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1,388 IMDb titles, 40 operas composed, 

Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006261/

And the Help desk declined to add a profile image to his page.

Fortunately, many other composers _got_ images before the policy changed, or perhaps a request fell on more charitable ears.

It's a shame they won't add his photo.

Can a staffer merge this thread into this one please: https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/profile-photos/5f4a79fb8815453dba9423da ?

(I assume the upvotes are added as well, presuming they're from different people).

This earlier remark by me was made before I understood a little more about how image curation worked on IMDb.

Are there any photos of him already on him but in which he has not yet been tagged?

I gave them a suggestion (the poster for a biography of him, which is a painting), but there is nothing on his name page.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034131/mediaviewer/rm2922620417

I did 2 rounds with the Contact Desk, and the second answer came from Grayson: that they would not consider it, but I should post an Idea on the forum.

I see. Well, hopefully a Public Broadcast Station documentary or something will be made about him someday. I appreciate your answer, bderoes.

Bump.

Bump.

@jeorj_euler​ You misunderstood. My parents are both listed here with NO photo. I joined Pro years ago just to put their photo on their profile and then they were deleted by admin soon after I posted both.

The policy is ridiculous and disgusting that this site would not want or allow a photo to be included in whatever is now left of the bio

I misunderstood? Well, just to note, I still don't understand.

With the possible exception of the founder of IMDb, it may very well be that the only IMDb employee who has ever posted on the forum and who is also an image partner with IMDb is Trisha S. From what I've learned over the years, the originators of curated images are image partners and studio partners, the former having fewer limitations in ability to upload, and I'm only aware in full certainty of two of them, by their forum handles. On IMDb, curated images are the kind that show up in name page galleries despite not being placed there via IMDbPro, and apparently they are related to a number of discontinued programs that had or have been around for many years.

Hey @jeorj_euler, thank you for this input!  I've seen your incredible help on other pages too.  Unrelated question for you.  I've always been curious about the "studio partners" that you mentioned.  Other than having some say in the posters and publicity photos that show up, what other abilities might they have or features might they be able to access?  For example -- similar to Wikipedia -- can they see a history of who has added what to their films?  --- Thanks!  Scott

Hi, Scott Trimble. No. As far as I know, studio partners have no ability to view edit histories in IMDb, and this information is not shared with them, just like in general it isn't shared with IMDb contributors. The avenues to view edit histories are strictly something that IMDb staff, at least some of them, can access. The studio partners with IMDb make use of the tools provided as part of IMDb Title Scorecard, or in some cases, perhaps part of the discontinued service known as Withoutabox. Nikolay Yeriomin could tell you more about what it is like to manage the IMDb title pages linked to organizations whose corresponding company pages on IMDb are party to Title Scorecard access and have branch/employee data stored, the part that can only be viewed or edited via an IMDbPro subscription.

@jeorj_euler​ The only response I have ever received has been to join Pro which I will not do as I am merely the son of a Director (58 movies) and an Actress (36 movies)

Hi, Reese. That's because the IMDb staff are unwilling or possibly not allowed to disclose anything other than the most appropriate means of causing IMDb name page primary images to be anything other than what would be there on a given page in the absence of an active IMDbPro subscription being associated with that given page. For any given living listed person, one of the benefits of IMDbPro is being able to adjust on a whim the image on his or her profile. None of the other "techniques" allow for so much freedom and customization, since they were never intended to serve that purpose. So, what we have are the stock images (no photograph) as placeholders, or special placeholders (actual photographs but often screenshots) that can only be replaced by IMDb staff if there is no IMDbPro image instated there.