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Please, do not merge this with another posting, where it will languish and not get any attention

My correct genre contributions are apparently being blocked.  I am urging you to process them correctly.  As I have often said, my only goal is to help make IMDb more correct than it already is.

The absurdity of not adding Comedy as a genre for a Punk Panther cartoon:

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2025-12-12 20:16:02

Pink Plasma (1975)

Keywords -  13 items corrected, 1 item deleted

Genres -  1 item added

Another example of where a correct genre is not being added:

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2025-12-06 18:59:19

Young Frankenstein (1974)

Genres -  1 item added

And another:

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2025-12-07 06:59:34

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale (2003) (TV)

Genres -  1 item added

And another:

251216-062539-092000Track Contribution 2025-12-16 06:25:39 Meet Marlon Brando (1966)Genres -  1 item added

There are hundreds.

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Since the Hans Christian Andersen film includes some fabrication and IMDb's biography guideline says the story should stay "close to the factual record", I can imagine why the genre may have been blocked.

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If the Danny Kaye film Hans Christian Anderson (1952) is a Biography (which it is, and is also identified as such by IMDb), then this title is a Biography, too.

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The Danny Kaye film clearly doesn't fit the guideline. I don't think it is to your advantage that you disregard the guidelines.

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Perhaps the guidelines need to be revised to reflect the truth.  “close to the factual record” would disqualify the majority of Biography titles, except, perhaps, Biographical Documentaries -- and, even then, liberties are often taken with the facts.

Night and Day (1946), anyone?

The missing --  and most important -- word in the guideline is “reasonably” --  "reasonably close to the factual record."

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@bradley_kent- Thank you for posting the references! Further reviewing, only the Pink Plasma was re-submitted and approved. 

For the rest, these titles should not have these genres added to them as they do not meet our IMDb's genre guidelines.

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And here’s another curiosity.  Running time is one of the most objective things on IMDb.  This title is 22m, but it is denied the Short genre:

251212-054227-810000Track Contribution 2025-12-12 05:42:27 A Very Pink Christmas (2011) (TV)Keywords -  11 items corrected, 1 item deletedGenres -  1 item added

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"Any theatrical film or made-for-video title with a running time of less than 45 minutes, i.e., 44 minutes or less, or any TV series or TV movie with a running time of less than 22 minutes, i.e. 21 minutes or less."

https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/genres/GZDRMS6R742JRGAG?ref_=helpms_helpart_inline#short