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Duplicate Keywords - List #17 (Proposals for Permanent Merger and Auto-Conversion) (misc. & people keywords)

Here is the next installment of my lists of proposed keywords for permanent merger and auto-conversion. 

I am posting this for fellow contributors to review first and raise any objections or questions. I will wait at least seven days before changing this post to a "problem" post and asking IMDb staff to make the proposed mergers.

The mergers should be made in the direction of the arrows.

Duplicate Keywords Proposed for Permanent Merging and Auto-Conversion

dad (90 titles)  -->  daddy (21 titles)  -->  daddies (3 titles)  -->  fathers (3 titles)  -->  father (2723 titles)

extreme-closeup (195 titles) --> extreme-close-up (274 titles)


family-relations (124 titles) -->  family-relationship (188 titles)  -->  familial-relations (3 titles)  -->  family-relationships (13439 titles)


female-in-shower (290 titles)  -->   female-in-a-shower (254 titles)


female-in-swimsuit (131 titles)  -->  female-in-a-swimsuit (8 titles) -->   female-wears-a-swimsuit (70 titles)


girl-with-glasses (340 titles) -->  girl-wearing-glasses (18 titles)  -->  girl-wears-glasses [New Keyword]


human-interest (4709 titles)  -->   human-interest-story (9 titles)


innocence-lost (81 titles)  --> loss-of-innocence (152 titles)

kid (402 titles)  -->  child (2866 titles) *

kids (445 titles)  -->  children (6053 titles) *


love-hate (65 titles) -->  hate-and-love (2 titles)  -->  love-and-hate-relationship (13 titles)  --> love-hate-relationship (149 titles)


male-in-bathtub (54 titles)  -->  male-in-a-bathtub (144 titles)


male-in-shower (441 titles)  -->   male-in-a-shower (354 titles)


man-wearing-glasses (91 titles) -->  man-with-glasses (227 titles)  -->   man-wears-glasses (13 titles)


man-wearing-shorts (52 titles)  -->  man-wears-shorts (793 titles)

mom (84 titles)  -->  moms (2 titles)  -->  mothers (12 titles)  -->  mother's (1 title)  --> mommy (7 titles) --> mama (20 titles) -->  mother (3402 titles) 


multiple-storyline (291 titles)  -->  multiple-stories (1 title)  -->  multiple-story (1 title)  -->   multiple-storylines (38 titles)


protagonist-as-narrator (56 titles)  -->  protagonist-narration (2 titles)  --> narrated-by-protagonist (130 titles)


single-mom (54 titles) -->  single-mum (2 titles) -->  single-mother (2414 titles)


social-awkwardness (154 titles)  -->   socially-awkward (177 titles)


troubled-teenager (81 titles)  -->  troubled-teen (140 titles)


villain-played-by-lead-actor (404 titles)  -->  villian-played-by-lead-actor (2 titles)  -->  protagonist-villain (14 titles)  -->  villain-protagonist (12 titles) --> villain-as-protagonist (46 titles)


villainess-played-by-lead-actress (125 titles)  --> female-villain-as-protagonist (6 titles) -->  villainess-as-protagonist (7 titles)


voiceover-narration (70 titles)  --> voice-over-narration (6914 titles)


w.i.p (113 titles)  -->  women-in-prison (284 titles)  **


whispering-in-one's-ear (32 titles)  -->  whispering-into-someone's-ear (81 titles)  -->   whispering-in-someone's-ear (43 titles)


woman-wearing-glasses (751 titles)  -->  woman-with-glasses (436 titles)  --> woman-wears-glasses (15 titles)


woman-wearing-sunglasses (331 titles) -->   woman-wears-sunglasses (434 titles)

working-mom (70 titles) -->  working-mother (63 titles)

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* After merging "kid" and "kids" into "child" and "children," respectively, I recommend not establishing auto-conversion for these keywords. Instead, the keywords "kid" and "kids" should be perma-banned as too vague, because the word "kid" can mean either a human child or a young goat.  I searched and found five titles with the keyword "kid" where "young-goat" (aka "kid-goat") were clearly intended. I have modified these keywords accordingly.

**  "women-in-prison" should specifically be plural (i.e., "women" rather than "woman"), because "women in prison" is a specific film sub-genre

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Hi keyword_expert -

These Plot Keyword updates have been made, the applicable merges and auto-conversion updates should be live on the site shortly.

Thanks again!

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@Michelle​ Thank you so much!!

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@Michelle  Now that the seven-day comment period on this list of keywords has expired, the list is ready for action by IMDb staff (mergers and auto-conversion). Accordingly, I have changed the post to a "problem" post. I will post the full list below with the number of titles removed.

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* After merging "kid" and "kids" into "child" and "children," respectively, I recommend not establishing auto-conversion for these keywords. Instead, the keywords "kid" and "kids" should be perma-banned as too vague, because the word "kid" can mean either a human child or a young goat.  I searched and found five titles with the keyword "kid" where "young-goat" (aka "kid-goat") were clearly intended. I have modified these keywords accordingly.

**  "women-in-prison" should specifically be plural (i.e., "women" rather than "woman"), because "women in prison" is a specific film sub-genre

Duplicate Keywords Proposed for Permanent Merging and Auto-Conversion

dad  -->  daddy   -->  daddies   -->  fathers  -->  father 

kid   -->  child  *

kids   -->  children  *

mom   -->  moms   -->  mothers -->  mother's   --> mommy  --> mama  -->  mother  

multiple-storyline   -->  multiple-stories   -->  multiple-story  -->   multiple-storylines 


protagonist-as-narrator  -->  protagonist-narration  --> narrated-by-protagonist 


single-mom -->  single-mum  -->  single-mother 


social-awkwardness   -->   socially-awkward 


troubled-teenager  -->  troubled-teen 


villain-played-by-lead-actor  -->  villian-played-by-lead-actor  -->  protagonist-villain   -->  villain-protagonist  --> villain-as-protagonist 


villainess-played-by-lead-actress   --> female-villain-as-protagonist  -->  villainess-as-protagonist 


voiceover-narration  --> voice-over-narration 


w.i.p  -->  women-in-prison   **


whispering-in-one's-ear   -->  whispering-into-someone's-ear   -->   whispering-in-someone's-ear 


woman-wearing-glasses   -->  woman-with-glasses   --> woman-wears-glasses 


woman-wearing-sunglasses  -->   woman-wears-sunglasses 

working-mom  -->  working-mother 

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In the USA, glasses often refers to drinking glasses.  Therefore, a much better keyword that "man-wears-glasses" or "woman-wears-glasses" would be "man-wears-eyeglasses" or "woman-wears-eyeglasses." I have a vague memory of a title where a female character did, indeed, wear drinking glasses as eye glasses (perhaps a Czech avant grade?), but, that, because of its extreme rarity, should have generated a unique keyword.  "eyeglasses" keywords should also replace those with the word "spectacles," although some would probably make a distinction between "spectacles"and "eyeglasses" that most of us would probably not know.

In the past, there was the suggestion that the "children" keyword (plural) all be changed to "child" (singular) that was generally supported by contributors and users.  Guess that never happened.

"social-awkwardness" (a noun) is also a better keyword than "socially-awkward" (an adjective). "socially-awkward" could be a critical, subjective evaluation of the title, itself, although it could be used in conjunction with a noun, i.e. "socially-awkward-man," "socially-awkward-penguin," etc.

AND the "human'-interest" keyword(s) should be deleted entirely.  Is there ANY title that does not have SOME human-interest?  It not, it would not have been made!

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@bradley_kent​ "glasses" could mean either eyeglasses or sunglasses. It would not make sense to arbitrarily pick one of these for merger and auto-conversion.