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Duplicate Keywords - List #30 (Proposals for Permanent Merger and Auto-Conversion) (transportation 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 changes.

The mergers and auto-conversions should be made in the direction of the arrows.

Duplicate Keywords Proposed for Permanent Merging and Auto-Conversion

airplane-explosion (60 titles)  -->  plane-explosion (14 titles)  --> exploding-aeroplane (1 title)  -->  exploding-airplane (283 titles)


automobile (2834 titles)  -->  automobiles (9 titles)  -->  auto (29 titles)  -->  motor-car (408 titles)  -->   car (8125 titles)


boat-explosion (63 titles)  --> exploding-boat (174 titles)


car-crashing-into-a-tree (64 titles)  -->  car-crash-into-tree (5 titles)  -->  crashing-a-car-into-a-tree (4 titles)  -->  car-crashes-into-a-tree (19 titles)


car-explosion (569 titles)  -->  car-explodes (28 titles)  -->  exploding-car (1785 titles)


car-jacking (7 titles)  -->  car-jack (34 titles)  -->  hijacking-a-car (3 titles)  -->  carjacking (315 titles)


filling-station (209 titles)  -->  petrol-station (99 titles)  -->  gas-station (2020 titles)


helicopter-explosion (57 titles)  --> helicopter-explodes (2 titles)  -->   exploding-helicopter (379 titles)


jeep-motor-vehicle (70 titles)   -->  jeep (1303 titles)


lorry-driver (45 titles)  -->  truck-driver (1111 titles)


motorbike (561 titles)  -->  motor-bike (53 titles)  -->  motor-cycle (7 titles)  -->  motorcycles (28 titles)  -->  motorcycle (4882 titles)


public-transit (89 titles)  -->  public-transport (151 titles)  -->  public-transportation (65 titles)


pulled-over-by-police (56 titles)  -->  pulled-over-by-the-police (107 titles)


railway-station (761 titles)  -->  railroad-station (67 titles)  -->   train-station (2041 titles)


railway-tracks (5 titles)  -->  railway-track (18 titles)  -->  railroad-track (234 titles)  -->  railroad-tracks (97 titles)  -->  train-track (47 titles)  -->  train-tracks (351 titles)


riding-a-motorbike (285 titles)  -->  motorbike-riding (5 titles)  -->  riding-motorbike (2 titles)  -->  motorbiking (1 title)  -->  motorcycle-riding (215 titles)  -->  riding-motorcycle (39 titles)  -->  motorcycle-ride (16 titles)  -->  motor-cycle-riding (9 titles)  -->  motorcycling (11 titles)  -->   riding-a-motorcycle (341 titles)


riding-on-a-bicycle (17 titles)  -->  riding-bicycle (23 titles)  -->  riding-a-bike (441 titles)  -->  riding-bike (5 titles)  -->  bike-riding (57 titles)  -->  bike-ride (12 titles)  --> riding-a-bicycle (1164 titles)

roadtrip (197 titles)  -->  road-trip (2210 titles)

spaceship-explosion (47 titles)  -->  spaceship-explodes (2 titles)  -->  space-ship-explosion (5 titles)  -->  exploding-spaceship (17 titles)


speed-boat (60 titles)  -->  speedboat (351 titles)


train-explosion (53 titles)  --> exploding-train (53 titles)

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Hi @keyword_expert -

These keywords updates have now been made.  Cheers!

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@Michelle

In reviewing my list, I realized that I made a mistake on one of these mergers. I meant to merge the "train-track" keywords into "train-track" rather than "train-tracks." That's because of IMDb's preference for singular keywords, plus the dictionary definition of "track" is "a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs." So despite common usage otherwise, the word "track" already inherently includes both railroad ties in a track.

Is it possible to change the mergers so that "train-tracks" merges into "train-track?"

train-tracks -->  train-track   

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Hi @keyword_expert​ -

Thanks for catching this has now been corrected!

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@Michelle​ Thank you! 

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Why is car (8125 titles) a keyword at all?!

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@abdurahman

It's okay for "car" to be a keyword, but it is severely overused.

One contributor in particular has added many duplicate keywords ("car," "motor-vehicle," "automobile") to each title, plus the model and make of each car shown in the title ("ford," "ford-motor-vehicle," "ford-car," "ford-mustang," "ford-crown-victoria," "volkswagen," "volkswagen-motor-vehicle," "toyota-motor-vehicle," etc.), then the countries where all the cars were manufactured ("u.s.-car," "german-car," "swedish-car," "japanese-car"). It's worse than all the nudity keywords.

I could understand adding these keywords to films and shows that focus specifically on different types of cars (like where the theme is auto repair or the entire movie is about driving cars or something). But to add all these keywords to all titles that just happen to include a car (which is most titles) is just plain weird.

Here's an example to show what I'm talking about:

https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=automobile%2Ccar%2Cford%2Cford-car%2Cford-motor-vehicle%2Cu.s.-car%2Cmotor-vehicle&ref_=kw_ref_key&sort=moviemeter,asc&mode=detail&page=1

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@abdurahman​ Dang. Just in the last 2 months, the number of titles with "car" as a keyword has increased to more than 20,000 titles. It is now one of the most popular keywords on IMDb. 

Looks like somebody has added "car" to thousands of TV episodes, which accounts for much of the increase. Take this show, for example, where somebody added "car" to every episode of this Spanish gameshow, I guess because a car was a potential prize. Seems like overkill.

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IMDb staff (@Michelle and @Bethanny):

Now that the seven-day comment period has passed, this list is ready for action by staff. I will paste the list below with the numbers of titles removed. As always, the mergers and auto-conversions should be done in the direction of the arrows.

Duplicate Keywords Proposed for Permanent Merging and Auto-Conversion

airplane-explosion   -->  plane-explosion  --> exploding-aeroplane   -->  exploding-airplane 


automobile   -->  automobiles   -->  auto  -->  motor-car  -->   car 


boat-explosion   -->  exploding-boat 


car-crashing-into-a-tree  -->  car-crash-into-tree   -->  crashing-a-car-into-a-tree   -->  car-crashes-into-a-tree 


car-explosion   -->  car-explodes   -->  exploding-car 


car-jacking  -->  car-jack  -->  hijacking-a-car   -->  carjacking 


filling-station   -->  petrol-station   -->  gas-station 


helicopter-explosion   -->  helicopter-explodes  -->   exploding-helicopter 


jeep-motor-vehicle   -->  jeep 


lorry-driver   -->  truck-driver 


motorbike   -->  motor-bike  -->  motor-cycle   -->  motorcycles  -->  motorcycle 


public-transit   -->  public-transport   -->  public-transportation 


pulled-over-by-police  -->  pulled-over-by-the-police 


railway-station   -->  railroad-station  -->   train-station 


railway-tracks   -->  railway-track  -->  railroad-track   -->  railroad-tracks   -->  train-track   -->  train-tracks 


riding-a-motorbike  -->  motorbike-riding   -->  riding-motorbike   -->  motorbiking   -->  motorcycle-riding   -->  riding-motorcycle  -->  motorcycle-ride  -->  motor-cycle-riding  -->  motorcycling   -->   riding-a-motorcycle 


riding-on-a-bicycle   -->  riding-bicycle  -->  riding-a-bike  -->  riding-bike   -->  bike-riding   -->  bike-ride   --> riding-a-bicycle 

roadtrip   -->  road-trip 

spaceship-explosion  -->  spaceship-explodes  -->  space-ship-explosion   -->  exploding-spaceship 


speed-boat   -->  speedboat 


train-explosion   --> exploding-train