979 Messages
•
29.1K Points
Add a new series title type
There's a crying need (of both contributors and users) to have theatrical short subjects, and short subjects within a TV series, listed as their own series.
I can understand this.
IMDb may want to consider a new feature. Link series.
A link series will have links, instead of episodes.
For example, the "Tooter Turtle" link series will list the titles of all 39 segments of "Tooter Turtle" (from King Leonardo and His Short Subjects). And all the titles will include links that lead to the original King Leonardo episodes.
Another example. The original "Tom and Jerry" cartoons are listed on IMDb as separate theatrical shorts. A "Tom and Jerry" link series will list the titles of these shorts and include links to each of their pages.
A link series will even work for feature-length series, such as the James Bond series. The "James Bond" link series will list all the titles (the way a Wikipedia page does) and include links to each of their pages.
IMDb may want to consider this simple idea and carry it out soon. Contributors are making a mess of the database because they need these link series to exist, the way they do on Wikipedia and the Big Cartoon Database.
It will be one less headache for staffers and one more reason for users to come to IMDb for their movie and TV information before going to Wikipedia or the Big Cartoon Database.
bderoes
Champion
•
5K Messages
•
118K Points
1 year ago
IMDb has shell episodes, but it's not well publicized.
I also believe the Plot Outline should be the place for the link to the original title, but instead they recommend Trivia and Movie Connections. If it were in the Plot Outline, it's one of the first things displayed.
From https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/episode-guidelines/GDF7HR6CCCBKU3CP?ref_=helpsrall#
0
Marco
2.7K Messages
•
82.6K Points
1 year ago
The movie connections already serve this purpose: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032953/movieconnections/?ref_=tttr_ql_trv_6#followed_by.
Obviously, the same goes for non-short film series, like the James Bond series: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055928/movieconnections/?ref_=tttr_ql_trv_6#followed_by
2