed below; and should never contain information that's already available elsewhere on the episode page. Currently, Notes can only be created by Supporting Contributors and higher.

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