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Creepy sexual keywords
I watched Trog tonight, and I noticed these keywords pop up: "Girl in Mary Jane Shoes" "Knee Socks" "Girl In A Notably Short Outfit" "Girl In Very Short Dress Or Skirt" These are all referring to a child. The child's clothes are completely irrelevant to the plot (and her skirt isn't meant to be "very short" or "notably short"). Based on the other titles in the tags, those are all in reference to children. I also found (all of these also appear to be in reference to children) : Girl Tied Up Camera Shot Of A Girl's Legs Girl wearing a miniskirt / girl wearing a mini skirt / girl wears a miniskirt Girl In Kneesocks And Saddle Shoes Girl In School Uniform Please get rid of these tags.
ACT_1
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7 years ago
Creepy sexual keywords I watched Trog tonight, and I noticed these keywords by gretchenator Joined on July 26, 2018 https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/people/gretchenator - - - Someone (Not me) may be looking for these types of titles ? ? - - - Trog (1970) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066492/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066492/reference https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066492/keywords A sympathetic anthropologist uses drugs and surgery to try to communicate with a primitive troglodyte who is found living in a local cave. Joan Crawford ... Dr. Brockton Joe Cornelius ... Trog
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jeorj_euler
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7 years ago
Hi, gretchenator. It does seem as though the keywords were added by somebody with a prurient interest in children, or conversely a puritanical person who takes issue with movies that have children dressed that way. The door swings both ways. However, could you maybe please illustrate how the keywords violate IMDb submission guidelines?
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gretchenator
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7 years ago
The door swings both waysSomeone who sees Trog and thinks to tag it with "girl in a notably short outfit" is absolutely sexualizing a child, regardless of the nature of that sexualization. Unless, of course, the tag is referring to Anne, but the rest of the content in that tag and the rest of the tags on Trog suggest otherwise. However, could you maybe please illustrate how the keywords violate IMDb submission guidelines? This is a good point. You're right, they may not in all cases (though guidelines can, of course, be changed. I feel it's worth pointing out the keywords are being used in this way). However: describe any notable object, concept, style or action that takes place during a title. The main purpose of keywords is to allow visitors to easily search and discover titles.In the movie I just watched: 1. "Girl in Mary Jane Shoes" and "Knee Socks" are not remotely significant details. These might be fine, since they are definitely in the movie. 2. "Girl In A Notably Short Outfit" Notable by which standard? This would make sense if characters in the movie talked about the length of her skirt, or if the camera focused on it. But "notably" is an opinion. Likewise, in "Girl In Very Short Dress Or Skirt," "very short" is meaningless and has no context in the story. It would be like tagging every Tom Cruise movie with "very short protagonist."
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Will
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7 years ago
Hi gretchenator, These keywords do not violate our policies. If however you have seen these titles and disagree with their use in relation to them (please see the below description) then you may submit a delete for that keyword for our data editors to review. "A keyword is a word (or group of connected words) attached to a title (movie / TV series / TV episode) to describe any notable object, concept, style or action that takes place during a title. The main purpose of keywords is to allow visitors to easily search and discover titles." Regards, Will
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Peter_pbn
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I can just imagine what a field day some blogger or journalist might have with some of these keyword listings. And now that they have been reported, IMDb wouldn't even be able to say that it was just a loose contributor who wasn't detected.
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keyword_expert
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@gretchenator Thank you for reporting these keywords. I believe two of these keywords violated IMDb's guidelines. "girl-in-a-notably-short-outfit" That keyword violated the guidelines because it is inherently subjective. What one contributor may find "notable" may not at all be notable to a second or third contributor. IMDb's guidelines prohibit subjective keywords, so this keyword was improper. "girl-in-very-short-dress-or-skirt" That keyword violated the guidelines for two reasons. First, the word "very" introduces subjectivity. What might be considered "very short" to one contributor might just be "short" to another contributor. Second, the keyword describes two different things ("dress" and "skirt") in the same keyword. If a keyword referring to a "dress-or-skirt" were permissible, then so would keywords like "man-drives-a-truck-or-a-van," "girl-pets-a-dog-or-a-cat," "boy-wears-a-three-piece-suit-or-a-tuxedo," and "woman-punches-a-man-or-a-woman-in-the-face." Obviously these keywords are absurd and improper. The same is true of "girl-in-very-short-dress-or-skirt." Fortunately, both of these improper keywords have subsequently been removed from the database. Thank you again for reporting them.
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