[hos]

imho it's an impossible task to define "what is a reliable ID source". you can ask 10 different model collectors and gain 10 different answers.

imho, and especially for this section, the question should be focussed on what's enough to say that a request is solved.

we aren't the global registration office for models.

we are, in first case, helping other guys who like to know something about a specific model. and in reflection to this wish, something like "she is Samantha in Men Only Volume 93" is already enough (if it's prooved with available material).

how reliable this information is, can be answered in both directions. if you can answer this question with "unreliable" you sure have to deliver a better name. and if that's possible, it's nearly rule that someone joins the request discussion with such a better name.

in this business a huge part of models are one-offs or "rare models", who don't have a "reliable" ID at all. do we all want to sort them out, avoid the sign "solved" just because the name we have is unreliable to some?

if any single person isn't happy with a given ID, he can always avoid this ID in his own collection.

but for me, an ID like "Samantha @Men Only Vol 93" is at least a fact you can't deny.

if there is something better, add it. to the request, or to such a model thread. nothing is more easy than to change a name in a thread title.