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Thursday, October 2nd, 2025

Contribution Interface Updates - New Features Now Live

We're excited to announce several improvements to our contribution interface that will make submitting credits easier and more consistent.

What's New:

*Improved Attribute Selection
We've replaced the free-text box with a pop-up featuring tick-boxes for valid attribute options, making selection clearer and more straightforward.

*Renamed field
We have renamed the “Occupation” field to “Role”. We think this is a better description of what is meant to go in it - the role the person had on the title.

*Standardized Crew Credit Fields
All crew credit categories now have both "Role" and "Attribute" fields, making the submission process more consistent. Previously, some credit categories had both an "Occupation" and "Attribute" field, while others only had an "Attribute" field.

*Enhanced Role Selection
The Role drop-down menus now feature carefully curated options that are relevant to each credit category. Previously, this menu contained automatically generated options, many of which contradicted our policies - leading to poor quality and ineligible data.

*Dedicated "Self" Category
You can now submit “self” credits under a dedicated "Self" category, with no more need to use the Actor/Actress categories with "Self" or "Themselves" prefixes.

These updates are now live in the contribution interface. We hope these changes will make your contribution experience more efficient and user-friendly. For a preview of the changes, please see our announcement article at https://help.imdb.com/article/imdb/new-features-updates/contribution-interface-updates/G423MQL4MCQJHTHQ#

As always, we appreciate your valuable contributions to IMDb!

— The IMDb Team

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6 months ago

I am really struggling with adding Role (previously Occupation). The role I want to add is just not there in the provided limited roles, for example "associate cinematographer" in Camera and Electrical Department. before we would just choose other in Role and add occupation from long list, it wasn't perfect but it worked. I am not sure what wrong I'm doing here, I am not seeing more roles than few provided, I tried in many devices and browsers.

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You can type the role or you can copy-paste it from somewhere else, but it's true that the long list (a.k.a. field browser) isn't there.

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Yes, if the role you want is not listed in the drop-down menu then you can just type it directly into the box.

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6 months ago

@Jayseph: Thanks for the announcement. About the Improved Attribute Selection: -In the description of the attributes some articles are missing. Example: "Voice is heard but face does not appear" instead of the proper "The (or "one's", or "the person's") voice is heard but the (or "his/her/their") face does not appear". Currently, it doesn't look very professional. -About the attribute Rumored: Rumored means no more or less than that you're not fully sure of something. If I'm not sure about something, I simply don't add it to the database (or I ask on this forum) because I don't want to add potentially wrong information. I fail to see why IMDb explicitly invites people to add possible wrong information that at a later moment has to be removed. To me, that seems silly and not very professional. I would understand it if you'd allow this attribute for things that can't be known for sure (for example, information regarding films from the 1910's that are lost), but the description of the attribute ("A top industry trade has reported that the person is closely linked to the title, but this has not been announced officially.") suggest to me that the attribute is used for titles that are still in the making. -Can IMDb look into the formerly existing and later blocked attribute (also archive footage)? (see also https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/when-did-also-archive-footage-get-dropped-as-an-attribute/6446e9cd00bd3f7acdb40ae3 + https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/invalid-attribute-also-archive-footage/629d38d2ae73c605a6842314?commentId=630689ab892fc367e246f212&replyId=6318c3a4570fb7687bb2ee1a0). IMDb is a Database and with the removal of this attribute, there is now less data for the 200+ millions of customers of IMDb. I fail to see why IMDb thinks it was a good decision to remove the attribute (also archive footage). -Regarding the segments attribute: Am I missing something or is it not possible to use this attribute without giving the segment a name/title? Not all segments have names, so it should therefore be possible to add the attribute without giving it a name/title. Splitting Self and Cast is a good move. Among other things, it's now more consistent with how a name page looks.

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"Regarding the segments attribute: Am I missing something or is it not possible to use this attribute without giving the segment a name/title? Not all segments have names, so it should therefore be possible to add the attribute without giving it a name/title." Can you give an example? If the segment isn't identified in some way, why would you use the attribute? "Splitting Self and Cast is a good move. Among other things, it's now more consistent with how a name page looks." Consistent with name pages, inconsistent with title pages.

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@Peter_pbn: Sorry for the late reply. In Dutch talk shows (I assume this goes for talk shows in other countries as well) it's not uncommon that a reporter has spoken a politician specifically for that talk show before it aired and (part of) the interview is shown as a segment, but without a title or intro or something like that.

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Sure, but I don't see why that would require an attribute.

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If something is announced by the host, previously recorded (instead of live, just like the rest of the show), shot on (another) location (and not in the studio) and featuring people that aren't in the rest of the episode, I consider that a segment. Therefore, I feel the attribute (segment) is required. Otherwise, the full cast list of the episode suggests that the people from the segment were in the studio where/when the live talk show aired.

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The help pages do not say much about segments. Unless staff come along to give more guidance I would use a short description of the segment if it does not have an explicit title. What would someone looking at the credits be interested to know about the segment? Perhaps "recorded interview" or "on the spot report" or whatever fits the case.

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@owenrees: Do you mean that "If something is announced by the host, previously recorded (instead of live, just like the rest of the show), shot on (another) location (and not in the studio) and featuring people that aren't in the rest of the episode" you don't consider it a segment if there's no title for it and that you do consider it a segment if it does have a title? I think people would want to know because they want to know about segments. And the example I give looks, walks and quacks like a segment.

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I gave examples of how you could label a segment that has not been given an explicit title in the show itself.

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@owenrees: Apologies, I totally misread your initial post! Thanks for explaining and thinking along.

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6 months ago

Hello. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38597218/ This is a dance competition, everyone is themselves. All the self's are listed under "cast". If I click on "edit" button that is on the same line as "Top cast" I only get the the line "cast" and drop down menu, so obviously this is what all will click on when wanting to correct or add cast. But if I chose add and season 20 i will get "There are no existing values to choose from for this field." Sine all is listed under "cast" it is not intuitive for new users, or users who only add a few times that you need to check the "To update data for categories that aren't listed above, select this box " And then select the "self" option, (now I will get a list in the "regulars" option to choose from.) How is regular users going to understand this when: The people are listed under "cast", and only "cast" come up as a first Choice when hitting "edit". At least both cast AND self needs to come up as a first choice when hitting "edit" on the "cast" list. (But still then people will be confused when the persons are listed under a "Cast" title. Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/the-new-division-between-cast-and-self-only-cast-is-presented-as-first-option/68e1f18c53b7872ee1adbbcf Title : The new division between Cast and Self, only "Cast" is presented as first option.

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6 months ago

As New contributor the changes made to simplify contributions finally enticed me to help fill in absent info and correct mistakes after years of muttering in muted breath as I discover info issues. On that note, Thank You! As to those who added & corrected info before me with the old system."Hats off to You". I use IMDb extensively and over the last 12yrs having looked up over 4600 movie type titles, almost 500 mini-series, approaching 5000 series, and about 600 Biographical and Documentary movie and series types. Feeling impart like I owe back to the site I reference so much info from. So now I have a productive outlet for my silent ranting over inaccuracies & incompleteness of info as I have time. I'm Quickly finding out I sometimes just have to make time in the moment upon discovering of minor issues and/or adding snap shot photo stills derived from the shows. I just can't help myself at times. I see a future need for a IMDb anonymous forum for info adding addicts ;) Lastly, Thanks to all whom spend time on this forum providing solutions to problems. P.S. Can someone dial back a little on the latest upgrades made in how often drop down ads appear they even drop down repeatedly as you scroll down in search of info to the level of annoyance. I get it, ads is what keeps the lights on but shorten the leash on those tasked with making it happen. Reminds me of the old days when you naively install free programs bloated with nagware pop-ups...and can't react soon enough to uninstall it no matter how useful the prog was.

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6 months ago

Follow up on the new attributes field after having used it a couple of days now. Previously it was easy to review the attributes after having added a dozen or more names to a cast list because either the boxes were empty or not. Now the attribute section on the contribution form always contains blue text on a green background (for credits ready to submit). It is much more difficult to review any/all attributes when at a glance, it all looks the same. Please change things so it's easier to tell when pending submissions have attributes, and when they do not.

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6 months ago

I know that you recently separated “actor” from “self”, but before this change, we could specify gender when adding the name, but this has been removed for ‘self’ and remains as before for “actor.” To add it for “Self” names, we have to go back to the person's personal page and add it, but we have to wait until their page is created before we can add their gender. Is this normal? Thank you. Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/i-need-to-know/is-it-normal-that-we-can-no-longer-specify-gender-when-adding-guests-in-the-self-section-not-actor/68e33e448f11a15bc22f0ca1 Title : Is it normal that we can no longer specify gender when adding guests in the “Self” section? (not “actor”)

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Yes, it has been mentioned, though no reason was stated: "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." https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/contribution-interface-updates-new-features-now-live/68de75f9ed0edd20f6879806?commentId=68df76662d92837f8896d344&replyId=68e0d5298f11a15bc21f4fa0

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6 months ago

Attributes have been greatly improved for beginners and those who rarely use them, but the new submission form lacks a direct input field. For example, consider the documentary That's Entertainment! [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072272]. A hundred from the cast list is "uncredited" or "archive footage" or both. The new submission form forces a contributor to make at least 300-400 clicks to submit all the attributes: one to open the field, one to select "uncredited", one to select "archive footage", one to save the selection. This takes at least 300-400 seconds, and the process is very tedious, it is a milder form of torture. The same process takes a maximum of 86 seconds on the old submission form with direct input field if we simply use Ctrl+V (on a Windows PC) to enter the text "(uncredited) (archive footage)" directly into each field. And a simple javascript or a browser extension will handle the same direct inputs in 1-2 seconds. NOTE: "Uncredited" and "Archive footage" are very important details in the database. Documentaries, Music Videos, and old productions of all types all contain mostly untitled casts. Collections, educational materials, video podcasts about the film industry, documentaries with historical context -- all contain mostly archival footage. By removing the input field from the Attributes, you successfully teach contributors to ignore important details.

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6 months ago

The Role dropdown menu steals the Home and End buttons from the input field, which is a bad practice in coding. It is disrespectful to the user. Any user expects a text field to work correctly with traditional hotkeys. Home, End, Shift+Home, Shift+End are very often used when editing text. In the new submission form the Home and End buttons do not function in text field when the menu dropped down. Moreover, the "No suggestions" message results in the same effect!

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Additionally, the Role suggestions should be based on data that is person or title specific, not the entirety of IMDb. Examples: a) If you are adding Tom Cruise to 'self' for a talk show, suggest "Guest" b) If you adding a person to a TV Series, suggest the role(s) that they've previously been assigned c) If you adding a new person to a TV Series, suggest the role(s) that are popular/most used for that series

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@Jayseph, Hi. After the previous feedback, you guys simply turned off the Home and End hotkeys. Is it AI writing the code for you, or what? It is impossible to use Home or End buttons in all text fields in the second column (where the Role and also Character fields are placed). So when a contributor opens both Cast and Self sections on a desktop and tries to edit them simultaneously, he faces a big problem that you created during the labor dystocia of the ridiculous miniature menu.

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6 months ago

Enhanced Role Selection taken away in the new submission form. Now in each credit category the Role drop-down menu features a minuscule list which could hardly cover 0.01% of the credits in a single Marvel production. Previously, the Role menu appeared on demand with a click and contained the most comprehensive list of job titles (roles) carefully collected by IMDb contributors from factual data for more than thirty years. It was one of the great distinctive features of IMDb comparing to its competitors. Additionally, as a multilingual contributor I can say that the quality of data from non-English titles submitted by inexperienced contributors will drastically decrease without the comprehensive list of job titles. This is not such a big problem when you are typing into the base what you see on the screen in English; but from other languages you also need to find the correct interpretation of the credit from the language of the screen to English. Online translators are mostly unhelpful. You can find a good vocabulary of special terms from French, Italian, German to English, but with other languages it's a big problem. When I started as a contributor many years ago, the most fruitful way to find the correct term in English from other languages was to interpret it backwards. I used to look up the job titles from the full IMDb list in the same section, then selected the most relevant ones and learned their English explanations from English dictionaries, and finally had the opportunity to match the meaning from the description.

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Well said MAthe PA

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6 months ago

With the split of persons onscreen into SELF page from the previous CAST page, it is noted that cast are still identified as 'actor' or 'actress' denoting male or female, but the new SELF page does not accord those people appearing onscreen, the same courtesy. I get that 'crew' also have no identifier but this is, I assume, because they are not seen, making gender identification problematic. Since very often those appearing in the self category are distinguished people from the scientific, ed‎ucational or other institutions worldwide, I feel they may appreciate even basic recording of their gender. IMDB care to elaborate on why no gender? Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/gender-on-new-self-contribution-page-01oct2025/68e677ee8f11a15bc2452e0f Title : Gender on new SELF contribution page 01OCT2025

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Sorry i'm to lazy to read everything, maybe someone already wrote about this, but after this update, upcoming titles section got messed up, before this everything was in order, titles with release dates and titles with no release dates, now everything is random, nothing appears in order, upcoming episodes that has no releases dates, doesn't appear in upcoming list anymore, it appears in released ones, which is misleading, because it wasn't released yet Episodes that was added before this update is fine, but new ones, now appear on released section I'm not going to add random release dates which is not true, just that episode would appeard on upcoming section, it's bs, nothing factual about it

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ugnieska, I'm not sure that has to do with the update to cast and crew contributions, so maybe you should move this to a new post and give some examples. I don't think there are other posts about it.

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raynor_pretorius: You can still register gender on the persons name page. https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/contribution-information/contribution-of-gender-identity/GXYFQEUT9TWEAK62#

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There is a reply from Col about the gender setting here: https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/gender-identity-no-longer-an-option-when-creating-people/68ead84e6c7147011253cbc0

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"kristin" Thank you for the reply. So now, instead of entering 20, 30 or sometimes even more 'self' genders on the ONE contribution page, for ONE episode of a series, it is my understanding that a contributor is now expected to to make an additional 20, 30 or more contributions AFTER the names have been approved, in order to maintain IMDBs assertion that 'Our aim is to be the most complete and reliable source of movie information on the web'

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@raynor_pretorius I do not work for IMDb, see @Peter_pbn link above for the response from the Founder of IMDb as to why. I don't think it is expected that contributors go to every persons name page and add gender thou, since the categories now are gender neutral. I see you wrote " because they are not seen, making gender identification problematic." Nowadays you can't necessarily determine gender just by looking either.

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Nowadays you can't necessarily determine gender just by looking either.  Point well made :-)

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6 months ago

You reduced the Cinematographer to 10 again, the 25 was good, 15 would be good too

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The help section for cinematographers says ======= This list is only for cinematographer/director of photography credits. All other camera department credits, including camera operator and second or other unit d.p., go to the Camera & Electrical department. ======== Is there really a need to add more than 10?

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Yes cause german credits have mostly only Kamera with no differences in it

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I would expect those credits to go in the camera and electrical department.

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No cause they are Cinematographers

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6 months ago

Question about the rules that were used to move credits from the CAST section to the SELF section. On some TV shows where there is a mix of 'self' and 'cast', the credits are correct after the move, but on others, the 'cast' (those without "Self - " in the character name) were moved to 'self'. Not only is it going to take a significant amount of time to undo the incorrect moves, but seeing this makes me wonder what rules were used to make these moves. IMO it seemed obvious that those without "Self - " in the character name (now role) field would remain in 'cast', but that didn't happen. So what were the rules for the move (so we know where to look for the corrections that need to be made - assuming that the bad moves can't be undone)? Thanks.

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Are you sure those credits weren't already in Self on the name pages? Perhaps you can give some examples. If credits that weren't submitted with Self in the character name are in the Self category, it could be because the title has the Documentary genre or the non-fiction or tv-special keywords. In some cases that genre or keyword could be removed. I have removed non-fiction from two titles this month and it shifted acting credits to Cast.

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Take tt0437005 as an example. Jason Thompson (I) has never appeared on-screen in this show. He has been credited as the 'Narrator' or the 'Voice Over Artist' with the '(voice)' attribute in about 300 episodes. These credits should have remained in 'cast' because: a) He doesn't appear on-screen b) Was not credited with 'Self -' in the character name field c) He reads from a script As for your question about keywords, I don't know, as keywords don't exist on IMDbPro - which is what I use. (if they are there, I've never seen them)

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That title does have the "non-fiction" keyword, which I believe explains why the credit is in Self. I guess "non-fiction" is an accurate description, so I won't try to remove it. But according to another thread "non-fiction" is not meant to have that effect anymore, so perhaps there will be a change.

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New couple of errors I've found, if you add anything to the self section that has 'host' in it, the H is automatically capitalised even if it' not the first letter. For instance, if I wrote 'Ghost Hunter' it'd be auto changed to 'GHost Hunter'. Also a back slash in the self section trigger a bad display, for example if the credit reads 'Engineer/Inventor' instead of displaying 'Self - Engineer/Inventor' like it use to, it displays as 'Self - Engineer/Self - Inventor'

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@VonPunk It was never intended or used in the way you explain. If one actor played two and more characters, then you should use slash to separate them in the credit list. If a person has an acting and a self credit, then they also must be separated by slash. But when you need to give a larger explanation to his Self credit, then you have to use dash; so in your example, if both "Engineer" and "Inventor" explain the same Self credit, then the correct way is to input "Self - Engineer - Inventor" or "Self - Engineer/Self - Inventor".

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It's that's an intentional thing now, I'll work round it but I've added credits exactly as they appear onscreen for almost 2 decades and it always worked fine like that and the staff were happy with that. Credits are for one person in 'Self', no multiple roles, just the punctuation of the credit onscreen in a documentary.

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@VonPunk https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/filmography-credits/characters/GKLQVXKH7U8DATWX# Quote: "Avoid punctuation within character names where possible: - Forward slashes should be used only to separate two different characters played by the same actor - Commas should not be used - Use a hyphen as a general separator if you need one" Hyphen (short dash) is a general separator. It used to be for many years. And slash was always used to separate two different characters or roles in IMDbase. Whenever you see a slash on screen in a film credits, it is simply a style which should not be monkeyed to the base. They can print "Harry / The Guy" meaning one and the same guy named Harry played by the actor, and if you copy that into the base, then we have the incorrect data about the actor as if he played two roles, the first was "Harry", and the second "The Guy", which is not correct. Also for your reference: https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/filmography-credits/cast-acting-credits-guidelines/GH3JZC74FVYKKFMD# [Non-fiction & self credits explained] "Appearances where an individual is interviewed as well as performing an act, or where an individual has multiple and distinct roles, can be submitted using a forward slash as a separator. For example: - Interviewee/Guitarist - Singer/Comedienne "

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Yeah, that bottom part is what was done, but now it'll not display as that, it'll reformat as Self - Interviewee/Self - Guitarist Self - Singer/Self - Comedienne Which it has never done prior to this update unless submitted that way.

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@VonPunk It is not a bug, it is how it should be. If, for example, the "Guitarist" is a role played and "Interviewee" is a self credit of one and the same person, then in the new submission form you have to place "Guitarist" into the [Cast] section and "Interviewee" into the [Self] section, and finally you'll see them as "Guitarist / Self - Interviewee" on the title page.

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It's one role, a self credit, nothing there belongs in the cast, it's just a guy talking briefly, why would I split it into two credits, when I'm just adding what's written onscreen like I have for 2 decades with no issue.. I've never seen or heard anyone add credits like you're saying to, the option to do so in two sections didn't even exist until other week, so I'm not sure that how it's always been so. If they are interviewing Kirk Hamnett and showing him play guitar, I'd hardly add two different credits across two sections. I'll let staff chime in on this anyway before we go round in circles.

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If the on-screen credit reads "Engineer/Inventor", then I'd submit it as "Engineer & Inventor" to get around the role separation done by IMDb.

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6 months ago

MAthePA said above: "If, for example, the "Guitarist" is a role played and "Interviewee" is a self credit of one and the same person, then in the new submission form you have to place "Guitarist" into the [Cast] section and "Interviewee" into the [Self] section, and finally you'll see them as "Guitarist / Self - Interviewee" on the title page." If someone both appears as themselves and as a character in the same title or episode - as in Saturday Night Live or similar - it does make sense to submit them in both the Cast and the Self section, but it would be nice to know from IMDb whether this is the intention. And if so, what to do about cast order if the name is only credited once? There is no clarity in the guidelines.

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No staff seems to be replying anymore in the announcement thread for the contribution interface updates in early October. Regarding the "carefully curated options" in the role dropdown menus for crew, it is hard to understand some of the choices: Under Art Department, "property master" and "props" are omitted. Under Art Directors, one of the options is "art director/production designer", which seems to be two roles that should not be combined. Another option is "art department", which probably belongs only under Art Department. Under Camera and Electrical Department, "d.i.t" is missing a period. Under Casting Department, "english version, casting director" is unusually formatted. Under Editorial Department, "colorist" and "color timer" are omitted. Under Music Department the typo "perfomer" is included. Under Producers you could include "commissioning editor" and "series editor", which are defined as producer roles in your guidelines. Under Production Designers there is "assistant production designer", which belongs in Art Department according to the guidelines. "Set designer" appears under both Production Designers and Art Department. Under Production Managers, "head of entertainment group" is unusual. Under Script and Continuity, "script editor" is omitted. "Prosthetics" is included under both Makeup Department and Special Effects. The Art Department guidelines suggest they belong under makeup. Under Additional Crew, "production assistant" is omitted. Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/role-dropdowns/690419f6c73dd05764cd41d3 Title : Role dropdowns

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@Peter_pbn Thanks for highlighting; we are aware of these issues and a fix is in progress (in the order of several days vs something we can address today). BTW this thread is still being monitored — it is just that there is a lot going on at the moment, sorry.

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Thank you Peter_pbn, and apologies for the delay in following up on this. Yes, as Col says, we are working to address it as soon as possible, but it will take a number of days at least.

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@Peter_pbn This should now be fixed via the launch of the new credit categories: https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdbcom/introducing-new-credit-categories-and-professions/690a2e48297bb2308a6501e9 — please let us know if there are any remaining anomalies.

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Yes, I should have guessed there was something else going on. But these role suggestions are still there and are unrelated to the new categories: Under Art Directors, one of the options is "art director/production designer", which seems to be two roles that should not be combined. Under Camera and Electrical Department, "d.i.t" is missing a period. I don't think it is often written like this innscreen credits. Under Casting Department, "english version, casting director" is unusually formatted. Under Music Department the typo "perfomer" is included. Under Script and Continuity, "script editor" is omitted even though the guidelines say it belongs there. (I have edited out some other items from above that I am unsure about.)

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Maybe not the right forum but I have asked a few times in the past, if there is (or could be produced, or is in consideration), ONE comprehensive page where a contributor can type in a job and get the correct department as required by IMDB.. The reason for the question .... again.... is that I have already noted job changes in departments eg 'unit manager' was Production management and 'unit assistant' was in Additional Crew and now both are Location Management, which actually makes more sense. Another point for the question is that all the old drop down menus in alphabetical order, that could be 'searched' seem to no longer exist, which would seem to make it even more imperative to have a comprehensive list of jobs in departments to avoid going back to the past where jobs were placed in a department because that department had the MOST entries of the job, and was therefore assumed to be correct.

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Is there anyone monitoring this thread ? Since contributors are the backbone of IMDB I would have thought they would be respected a little more :-( Additional query if this thread is still ongoing - please advise the logic behind the job 'head writer' also requiring to have an attribute 'head writer' - in my humble opinion just more unnecessary work for contributors