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Duplicate Keywords - List #55 (death keywords) (Proposals for Permanent Merger and Auto-Conversion)
Here is the next installment of my lists of proposed keywords for permanent merger and auto-conversion.
IMDb has recently changed its display format for keyword search results. The changes will hamper my ability to post these lists in the familiar format as shown below. For the time being, I am still able to access the old version of the keyword search results by logging out of my IMDb account. In anticipation of losing the old version forever, I hope to post several lists this weekend. So as not to overwhelm anyone, I will double the standard 14-day comment period to 28 days, to allow the community sufficient time to review this list before it is finalized.
I am posting this list for fellow contributors to review first and raise any objections or questions. I will wait at least 28 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
animals-killed (3 titles) --> killing-animal (1 title) --> murdering-an-animal (1 title) --> killing-an-animal (1157 titles) --> animal-killed (60 titles)
assumed-dead (82 titles) --> assumed-death (2 titles) --> thought-dead (38 titles) --> thought-to-be-dead (6 titles) --> believed-to-be-dead (6 titles) --> presumed-to-be-dead (5 titles) --> presumed-dead (999 titles)
attempted-suicide (1208 titles) --> failed-suicide-attempt (28 titles) --> failed-suicide (53 titles) --> suicide-attempt (2175 titles)
beat-to-death (7 titles) --> death-by-beating (6 titles) --> beating-someone-to-death (7 titles) --> beaten-to-death (1510 titles)
body-count (498 titles) --> multiple-deaths (137 titles)
dead (467 titles) --> the-dead (17 titles) --> deaths (21 titles) --> died (2 titles) --> dies (1 title) --> death (22677 titles)
dead-woman-on-bed (107 titles) --> dead-woman-on-a-bed (20 titles)
dead-woman-on-ground (99 titles) --> dead-woman-on-the-ground (5 titles)
death-by-drowning (344 titles) --> drowned-to-death (8 titles) --> kill-by-drowning (3 titles) --> killed-by-drowning (1 title) --> drowning-death [new keyword]
death-by-drug-overdose (74 titles) --> fatal-drug-overdose (3 titles)
death-by-electrocution (149 titles) --> death-by-electrocuting (4 titles) --> electrocuted-to-death (37 titles) --> electrocution-death [new keyword]
death-by-explosion (68 titles) --> killed-in-explosion (30 titles) --> killed-in-an-explosion (70 titles)
death-by-heart-attack (70 titles) --> death-from-heart-attack (42 titles) --> death-from-a-heart-attack (12 titles) --> fatal-heart-attack (7 titles)
faking-suicide (7 titles) --> fake-suicide (180 titles) --> feigning-suicide (1 title) --> faked-suicide (105 titles)
killed-in-a-car-accident (105 titles) --> killed-in-car-accident (40 titles) --> death-in-a-car-accident (96 titles) --> death-from-a-car-accident (17 titles) --> fatal-car-accident (57 titles)
killed-in-a-car-crash (58 titles) --> car-crash-death (2 titles) --> fatal-car-crash (53 titles)
near-death (57 titles) --> almost-dead (8 titles) --> near-death-experience (1064 titles)
return-from-the-dead (26 titles) --> returning-from-the-dead (30 titles) --> return-from-dead (14 titles) --> back-from-the-dead (830 titles)
sentenced-to-death (196 titles) --> sentence-of-death (3 titles) --> sentence-to-death (11 titles) --> sentenced-to-die (9 titles) --> execution-sentence (2 titles) --> sentenced-to-be-executed (4 titles) --> condemned to death (84 titles) --> condemned to die (2 titles) --> death-sentence (503 titles)
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p.s. I will cover various "corpse"/"dead body" keywords in future posts.
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Duplicate Keywords - List #63 (murder keywords) (Proposals for Permanent Merger and Auto-Conversion)
keyword_expert
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2 years ago
@jay_spirit @bradley_kent
If there is one thing we can probably all agree on, it's that the word "murder" should not apply when a human kills an animal. (But the word "kill" definitely applies in many contexts when a human kills another human, whether or not the killing also constitutes murder.)
Accordingly, I have included the keyword "murdering-an-animal" in this list, to be merged into "killing-an-animal."
There is also the curious keyword "animal-murder," currently assigned to 7 titles. On the face of this keyword, it is not clear whether it means a human killing an animal, or an animal killing another animal. I will "audit" this keyword and try to eliminate it from existence.
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DataOrganizer
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2 years ago
@keyword_expert
Thank you for all your suggestions and work inbetween.
As i agreed in the linked thread, merging multiple keywords ("dead...", "murder-of...", "death-of...", "...killed", "...murdered", "killed_by...") to a single one ("...deceased...") was not a good idea and is not an accurate description or replacement.
Also i recognized that the terms "male-" and "female-police-officer" are not widely used by and seem not very common to imdb users.
For example, the keywords "policewoman" and "policeman" have increased significantly in the meantime, but the keywords "(fe)male-police-offcer" not.
My suggestion would be, to change these terms back to their original forms.
That will then be my work, since I changed it first. I still have lists and title-names, so I can make these changes relatively accurately and thus become more understandable and usable for the users again.
I could work through all the terms which include "(fe)male-police-officer" and "...deceased...".
My only question would be, should i change only the keywords including "...deceased..." or also change back "(fe)male-police-officer" to "policewoman", "policeman" and all the other variants i found, like "patrol(wo)man", "(female-)cop"...?
That'll be the hell of work again - but it seems i just love that.
Also, i can do it a little slower this time.
Cheers.
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bradley_kent
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A policeman/woman or soldier or whoever may kill, as well as murder, and be killed or murdered.. "deceased" can mean that someone is just dead. A deceased person does not necessarily mean that that person was killed or murdered, but may have just died of natural causes or some disease or illness.
Also, isn't there a preference for active rater than passive voice. "killing-a-police-officer" is a better keyword that "police-officer-killed." Gerunds are so prosaic and suggest abbreviated, "cute" newspaper headlines, and should, therefore, usually be avoided
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keyword_expert
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IMDb staff:
Now that the comment period on this list of keywords has passed, the list is ready for action. I will copy and paste the list below with the numbers of titles removed to facilitate the mergers and auto-conversions.
Duplicate Keywords Proposed for Permanent Merging and Auto-Conversion
animals-killed --> killing-animal --> murdering-an-animal --> killing-an-animal --> animal-killed
assumed-dead --> assumed-death --> thought-dead --> thought-to-be-dead --> believed-to-be-dead --> presumed-to-be-dead --> presumed-dead
attempted-suicide --> failed-suicide-attempt --> failed-suicide --> suicide-attempt
beat-to-death --> death-by-beating --> beating-someone-to-death --> beaten-to-death
body-count --> multiple-deaths
dead --> the-dead --> deaths --> died --> dies --> death
dead-woman-on-bed --> dead-woman-on-a-bed
dead-woman-on-ground --> dead-woman-on-the-ground
death-by-drowning --> drowned-to-death --> kill-by-drowning --> killed-by-drowning --> drowning-death
death-by-drug-overdose --> fatal-drug-overdose
death-by-electrocution --> death-by-electrocuting --> electrocuted-to-death --> electrocution-death
death-by-explosion --> killed-in-explosion --> killed-in-an-explosion
death-by-heart-attack --> death-from-heart-attack --> death-from-a-heart-attack --> fatal-heart-attack
faking-suicide --> fake-suicide --> feigning-suicide --> faked-suicide
killed-in-a-car-accident --> killed-in-car-accident --> death-in-a-car-accident --> death-from-a-car-accident --> fatal-car-accident
killed-in-a-car-crash --> car-crash-death --> fatal-car-crash
near-death --> almost-dead --> near-death-experience
return-from-the-dead --> returning-from-the-dead --> return-from-dead --> back-from-the-dead
sentenced-to-death --> sentence-of-death --> sentence-to-death --> sentenced-to-die --> execution-sentence --> sentenced-to-be-executed --> condemned to death --> condemned to die --> death-sentence
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keyword_expert
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After thinking about it, I feel like the keyword animal-killed is the better choice for the first merger on the list, rather than killing-an-animal.
Although the latter keyword is far more popular on IMDb, merging animal-killed into killing-an-animal could result in some inaccuracies.
For example, when I scan the titles with the keyword animal-killed I see at least one title in which an animal is killed by another animal. For that one, "killing-an-animal" just doesn't seem accurate.
Also, there can be movies and shows where an animal is killed offscreen (for example, a character's pet is killed by an unknown person offscreen). Also with these titles, "killing-an-animal" doesn't seem like the best keyword.
Finally, the phrasing animal-killed will put this keyword more in line with similar popular keywords like actual animal killed, police officer killed, man killed, child killed, etc.
I will adjust my list accordingly.
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Hi @keyword_expert -We sincerely apologize for the delayed response in circling back to this older keyword proposal request.
We regret that we are unable to take the requested keyword actions raised in this thread and will be marking this as Closed. For more information please review our recent and more detailed response on this previous thread. Again, while we truly appreciate the requests, we are sorry we cannot assist further.
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