Different seasons of the same TV Series 'Svaty' have seperate entries on IMDb, but not able to merge into 1 entry

Svati https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4757588/
is not duplicate, this is separate series produced in Russia starting in 2014 as mentioned correct on the title page. The original title is "Сватьи" or its alternate name "Свахи", not "Сваты".

Novogodnie svaty (2011) (TV) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1820565 
can not be merged into Svaty series page. It's a TV movie, no matter keyworded as "TV special" or not.

For the rest of initially mentioned issues, they seem to be more emotional than logical, or are not based on factual data. But the "Svaty" production is an issue itself, I must admit.

Since this problem is spoken, no matter correct way or not, there is the whole story in few words for the editors' attention:

1. Svaty (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1820225/) was initially produced as a TV-movie that technically is mini-series because of split into 2 parts (episodes) when airing;
2. Svaty 2 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1860046/) was also produced and released the same way as the initial Svaty, having two episodes;
3. Svaty 3 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1867358/) is the very first TV-series in this production, and the first episode was released on the days of "Svaty 2" airing;
4. Followed by Svaty 4 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1870201/);
5. Followed by Svaty 5 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2860316/);
6. Followed by Svaty 6 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2926386/).

The above data should be known for the TS because he seems participating as an editor for Svaty pages at Wikipedia. But for unknown reasons, he keeps trying to frame the IMDb system by the Wiki system, and not vice versa.

MAthePA as I noted above - thanks for correcting me - "Svati" 2014  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4757588/ is indeed a seperate Russian series (what confused me was that the same actors participated in the 2014 remake as in the original series).

For all other submissions - they are indeed seperate seasons of the same series, and should be merged into one entry. You comments above, unfortunately, don't help clarify anything, and only serve to "confuse" the reader; futhermore, your comment above about the fact that I also edit film-rleated Wikipedia articles does not seem relevant: there's nothing wrong in contributing to both Wikipedia and IMDb

Also, below please find correct data (since MAthePA provided factually incorrect statements above that I assume are done to confuse IMDb editors):

1. Svaty (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1820225/) - 1st season (2 episodes)
2. Svaty 2 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1860046/) - 2nd season (2 episodes)
   
3. Svaty 3 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1867358/) - 3rd season (12 episodes)
   
4. Followed by Svaty 4 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1870201/); - 4th season (16 episodes)
5. Followed by Svaty 5 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2860316/); - 5th season (16 episodes)
6. Followed by Svaty 6 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2926386/). - 6th season (16 episodes)
7. Novogodnie svaty (2011)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1820565  - New Year special episodes (e.g., similar to how 'Doctor Who' has new year special episodes that are NOT marked as TV Movie, but instead as New Year special

@IMDb admins: please disregard comments from MAthePA above - unfortunately they were not made to clarify things (as the editor clearly does not have any relevant knowledge on this matter). To provide further proof that the 6th seasons (plus New Year special) should be merged into one entry, please see below the quote from teh official website of the production company that created the series. Specifically, below is the comment http://kvartal95.com/en/projects/the-in-laws6/ on the 6th season of the series:

In the sixth season of the The In-Laws the audience is again in for the incredible amount of most unexpected adventures of favorite characters. But for the first time we will live with the family of Bud'ko-Kovalevy-Berkovichi not only during a short summer vacation, but the whole year. The In-Laws with their grandchildren will have time to congratulate their women on the 8th of March (International Women Day), "work hard" in the farm on planting-watering- harvesting seasons and send Zhenya to the University, of course, not forgetting the quarrel to the nines. They will congratulate the veterans on 9th of May (Victory Day), survive with Mityay all the difficulties of Larissa’s pregnancy. They will celebrate the anniversary of Ivan that luckily coincidences with Police Day. The family of Bud'ko-Kovalevy-Berkovichi will visit the ""Euro -2012"", take a ride on a cruise ship on the Volga river, visit Paris, detain a fugitive, save the harvest for the country and the country of bureaucracy, organize Berkovich's wedding, and pay a visit to the past! And, of course, they will celebrate the New Year! The series fans will pass through the family teambuilding, plunge into a mystical horror, melodrama, experience all the vicissitudes of a thriller, and will live a production drama... And all this is spiced with a unique The In-Laws’s humour!

That's a big problem of Post-Soviet series in general, although it's slow fading away, thankfully - sequel series. Due to sequel-like title, despite sequels being practically just next seasons it is impossible to merge all of those into one title. 

This only happens with series in other corners of the world when format of the series changes, and so does production company, marketing and a few other aspects, like in case of "Twin Peaks" (1990) and "Twin Peaks" (2017), former being regular network TV series and latter being special event network mini-series, although practically it is Season 3.  

Hi piznajko -

For clarity, can you confirm that all separate titles should be merged as seasons of this existing series: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1820225/?

Also, this title: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1820565/ should be listed under Season 6 as it aired as an episode special, is that correct?

Hi, Michelle.

It is well known that the episodes and series matters are sometimes a question of categorization, so editors solve them individually. That's why I listed the related facts above and left the question of categorization for the editors, and hence the final decision as to merge or not.

But in this particular case, it seems that the way this question was initially up is going to break the official principle:
In some cases TV movies or specials are created with no intention of going to series, however they become so popular that one ends up being commissioned. On these occasions we would prefer to keep the original TV Movie separate, as was originally intended, even if it is subsequently packaged as part of the overall series in future airings and dvd releases.
So it's up to your decision, but if the first released TV-movie that was separate when released and having initially no plans to be continued and the second one (a sequel) would be merged with the rest, then please make changes or additions to the above cited guidelines produced by IMDb staff.

It seems to me that similar cases were solved by means of referential links.

Hi Michelle, thanks for you quick reply.

Yes, please merge all seperate seasons (that currently have seperate entries) into the main entry https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1820225/ . As for the New Year special episode from 2010 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1820565/  it should be listed as a special episode of Season 4, as it was aired during the night of December  31 2009 / January 1 2010 as the last episode of Season 4.

Laslty, I want to point out that there is NO confusion from the production company Kvartal 95, that these are just different seasons for the same series, e.g., on official website of production company Kvartal 95 the seasons are clearly labeled as season with no ambiguity, e.g.,:

* Season 3: "Events of the 3rd season of The In-Laws series take place in a village..." http://kvartal95.com/en/projects/the-in-laws3/
* Season 4: In the fourth season of The In-Laws the events take place in the summer resort..."  http://kvartal95.com/en/projects/the-in-laws4/
* Season 6: In the sixth season of the The In-Laws the audience is again in for the incredible amount of most unexpected adventures of favorite characters..."  http://kvartal95.com/en/projects/the-in-laws6/

Hi piznajko,

Thanks for your responses and extra info! 

I've cut a ticket for our data editors to look into these merges for you, please allow some time for them to work through this.

Thanks,

Joel 

Hello to all. I will be connected to the conversation since I myself recently thought about this problem. I think that the series should be combined into a single page (with the exception of the full-length television film). The creators of the series position it as a single series, and the numbering is a distorted principle of the post-Soviet television space in determining the seasons, which does not correspond to the common principle on television in the United States or Europe. Links and text are in the Russian-language version of the series Wikipedia: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B

It seems piznajko (ur24424168) succeeded to add more seasons to the original Svaty [1] and to change the main poster to Svaty 6 there:


where the original title-poster (including no "6" or other numbers) had been before this discussion paused at some point:


EDITORS, please react on this. 
Those who did these changes are not familiar with the content. 
The changes are done without any objective proof.

MAthePA    please do not misinform IMDb community - TV series 'Svaty' is a six season (plus one NY special) TV Series. I have provided reliable sources that prove that production '95 kvartal' clearly labels this as a 6 season TV Series (see here and here)

Please stop beating a dead horse! This is a 6 season TV series and no amount of your denialism can change that.