Burma or Myanmar?

This country changed its name in 1989 from Burma to Myanmar, but IMDb has "both" countries listed in the database. Shouldn't all the pages where Burma is marked as a country be renamed to Myanmar?

You recently changed the name of the Czech Republic to Czechia,

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?country_of_origin=CZ

although under "Countries" it still says "Czech Republic". Will the same be done with Myanmar?

There are currently 25 titles under Burma and 277 under Myanmar (Burma).

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?countries=bumm

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?country_of_origin=MM

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Bethanny

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2 years ago

Hi @plur62 -

Thanks for reporting, we will confirm with teams in charge to decide what to do with the listings.

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Michelle

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2 years ago

Hi @plur62 -

Concerning the example you provided for the country redirection from "Czech Republic" to "Czechia", do you happen to recall any details about when this change was first observed?

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@Michelle recently I think, this year for sure. Maybe Col_Needham knows something more. Czechia is an informal name, but both names are correct.

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Michelle

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Hi @plur62 -

Thanks for the information. I will follow-up with our Policy team to discuss the request further. As soon as I have an update I will relay the information here.

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