TTVN:
Is it possible to force the website's hand by adding Vietnamese works on already existing country tags?
No, they'll be rejected.
Which will add to the mods' workload, but mods also have to reject every attempt to add a tag made through the (Vote or add a tag) link on a drama's page and the devs can't even be bothered to change that wording.
I think fans' best bet is to join together to make our own site for Vietnamese and other SE Asian dramas.
Elisheva:
No, they'll be rejected.
Which will add to the mods' workload, but mods also have to reject every attempt to add a tag made through the (Vote or add a tag) link on a drama's page and the devs can't even be bothered to change that wording.
I think fans' best bet is to join together to make our own site for Vietnamese and other SE Asian dramas.
This does sound more plausible, but I doubt it'll stay afloat since not many people watch SEA works. The point of wanting to add Vietnam to Mydramalist is to bring exposure to the country's media.
In Myanimelist, people are still adding Chinese animated works under the Japanese tag, and it all goes through, so idk...
This does sound more plausible, but I doubt it'll stay afloat since not many people watch SEA works. The point of wanting to add Vietnam to Mydramalist is to bring exposure to the country's media.
In Myanimelist, people are still adding Chinese animated works under the Japanese tag, and it all goes through, so idk...
Yeah, getting sustainable critical mass is difficult. Though this thread would be a steady source of new people :) But it might be better than nothing.
May as well try your idea to confirm.
Oh duh, check out Letterboxd. They have a fair bit of Thai drama in their database. Search is best by title so I can't see what they have for Vietnamese series. Socials are weak but you can make lists, follow others and keep of record of what you've seen.
I think one of the reasons why Vietnam isn't being added is because there's virtually no English subtitles. Filipino films are added because they have English subtitles, and almost half their films are spoken in English too.
Is there any Vietnamese speaker here that want to maybe form subtitle groups? Maybe that'll help spread Vietnamese films more and convince MyDramaList to add Vietnam.
Subtitling isn't hard per se, what's hard is finding where to post them without being copyrighted, and keeping up with it.
as a Vietnamese speaker, I would love to join the group if we have and help sub some interesting Viet-films.
Popcxqueen:
I’ve noticed more and more Vietnamese titles on Netflix and Viki lately, so that counters the argument that there aren’t things to watch out there
While this may not apply to every region, we are eager to explore content from every country if it offers high-quality material. There is no doubt about our commitment to discovering and watching the best content globally.
ASTER:
While this may not apply to every region, we are eager to explore content from every country if it offers high-quality material. There is no doubt about our commitment to discovering and watching the best content globally.
Yep, agree. I actually had a Vietnamese song stuck in my head the other day. I saw it in a vdrama, added it to my playlist and really like it. Cannot remember any of the lyrics but the sound is really nice,
I would love to explore more Vietnamese dramas and those from countries like Bhutan, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal...
I appreciate that it is a lot of work to build a database but surely it is fairly simple to add Vietnam to the drop down menu for country of origin? We have volunteers who would happily contribute to building the database. Even a database with limited info for each drama/movie/doco/? would be better than nothing.
Ah well, we are up to page 27 of the discussion and the admins are still dragging their feet. I wonder what else is going on at that level that is holding this up.
