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Duplicate Keywords - List #18 (Proposals for Permanent Merger and Auto-Conversion)

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 aa-meeting (67 titles) --> alcoholics-anonymous-meeting (64 titles) boardinghouse (53 titles) --> boarding-house (495 titles) candles (54 titles) -->   candle (2990 titles) computer-tablet (85 titles)  --> tablet-computer (56 titles) cry (106 titles) --> crying (6570 titles) dialogue-driven-storyline (113 titles)  -->  dialogue-driven (345 titles)  guest-house (89 titles)  -->  guesthouse (42 titles) hack-saw (51 titles) --> hacksaw (46 titles) horse-riding (1725 titles)  -->  horseriding (5 titles)  -->  horse-ride (15 titles) -->  riding-a-horse (75 titles)  --> riding-horse (13 titles)  -->  riding-horseback (11 titles)  -->  horseback-riding (1132 titles) house-guest (55 titles)  -->  houseguest (213 titles) joke-telling (205 titles)  -->  telling-jokes (10 titles)  -->  telling-joke (8 titles)  --> telling-a-joke (289 titles) lifting-weights (44 titles)  -->  weight-lifting (12 titles)  -->  weightlifting (522 titles) marriage-problems (336 titles)  -->  marital-problems (48 titles)  -->  martial-problems (2 titles)  --> marital-problem (551 titles) minimal-dialogue (85 titles)   -->  very-little-dialog (18 titles)  -->  very-little-dialogue (415 titles) more-than-one-bare-chested-male (105 titles)  -->  bare-chested-male (21559 titles) night-club (655 titles)  -->  nightclub (5235 titles) night-driving (63 titles) -->  night-drive (6 titles) -->   driving-at-night (375 titles) no-dialog (156 titles) -->  without-dialog (3 titles)  --> dialogue-free (2 titles)  -->  silent-dialog (4 titles) -->  silent-dialogue (27 titles)  -->  no-dialogue (1010 titles)   overheard-conversation (869 titles)  --> overhearing-a-conversation (137 titles) run (237 titles)  -->   running (2911 titles) sand-castle (26 titles)  -->  sandcastle (87 titles)  scotch-whisky (54 titles)  --> scotch-whiskey (136 titles) story-telling (272 titles)  -->   storytelling (1215 titles) super-powers (53 titles)  -->  super-power (53 titles)  -->  superpowers (37 titles) -->  superpower (61 titles) volcano-eruption (68 titles)  -->  volcanic-erruption (6 titles) -->  volcan-eruption (2 titles) -->  volanic-eruption (7 titles) -->  erupting-volcano (21 titles)  -->  volcanic-eruption (229 titles) walk (159 titles)   --> walks (1 title) --> walking (407 titles)

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Hi @keyword_expert - These keyword merges and auto-conversions have now been made.  The changes should be live on the site shortly. Cheers!

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@Michelle​ Thank you!!

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I just realized that "horse-riding" and "horseback-riding" are the same thing, except that "horseback riding" is the American preference, while "horse riding" is the British preference. Since IMDb favors American usage over British usage, I have adjusted the keywords to favor "horseback-riding." Source: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/35154/why-horseback-riding-and-not-simply-horse-riding

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@Michelle Now that the seven-day comment period has passed, this keyword list is ready for mergers and auto-conversions. I will re-post the full list below, with the numbers of titles removed. Duplicate Keywords Proposed for Permanent Merging and Auto-Conversion aa-meeting  --> alcoholics-anonymous-meeting  boardinghouse  --> boarding-house  candles  -->   candle  computer-tablet   --> tablet-computer  cry  --> crying  dialogue-driven-storyline   -->  dialogue-driven  guest-house   -->  guesthouse  hack-saw  --> hacksaw  horse-riding  -->  horseriding  -->  horse-ride -->  riding-a-horse --> riding-horse  -->  riding-horseback  -->  horseback-riding  house-guest   -->  houseguest  joke-telling   -->  telling-jokes -->  telling-joke   --> telling-a-joke  lifting-weights  -->  weight-lifting   -->  weightlifting  marriage-problems  -->  marital-problems  -->  martial-problems   --> marital-problem  minimal-dialogue   --> very-little-dialog  -->  very-little-dialogue  more-than-one-bare-chested-male  -->  bare-chested-male  night-club   -->  nightclub  night-driving -->  night-drive  -->   driving-at-night  no-dialog -->  without-dialog   --> dialogue-free   -->  silent-dialog -->  silent-dialogue   -->  no-dialogue    overheard-conversation   --> overhearing-a-conversation  run  -->   running  sand-castle  -->  sandcastle  scotch-whisky  --> scotch-whiskey  story-telling   -->   storytelling  super-powers   -->  super-power   -->  superpowers  -->  superpower  volcano-eruption  -->  volcanic-erruption  -->  volcan-eruption -->  volanic-eruption  -->  erupting-volcano   -->  volcanic-eruption  walk  --> walks  --> walking 

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@keyword_expert​ Just a comment on weightlifting. There may be a need to check that none of the titles means the competitive olympic sport, which may merit a different keyword than the weightlifting you do at home or at a gym.

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@Pencho15​ Good point, but there is no existing keyword for "competitive-weightlifting" or anything like that. (I did find the keyword "women's-weightlifting" but it is currently only assigned to 2 titles.) Given all of that, is it okay to merge "lifting-weights" into "weight-lifting" and then maybe create a new keyword for "competitive-weightlifting" that could be added to titles in addition to "weight-lifting," where both are relevant? Or do you view "lifting-weights" as a more informal form of the word (lifting weights at home) that should be kept separate from "weight-lifting?"

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@Pencho15​ p.s. I just remembered to check the dictionary definition of "weightlifting," which does seem to make it okay to lump all weightlifting in together, whether at home or competitive: the act, art, or sport of lifting barbells of given poundages in a prescribed manner, as a competitive event or conditioning exercise.

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@keyword_expert​ Alright, in that case then we should have a new keyword to use in addition to weightlifting were it is relevant. Do you think it should be "competitive-weightlifting" instead "weightlifting-the-sport"?

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@Pencho15​ I see there are already keywords like "cricket-the-sport" and "hurling-the-sport " and "skeleton-the-sport." However, those keywords are used to distinguish from other meanings of the same words, like "cricket-the-insect" for example. So I think "competitive-weightlifting" makes more sense than "weightlifting-the-sport." Especially since there are similar keywords like "competitive-diving " and "competitive-golf" and "competitive-swimmer".

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@keyword_expert​ Great, I just submitted the keyword here: 2021 European Weightlifting Championships (TV Series 2021) - Reference View - IMDb so it should appear soon.

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3 years ago

@Michelle I just realized I had forgotten to update this post to a "problem" post. I have done so now.

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bump.