Unnecessary crew credit attributes

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In recent months there has been a significant increase of attributes added to major crew credits. These attributes don't add additional information but essentially repeat the role the person is credited for. For example, the director gets the attribute 'directed by' or an editor has the attribute 'edited by'. An example for this is 'The Old Guard 2', especially the producer credits.Personally, I think these attributes are completely unnecessary and should be deleted. How is this supposed to be handled? Does IMDb want these attributes to stay or can we submit requests for deletion?

Peter_pbn · Answer

The producer credits do not have attributes, they just have the occupation 'produced by'. It is IMDb which displays them in parentheses.

Col_Needham · Answer

@Elwood_Blues Thanks for the feedback. This is a long-time requirement and is documented in the attributes guide at https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/filmography-credits/attributes/GJNF5SNFE43G4S22 specifically: 'For crew roles the attribute is used to record exactly how a person is credited on screen. For example if a composer is listed in the credits as 'music by' this should be reflected exactly in the attribute field.'We are aiming to record the actual credited crew role as accurately as possible. This is also because at a future date we may reorganise which credits belong in which departments, so it is important to have the most detailed record of what was displayed on screen. Hope this helps.

Elwood_Blues

Unnecessary crew credit attributes

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