ギネス申請の結果報告

2009年年末より始めた「800文字以上の、公開前新作映画1日1本連続映評分析ブログ」が、1000日連続を突破し、下記①のように(申請ID番号は伏字にしています)ロンドンのギネス本社で、審査を受けておりましたが、このほど結果(下記②)が出ましたので、ご報告させていただきます

上には上がいましたと思いきや…。アメリカ在住のさるブロガーが1万7千超えとのことですが、サイトを見たところ映画評論ではなく、しかも累計ブログ数の世界記録でした。

そこで、僕は以下のメールを、反論する形で英語で返信したのです。

「私が申請した内容とかなり異なっていましたので、少し主張したく思います。ブログは全く関係ありません。ブログにはこだわらないで下さい。

私が申請したのはブログの数ではありません。また、ブログの内容は映画評論に限定しています。さらに、その映画も、映画館で公開される前の映画です。そして、1日1本以上の映画批評の連続日数の記録です。累計ではなく、休みなく毎日更新していく連続日数がポイントとなります。付け加えて、映画評論ですので、ブログに限定していません。日々更新している映画WEBや、新聞・雑誌なども範疇に入ります。但し、編集部内ローテーションで回す、いわゆる団体ではなく、1人の個人映画評論家が日々連続して評論している分が対象です。もう1度、検討していただけないでしょうか。よろしくお願いします。」

それで、返ってきた回答が下記の③でした。過小評価はしないが、このアイテムは、specialised、つまり特殊な項目に特化していて一般的ではない。こういう特化したものには、ギネス当局は対応できないので、残念ながら認定はできない。という結果でした。

要するに、基本は、質ではなく量であるということでした。映画評論というものが、一般的に確立されていない現状も、改めて思い知らされました。

でも、しかし、それでも、僕は続けられる限り、連続で続けていこうと思っています。今も更新中らしいギネス認定のブログ数にどこまで迫れるか、全くもって未知数ですが、今後ともどうぞ幣ブログを、よろしくお願いいたします。

「映画分析研究所」所長・宮城正樹

①

Dear Mr Masaki Miyagi,

We are pleased to inform you that your record application has been transferred to our internal system.

You do not need to do anything further at this stage.

We will process your claim and give you an answer to your application in approximately four-six (4-6) weeks.

At Guinness World Records, we take great care to evaluate every claim we receive. Before we accept or reject a new record proposal, we always carry out claim-specific research, which may require the expertise of external consultants.

In the attached document called General Information on Record Breaking, you will find an overview of the record breaking process.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANYTHING FURTHER AT THIS POINT.

Once we have considered your record suggestion, we will contact you with our decision.

In case of success, we will send to you the current world record, the guidelines you must follow and details of the evidence you must compile.

If your claim is urgent and you need an immediate answer, you can use Fast Track which ensures that your record application is considered by our expert team in just 3 working days. To upgrade to Fast Track please log on www.guinnessworldrecords.com, select the claim number ●●●●●● and click on 'Upgrade to Fast Track'.

Finally PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL AS IT COMES FROM AN UNMONITORED EMAIL ADDRESS, if you wish to contact us, please log in on www.guinnessworldrecords.com, select the claim ID●●●●●●, and click on 'Make an Enquiry', we will reply within 3-5 days.

Thank you for contacting Guinness World Records.

Best regards
Records Management Team
Guinness World Records


** Please do not reply to this message; it was sent from an unmonitored email address. This message is related to your application on guinnessworldrecords.com. To reply to this email, please log in on www.guinnessworldrecords.com, select your claim and click on “Make an enquiry”. - Alternatively you can call our office in London on +44 207 891 4500 from 9.30 AM to 6.00 PM GMT. **

②

Dear Mr Masaki Miyagi,

Thank you for sending us the details of your recent record attempt for 'Number of days of continuous film critic'. We are afraid to say that we are unable to accept this as a Guinness World Record.

Unfortunately, we do already have a record for a similar category and the current world record for it is: The most prolific professional blogger is Darren Murph (USA) who had composed 17,212 individual contracted blog posts for engadget.com as of 29 July 2010.

Guinness World Records has absolute discretion as to which record applications are accepted and our decision is final. Guinness World Records may at its discretion and for whatever reason identify some records as either no longer monitored by Guinness World Records or no longer viable.

As your record application has not been accepted, Guinness World Records is in no way associated with the activity relating to your record proposal and we in no way endorse this activity. If you choose to proceed with this activity then this is will be of your own volition and at your own risk.

Once again thank you for your interest in Guinness World Records.


Yours sincerely,

Gulnaz Ukassova
Records Management Team

③

Dear Masaki Miyagi,

Thank you for sending us the details of your recent record attempt for 'Number of days of continuous film critic'. We have noted your comments regarding our decision to reject your claim, and have discussed your case further.

While we certainly do not underestimate your proposal, we do however think that this item is a little too specialised for a body of reference as general as ours. We receive many thousands of record claims every year and we think you will appreciate that we are bound to favour those which reflect the greatest interest.

Therefore our initial position still stands and this is our final decision.

Unfortunately, given that we receive well in excess of 60,000 enquiries and claims per year, we regret that we will not be able to enter into any further correspondence regarding this particular claim.

Once again, we thank you for your interest in Guinness World Records


Yours sincerely,

Gulnaz Ukassova
Records Management Team