Contribution Interface Updates - New Features Now Live

Thank you for raising these bugs! I've passed them onto the team.

The issues with Writer orders being mandatory has been fixed. Thanks again for raising it! We will also fix the issue of automatically converting that pattern in the Role field to lower-case as soon as possible. I will update you when it's fixed. Many thanks again!

It's labeled "credited, but did not work on title".

I do not see that option. Only the five options which I mentioned. I'm updating the cast list of a TV episode.

What device are you using? The other attribute options should be listed underneath the ones you listed. Is there definitely not a scroll bar for you to scroll down within the pop-up to see them?

If you're on a touch device like an iPhone/Android phone then you may just need to swipe to scroll down the list?

I am using Microsoft Edge on a laptop. There is no scroll bar, but I now notice that when I zoom out to 67%, five more options appear. Amongst them is indeed the 'credited, but did not work on title' one.

Thanks, I will pass this onto the team.

Hi - you're right that we're now warning about a blank Role for all credit categories, whereas before we only warned about it for the "departmental" credit categories that had both the Occupation and Attribute fields. You can totally leave it blank for non-departmental credit categories like Editor as before. If you leave Role blank for a credit category like Editor then it should display on the site as "editor", i.e. we will fill in the role for you as we did before. We do plan to relax that new rule in the contribution UI as soon as possible, so that it behaves like it used to, i.e. it will only warn you for the non-departmental credit categories as before. I hope it's not too painful in the meantime!

Regarding your edit: Yes, the same thing applies to Composer - it will still display in the right way if you acknowledge the warning and leave it blank (will display the role as "composer" on the site). Composer is one of the credit categories we plan to exclude the warning for asap, so as to match the previous behavior of the interface.

Thanks for clarifying, Dylan. It won't be a problem for me, long as I know I'm doing the right thing in my contributions by doing what IMDb is wanting me to do, I'm okay ticking the box until it gets polished up in the future. Cheers.

Great to hear, thanks!

that means when I add a new title with more than 25 Self Credits it can happen that it takes hours till I can continue cause many titles are shown hours after being accepted

Thank you for raising this. We're looking into it and will get back to you as soon as possible.

Hi - we have now increased the number of credits that can be submitted at once under Self to 90 (same as Cast). Many thanks for pointing this out!

I agree.

and now we cant correct longer simply wrong added Selfs from Actor and Actress like on UEFA Women Euro 2025, Wimbledon and French Open were all players are flagged as Actors and Actresses

I did the ZDF MOrgenmagazin vom 16.09.2025 right before, cause of the Changes I needed 4 submissions for that

Now I have to add Titles first without Self datas long before I will work on it like Arte Journal, cause it has always more than 25 Self Credits, the Morgenmagazin has mostly between 75 and 100 Self Credits

But we can add now 25 Writer Credits

Thank you both for flagging this. We're looking to get the limit for Self increased asap. I will keep you updated.

"and now we cant correct longer simply wrong added Selfs from Actor and Actress like on UEFA Women Euro 2025, Wimbledon and French Open were all players are flagged as Actors and Actresses" I have added the non-fiction keyword to "UEFA Women's Euro 2025", which has the effect of changing all its cast credits to self credits. This is much simpler than editing all the credits. However, I do think it might be helpful if a credit was still automatically moved to Self if you added Self to the character name. I tested it on one credit on a different title, but it was still under Actress/Cast despite starting with Self.

Thx and on Eurobasket 2025 too please

You can add it yourself in the keyword section.

I never worked with the keywords before, its easier when you do it please

Hi, @Karen and @tatjana1984: While IMDb decides whether or not to increase the number of slots, remember that you can still use the trick explained in the Contributor top-tips article, section "Titles: How to add more than the default number of data for all lists" (see https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/contribution-information/contributor-top-tips/G24YJU8YXNN2BRSY#submission). The keyword/name of this new Self category is just "self" (by the way, I suggest that the editors update the help page to include this new feature). For instance, to add 95 new self credits to the title "ZDF Morgenmagazin vom 19.09.2025" (tt38354777) you should use the following URL: https://contribute.imdb.com/updates?update=tt38354777:self.add.95 P.S. EXTRA: For updates that are only half done (for example, you've already added 25 credits and suddenly realize you need 50 slots), you can also expand the form using your browser's “Inspector” functionality. This method is very powerful and you can use it to change one or more categories at a time, but you have to be very careful because any mistake when tweaking the code can completely ruin your contribution (i.e., only for experts!). I have recorded a video explaining how to perform the same operation as before (increasing the number of slots from 25 to 95 in an ongoing contribution) in both Firefox and Chrome: see https://imgur.com/a/QvquCUm

Yes, I've been experiencing this too. This needs to be fixed. https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/text-automatically-converting-to-lowercase/68df24dc8f11a15bc21527c7?commentId=68df55ed8f11a15bc2163e46&replyId=68df5802ed0edd20f68dcd4d

Hi and thanks for raising this bug - I will pass it on to the team.

Thank you!

We have fixed this now. Many thanks for pointing it out!

The cast credits that are for one reason or another identified as Self credits should be accessible in the Self section.

Hmm, ok, thanks. I see that now when I select EDIT PAGE from the title page. But when accessing IMDB through a computer's web browser, I was selecting EDIT appears to the right of Top Cast, which is then followed by the credits for the cast. It's a bit silly to have an EDIT button next to the listed cast of a news show, if it's going to pull up a non-existent list of actors. Thanks for the reply, but this still needs to be fixed.

The edit link next to Top Cast gives me a menu with Cast and Self.

Thank you for raising this. To help us diagnose, please could you share the link to the title page that you were trying to edit?

Not while using Chrome on a computer, it doesn't.

As I said above, it's any page where the cast is composed of SELF credits. FYI,...I'm accessing IMDB with a Chrome browser on a PC. Here's just one example: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38109615/

Can I no longer add an image to provide an example?

Where are you entering it? I don't see that autoconversion in the Self section.

In the Self section, in the role. If I c&p NRL it remains all caps, but if I type it in, or edit it to correct it, it reverts to Nrl. A message is displayed (I've just noticed this actually) states: The following fixes have been applied automatically: - creditedRole has been converted to Title Case to conform with our formatting standards. So will this happen with all acronyms? https://imgur.com/a/s6qLiJy

I see it now when I tried in a news episode. I didn't see it when I tried in another title type.

This has now been fixed. "Former NRL Player" should remain unchanged. Many thanks for raising it!

Thank you - we will fix this asap. Were you contributing it under the new Self credit category or Cast (Actor/Actress)? And in the Role field or somewhere else like the "credited as" attribute?

No, as I said, I was creating a new title, where it asks basic info: Title Name, Type, Year, etc. Literally the first step here: https://contribute.imdb.com/updates/edit?update=title&ref_=helpms_ch_t_newtitle_ra I added the title anyway with "the Beatles". It is still being processed. I will correct it once you guys fix this on your end. Thanks.

Ah I see, thanks. I have passed this on to the team.

I typically submit hundreds of "Self" credits each month, so have some comments concerning the latest change(s). Question 1: In the past when adding new people to the cast section, you chose whether they went to the Actor or Actress section. This is still the case for 'cast', but not for the new 'self' category. Does that mean the IMDb no longer wants gender identity data for new 'self' names? What about all existing names that only have 'self' credits. Were their gender identities removed? Question 2: What will happen to 'cast' submissions for 'self' credits that weren't processed before the changeover? (they are still pending) Problem 1: Adding attributes are now far more time consuming. In the past you clicked into the attribute field, started typing, and when done, you clicked out. In the new system you need to click the "Set attributes ..." link, select an option, start typing (if needed), scroll, click 'save changes' and click to next field. OLD: click, type, click to next field NEW: click, select one or more boxes, type if necessary, scroll click save, click to next field Problem 2: The Order Number box is way too big (we don't need space for 20+ digits!), and the Role box is too small. Please give us more space in the Role box. Problem 3: The contributions system (classic editor) seemed way slower last night (US time) than usual. Especially loading a saved update. Please look into making the system more responsive. Positive change 1: In the past, a cast submission of "Self - Comedian/Podcaster" would put the Comedian part in the 'self' section, and the Podcaster part in the Actor section. In order to get it listed properly you either had to submit "Self - Comedian & Podcaster" or "Self - Comedian / Self - Podcaster". So the new system is better in this regard. Question 3 (pertaining to problem 1): Was the change to the attributes section driven by problems? If so, what problems are you trying to resolve? To me it seems like the new attributes section should be shown based on experience. If the submitter is new-ish, show that interface. If the submitter is experienced, show the old interface. Thank you for reading.

Hi That's correct, credits under the new Self credit category will not infer a gender identity. We have not removed pre-existing gender identity data for names with only self credits. Pending credit items with the "Self" prefix that were submitted under the "Cast" (Actor/Actress) credit categories should have been migrated to the new Self credit category. However, please do let us know about any instances where this still hasn't happened. Thank you for the feedback about the new attribute tickboxes, field widths, and speed of the system. I have passed it on to the team.

The removing of the gender identity in the Self Section is great by the way, cause many were added with wrong gender before and than there were always warnings, its a great solution

That's really great to hear, thank you!

"To me it seems like the new attributes section should be shown based on experience. If the submitter is new-ish, show that interface. If the submitter is experienced, show the old interface." Or perhaps it would be possible to show both: a text field where we can type or copy-paste and the popup with the checkboxes. Like Karen said earlier, I too have used copy-paste and autocomplete a lot in the attribute field.

Thanks for flagging. We will go through the counts for all credit categories as soon as possible.

an increase to 50 in Thanks would be good. what is with the roles?

Perhaps "commissioning editor" could be added to the producer dropdown list, perhaps along with "series editor", which is also mentioned in the guidelines. There is room for more.

Good point, we will clarify this in the Help guides.

Thanks for pointing this out - I have passed it on to the team to fix.

Hi Peter_pbn, The relevant guides you were referring to have now been updated accordingly. Thanks again!