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IMDb Staff - Please Delete and Ban These Keywords
I would like to request that IMDb staff please delete and ban the following keywords.
First, the following two keywords were recently added to 270 episodes of a Russian TV title. Both of these keywords should be banned and deleted:
russia-ukraine (270 titles)
while-the-village-sleeps (270 titles)
The first keyword is bad because it makes no sense, since Russia and Ukraine are two different countries (as the whole world is now very well aware). There is no reason for the keyword "russia-ukraine" to exist, especially when we already have perfectly acceptable keywords that have actual meaning, like "russian-ukrainian-relations," "ukrainian-russian-relations,""ukrainian-russian-war," "russian-ukrainian-border," "russian-in-ukraine," "russian-invasion-of-ukraine," etc. The keyword "russia-ukraine" should be deleted and banned.
As for the keyword "while-the-village-sleeps," it is the English translation of the title for this Russian TV series, "Poka stanitsa spit." This should not be a keyword. It should also be deleted and banned.
Second, the following two keywords should also both be banned and deleted:
title-is-not-in-english (67 titles)
no-lgbt-character (160 titles)
The problem with both those keywords is that keywords should, almost without exception, not be defined by what is not relevant to a title. If "not" keywords were allowed as a general rule, the keyword possibilities would be endless.
As discussed very eloquently by @gromit82, there can be very rare exceptions, such as the great keyword "no-dialogue." Another good one is "no-opening-credits." But as a general rule, keywords should not be defined by what they are not. That would open a Pandora's box of time-wasting and spammy keywords.
For the same reason that "not-on-dvd" and "not-on-blu-ray" were previously banned as keywords, so should the two keywords listed above.
In summary, please delete and ban the following four keywords:
russia-ukraine (270 titles)
while-the-village-sleeps (270 titles)
title-is-not-in-english (67 titles)
no-lgbt-character (160 titles)
Accepted Solution
Michelle
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3 years ago
Hi keyword_expert -
Thanks for reporting these invalid Keywords, they have now been removed and blocked from re-submission.
Thanks again!
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