IMDb staff: Please fix these issues with "covid-19" keywords

@Michelle​ Thank you for looking into this. 

@keyword_expert​ 

? ? Look at later... 🙄

May 6 2022

EDIT 2 hours later

https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=covid                       :      135 titles --> 99 --> 0 

https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=covid-19-movie      :          4 titles -->   2 --> 0 

https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=covid-2020             :           5 titles -->  2 -->  0 

https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=covid-19                 :   21,989 titles --> 22,069  --> 22,152 

https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=covid-pandemic      :  16,793 titles --> 16,796  --> 16,796 

https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=pandemic-2020       :  16,758 titles --> 16,759  --> 16,759 

https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=covid-19-pandemic :          0 titles --> 0 --> 0 

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@ACT_1​ To get the true numbers, you would need to do a title search, as opposed to a keyword search. Keyword searches often have lags in the data and the numbers.

For instance, I did title searches to check the numbers shortly after @Michelle's response. At that time, "covid" already showed up with 0 results:

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=covid&ref_=fn_kw_kw_1

@keyword_expert​ 

I just copied your links to my message 😀 (without the &ref....)

Need to look at these next day ??

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@ACT_1​ There are two different searches involved: keyword searches and title searches. Title searches are more accurate in a quicker timeframe than keyword searches.

Title search: https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=covid

Keyword search: https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=covid

@keyword_expert​ 

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https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=covid                        :  No results.
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=covid-19-movie       :  No results.
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=covid-2020              :  No results.
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=covid-pandemic      : 16,796 titles
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=pandemic-2020       : 16,759 titles
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=covid-19-pandemic  : No results.

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@ACT_1​

Typo: "ovid-pandemic "

@keyword_expert​ 

ooopppssss!!

Fixed ??

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=covid-pandemic      : 16,796 titles

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@Michelle​

Any updates on this?

I can't imagine there could be any logical explanation for wanting to convert "covid-pandemic" to "covid-19," given that they are two distinct things.

@alfred_chu​ Those are three completely different things, though. 

COVID-19 (aka SARS-CoV-2) is a disease caused by a coronavirus.

Coronaviruses are a subfamily of multiple viruses known as Orthocoronavirinae. One of these coronaviruses, a betacoronavirus, causes COVID-19. Coronaviruses have been around long before COVID-19 emerged.

"covid-19-pandemic" is the pandemic involving COVID-19.

Some titles might focus on one of these concepts, but not the others. For example, a news segment might mention that a famous person has been diagnosed with COVID-19. For that title, "covid-19" would be most appropriate.

Another title might focus on coronaviruses generally, including the one that causes COVID-19. Or a title might focus on how the most commonly known coronavirus can be killed with disinfectants. For these titles, "coronavirus" would be most appropriate.

Still another title might focus on overburdened hospitals caused by the current pandemic. For such a title, "covid-19-pandemic" would be most appropriate. 

It makes little sense to merge these keywords when they are not true synonyms or duplicates.

And since COVID-19 will be around with us for the foreseeable future, even while the pandemic will likely recede, it will continue to be important to keep these keywords separated for proper continuity.

I understand that but, at the time of my first response, I didn't know you were referring to searching for keywords, I thought you were referring to, for example, the cause of someone's death because I've seen "coronavirus" and complications from COVID-19" have been accepted and approved submissions, since there can be different "coronaviruses" in the past and because we have to include the date of death in the submission and the cause, these two details should be sufficient enough for the viewer including imdb staff to know which illness, your referring to. 

@Michelle Bump

Hi @keyword_expert​ -

These keyword merges and auto-conversions have now been made and the changes should be live on the site shortly.

Cheers!

@Michelle​ Thank you!