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Saturday, March 26th, 2022 9:41 PM

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External reviews for adult titles not accepted

Before posting here, I was directed to this topic

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/adding-external-reviews-to-adult-films/60e07dc9177dfd4224d3311f

but there was no specific explanation what to do to get your external review additions included.

I am specifically talking about this title:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1590158/

Tried to submit an external review for that and I failed twice. The second time I made sure that the word "Orgasmus"/"orgasm" was not part of the link, but again no success. Then again, the one external review that exists there (Silvia Szymanski) also has said word in the link.

Can anybody from imdb or in general help and explain what these altered guidelines for external reviews on adult titles look like? The ones Michelle talked about? I mean the review process has to be over nine months later. Or is it completely impossible right now to add external reviews to adult titles? Thanks in advance.

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3 years ago

Hi Horst -

Can you post the 18-digit submission reference numbers associated with your declined External Review updates for "Schwarzer Orgasmus"?  Once we have this additional information our staff can investigate further.

Cheers!

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3 years ago

Hello Michelle,

the number is #220326-210359-451000.

Thank you, have a good weekend.

Horst

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3 years ago

Hi Horst -

I have now approved the listing of this External Review, it should be live on the title page shortly.

Cheers!

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1 year ago

hello Michelle and the rest

can you take a look at #230626-165625-705000  for https://contribute.imdb.com/title/tt11816444 (music video). This is also displayed as an adult title, so I guess the problem still exists. Anything I can do from my site to get this kind of submission accepted, so I don't have to ask here next time it happens?

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@Horst​ Hi-

My sincere apologies for the delayed reply and an updated information on this issue. We are working through a backlog of threads.

Thanks for including your submission and the relevant details. I am reviewing with our Policy team and will reply here once I have further information.

Cheers!

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@Maya​ Hello again-

I have an update from the respective team and I can confirm that we are not allowing External Links on Adult titles, which is why the submission was declined. 

We are following up with the applicable teams to ensure our Help Guides include this information as well as consider a Warning/Blocker within the contribution form for transparency.

Cheers! 

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Oh, is this a new implementation? I see. It has to be as above Michelle still approved a review for an external title manually.

Will it still be possible to review adult titles on imdb directly?

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@Horst​ Hi-

I understand the frustration with this policy. While we no longer allow External reviews/links on Adult titles, I can assure that Adult title pages are still accessible on the site (site settings permitting).

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Is there an explanation behind this change or is it not disclosed?

And what about reviews on imdb directly?

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Hi @Horst​ -

I can't provide exact details as per when this policy was put in place, however, I can confirm that it is a longstanding policy and appears to have been implemented  more than two years ago (one which I wasn't aware of myself).

User reviews are still allowed on Adult titles.

I hope this helps.

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Thanks Michelle! My suggestion is then to deactivate the option to submit external reviews for adult titles altogether! Have a nice weekend.