Year of invention (title types) question

Plur: There are a variety of issues here. Some of these titles are misclassified, but others are allowed in by exceptions.

Most of the pre-1888 shorts (and shorts fall within the category of Movies) are series of photographs depicting persons or animals in movement, created by Eadweard Muybridge. I don't know exactly whether it is correct to describe them as short films, but Muybridge's work is considered, at least, an important precursor to motion pictures. So I assume they're allowed into IMDb by special exception.

Some of the pre-1976 videos (although certainly not all) are actually TV commercials, such as Tootsie Pop: How Many Licks (1969) (V) and Life Cereal: Three Brothers (1972) (V). The IMDb title formatting guide does say that commercials should be submitted as follows:

Commercials 
Brand: Title of advert if known (year) (V) i.e. Chanel N°5: The One That I Want (2014) (V)
Please submit as Made for Video
Please add the keywords: commercial, the brand i.e. chanel-no.-5

I would suggest that entering TV commercials as made-for-video titles was probably done as a workaround because it would have been difficult to create an entirely new title type at the time.

The contributors who submitted pre-1976 TV commercials as made-for-video titles did so correctly, in accordance with IMDb policy. The ban on pre-1976 video titles is actually phrased a ban on pre-1976 VHS titles, as there was no titles made for release direct to VHS videocassettes before the format was introduced to the public. 

My recommendation: If you see a number of titles which have been definitely misclassified by title type, or assigned to a clearly incorrect year, please post a list of some of them here (say, 10 to 20 in one post), and comment on whether the title should be classified under a different type, assigned to a different year, or deleted altogether because it could not possibly have existed. 

I hope this helps.