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Alternate titles not visible for many titles

I've noticed that many movies, especially lesser known ones, have no visible alternate titles if only one alternate name is added.

Example: This Iranian film

https://imdb.com/title/tt13769882/

has an alternate title "Behind the Curtain of Fog", but it is not on the film page itself, it can only be seen if you go to the Edit page and then to Alternate Titles - Correct/Delete. I am attaching a few screenshots:

Can this be fixed?
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@plur62  Do you have any other examples?  

This is not so much of a bug and instead is really an optimisation, but we do see your point.  In the example used, the reason there’s no specific AKA section is because, other than the original title, all of the AKAs have the same text, which is already shown at the top of the page:

As to only being able to see the AKAs in the contribution interface, please instead see the “Release dates” subpage at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13769882/releaseinfo which you can always access from the “All Topics” menu at the top of the page or by clicking the “2005” release year directly below the title. 

Hope this helps. 

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@Col_Needham​ My preferences are set to show:

Title display country/region:
Original
Title display language:
English
I can't see AKA title as you do, also, on mobile version year is not clickable.
Another title, this Chinese movie https://imdb.com/title/tt0373081/
has no AKA in Details section, yes, it is visible above Original title if we have our Preferences set to show  "Title display country/region" UK/USA, or access "All Topics" and year (only on desktop version).

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@plur62​ Thanks for the details and the other example.  We are indeed over-optimising this case.  We will open a ticket to get this fixed.