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Incorrect punctuation in Russian titles (colon replaced with period)

Hi, I've noticed a small but recurring issue with some Russian titles on IMDb. Colons (:) are being replaced with periods (.) in titles where colons are actually correct and standard in Russian. For example: "Заклятие 4: Последний обряд" is shown as "Заклятие 4. Последний обряд" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22898462/ "Фантастическая четвёрка: Первые шаги" is shown as "Фантастическая четвёрка. Первые шаги" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10676052/ "Хищник: Планета смерти" is shown as "Хищник. Планета смерти" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31227572/ "Трон: Арес" is shown as "Трон. Арес" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6604188/ In Russian, the colon is commonly used to separate a franchise name from a subtitle, similar to how it's used in English titles. Could this be looked into and corrected where applicable? Also, could you please clarify why this change is being made? Is this an automated formatting rule or a manual edit? Thanks in advance!

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Hi DOS- Thank you for posting the links! After further reviewing, these have now been corrected and the changes will be live on the site shortly. All of these were manual submissions by different contributors. If you spot further incorrect ones, you can submit the respective corrections through the online Update form under 'Other Data' - Alternative titles. Cheers!

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Hi again, Thanks for your help with the Russian titles earlier. Most of them seem to be fixed correctly now. However, the title "Трон: Арес" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6604188/ ) keeps reverting back to the incorrect version "Трон. Арес", even after being corrected and accepted. This seems to be happening repeatedly — I submitted a correction (replacing the period with a colon, which is the proper punctuation in Russian), it was accepted, but after a few hours, it changed back to the incorrect format. Could you please check what might be causing this? Is there an automated process or external contributor overriding the correction? Thanks in advance!

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@DOS- You're welcome! I have checked on it and have now corrected it. The changes will be live shortly. Further actions have been taken to prevent incorrect changes.

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@Maya​ 

Hi again,
I'm returning to this issue as it has reappeared. Despite previous corrections and the "further actions" mentioned earlier in this thread, the Russian title for "Трон: Арес" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6604188/) has once again reverted to the incorrect format with a period: "Трон. Арес".
As discussed before, the colon (:) is the correct and standard punctuation for this title in Russian, and it keeps being changed back to a period (.) incorrectly.
Could you please:
  1. Correct the title back to "Трон: Арес".
  2. Lock this specific field or investigate why the previous "preventive actions" didn't hold up over time. It seems like either an automated sync from an external source or a persistent manual contributor is overriding the correct data.
Thanks for your patience and help with keeping the database accurate!

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@DOS​ - Thank you! This has been corrected.