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This page presents information which can help you to get the most out of this site.
It is divided into the following sections:
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About This Site
The purpose of this site is to be a sort of encyclopedia of WAM and wetlook in
mainstream media, focusing primarily on female celebrities and and their
appearances in:
...basically, any live action scene that was produced and distributed/broadcast for
a mass market. Excluded from this catalog are animation (not live action),
fetish videos, and anything which could be described as a home movie, unless it
has found its way to the mass market by way of mainstream media such as the
evening news. This catalog also largely excludes glamour photo shoots, unless
they have been broadcast in a mass market TV show. Someone's camera phone video won't qualify just because it's been
posted to Youtube and had 20,000 views. So called "production" or "glamour" WAM
won't qualify either because it is produced specifically for a niche market and
won't have mainstream exposure.
The objective is to maintain a comprehensive catalog of all live action wet or messy scenes
from mainstream media,
along with some information about the scene itself. Most entries will describe
genuine WAM/wetlook scenes, although some will serve to "debunk" purported
WAM/wetlook scenes which never were. A rating system allows scenes to be ranked
according to its WAM or wetlook value. A zero means the scene does not actually
contain any true WAM or wetlook; a 10 means the scene is as good as it gets.
The typical scene included in this catalog is one where a female celebrity has
ended up wearing wet clothes (other than a bathing suit, wetsuit, or similar) or became at least
partly covered in something messy, ideally to erotic effect.
This site does include a certain amount of photographic material, mostly to help
you identify people and scenes you might not have heard about, and to add a
little visual interest. It isn't meant to be a photo archive, gallery, or
tribute site; that would involve too much work, storage space and bandwidth, and
would probably raise intellectual property concerns. Likewise, you won't find
any video clips on this site, only links to other sites.
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Types of Entries
The catalog contains three types of entries: people, scenes, and productions
(titles)
People
Person entries almost always describe female celebrities who have appeared in a
WAM/wetlook scene. The only exceptions would be celebrities who haven't yet
appeared in any known WAM/wetlook scenes, or particularly attractive women who
don't yet have a mainstream filmography. Person entries may include any or all
of the following information: basic biographic data (i.e. birthdate), aliases
(e.g. birth name, alternate stage names), main photo, gallery of selected
photos, editor comments, keywords, selected or partial filmography (incomplete list of known appearances),
list of known WAM/wetlook appearances, and comments by site members.
The purpose of the main photo (if present) is to help you "put a name to a face"
if you're not familiar with the person. Main photos could be glamour or
WAM/wetlook, but that is not the intent.
Where present, the photo gallery may or may not include WAM/wetlook, glamour,
topless, or nude photos, and may or may not be stills/captures from a cataloged
WAM/wetlook scene.
Person entries almost always have links to a reputable site (almost always IMDB)
where you can learn more about a given celebrity. Because detailed biographical
data and photos for most celebrities are readily available elsewhere, only some
basic details and links are kept in this catalog.
Scenes
A scene entry gives a detailed description of a WAM/wetlook scene, including the
production in which it occurs. A scene entry may include any or all of the
following additional information: main photo, photo gallery, approximate start
time and/or duration of the scene, editor comments, keywords, known people appearing in the scene, off-site
links, and comments by site members. If present, off-site links may lead to
downloadable clips, Youtube clips, photos, photo galleries, articles, or other
content.
The basic description of a scene is intended to be a brief, objective, factual
description of the scene - persons involved, action taking place, and usually,
clothing worn. The described action is usually confined to the actual wet or
messy event(s), but sometimes includes a bit of lead up to supply context. The
basic description will appear in any listing of the scene.
Editor comments are a more subjective perspective of the scene, usually offer
information about how good the scene is, from a WAM or wetlook perspective.
Where a scene has been rated, the editor comments may provide some insight as to
why the scene received the rating it did.
Where links are supplied, they can take you to other sites which contain
additional photo galleries, video clips, or other content relevant to the given
scene.
Productions (Titles)
A production entry describes a production which may or may not contain WAM or
wetlook scenes. A production entry might describe a movie, TV series, episode,
special, commercial, or music video, and may include any or all of the following
information: description, alternate title(s), parent TV series (for TV episodes
only) selected (incomplete) cast, list of selected episodes (for TV series only), WAM/wetlook
scenes, and comments by site members.
Movies, TV series, TV movies, mini-series, specials, etc. are
cataloged under the titles as they appear in IMDB. Where alternate titles are
listed, they are also as they appear in IMDB.
Episodes of TV series are
cataloged under the episode titles as they appear in IMDB. Where the epsiode is
untitled or unknown, it will usually carry a title of "(Unknown)".
Commercial entries are titled by the brand/product name being advertised, and the
product category in parenthesis e.g. "Peugeot (car)", and may include alternate
titles to help with identification or resolve spelling issues (e.g. รถ vs oe)
Music video entries are titled by song.
Most production entries will have a link to a reputable site where you can find
more information. For movies and almost all TV shows, this will be IMDB. In some
cases, music video entries will provide a link to a music catalog site.
Commercials and most music videos won't have such links.
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Searching
Basics
The behaviour of searches depends on the selected type of search.
"Literal" searches are not case sensitive, and allow for variation in accented
vs unaccented characters, but otherwise require an exact match to the string you
specify (spelling, punctuation, and whitespace must match exactly). Sound-alike searches
perform an approximate phonetic match, allowing for considerable spelling
variations. By default, keyword searches are inclusive; results will include
matches to any of the specified keywords, so the more you keywords you use in
your search, the more results you will get back.
Name searches employ sound-alikes to find matches despite incorrect spellings.
This may help find someone when you're not sure of the spelling, or the person's
name uses an unusual spelling, but may produce a larger than expected list of
matches, and the list may include names which don't appear to be very close to
the name you are looking for.
Title searches employ literal matching against the cataloged titles and
alternate titles, and excludes episode titles. There is no tolerance for
incorrect spellings, or variations in either punctuation or whitespace.
Episode searches function identically to title searches, except that they match
against the cataloged episode titles only.
Scene searches employ keyword matching against scene descriptions, editor
comments (not user comments), and assigned keywords.
Image searches will search the image library by caption and assigned keywords.
Keyword searches will search productions, scenes, and people; productions are
keyword-searched by titles and descriptions; scenes are keyword-searched by
descriptions, editor comments, and assigned keywords; people are searched by
editor comments and assigned keywords.
If you are logged in to the site, you can also perform a literal search of your
own user comments.
Advanced Search
When you check the "Advanced Search" box, "Scene", "Image", and "Keyword" of the
search types allow more complex searches; "Name", "Title", "Episode", and "My
Comments" searches are unaffected.
Advanced searches allow you to prefix keywords with "+" or "-" to only include or
always exclude results containing those keywords. For example: "+wet +red
+dress" will only include results where all three terms appear; "+dress -blue"
will include all results where "dress" appears but "blue" does not.
Note:
there are additional advanced search behaviours, as yet undocumented.
Try Again Feature
When a "Try Again" link appears in the results, IWDB can search an additional
resource (IMDB) to find a unique match to your request (person or title). If a
unique match can be found, it is added to the catalog and the search is
repeated.
The "Get" Button
You can add a person or title to the catalog by entering a URL to the
corresponding IMDB page and clicking the "Get" button. This only works for IMDB
"name" and "title" URLs; anything else is ignored.
External Search
When an "External Search" link appears in the results, you can use it to initiate
a search of IMDB to find the person or title you are looking for. You can then
use the URL of the page you found to add a person or title to the catalog.
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Site Membership and Registration
As a non-member, you can search and view any of the site content, as well as add
new person and/or title entries to the catalog, where there are corresponding
entries in IMDB. As a member, you can also post your comments to any person, scene, or production
entry in the catalog. Membership on IWDB is free. To register and become a member,
click here.
When you register, you must supply a valid email address, and choose a member
name and password. A special email message will be sent to the address you
provide which contains a confirmation link. When you receive the email, follow
the link it contains to fully activate your site membership.
Posting Comments
You can post comments for people, scenes, and productions (titles). When you post
a comment, it can either be public - for everyone to see, or private - for your
eyes only. Private comments allow you to make your own personal notes.
When you post a comment, you can also attach a rating. Scene ratings are
influenced by the ratings you attach in your comment posts. Ratings you attach
to person and title comments are not used at this time.
You can search your comments (both public and private) using the "My Comments"
search type.
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Become a Contributor or Moderator
You can help to make IWDB better by becoming a contributor or moderator.
As a contributor, you can improve IWDB by creating additional scene entries, as
well as titles not found in IMDB such as commercials and music videos.
Contact me via the email address below if you're interested.