Starting March 12: Easier Data Submission with New Contribution Overlay

Hi cinemacriterion,

I've added an image above of what the overlay looks like when editing from the Cast & Crew subpage on a title. 

I hope this helps!

Are you using IMDb Pro?

Hi Ron3, 

Correct, the changes do not impact what contribution options are available, its mostly just making them accessible from an overlay on the right hand side. We know that some expert contributors prefer a full screen experience, that is why we have maintained that experience from the Edit page buttons,  but the new experience is expected to be useful for both new contributors and experienced ones alike.

Thanks,

Mark

@Peter_pbn​ I do use Pro on a regular basis.  But even on regular IMDb, the "Edit" button isn't at the bottom of any pages.

Take this page for example: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000117/otherworks/

I have to scroll to the bottom, and then page-up 6 times to see the "Edit" button.

The bottom of my pages (on regular IMDb) have a big footer, an equally big ad, and the even larger "Recently viewed" section before I get up to the Edit button.

@ron3​ 

I guess bottom of the page is a loose term, and the layout is also somewhat dependent on screen size.

@ron3​ Thanks for the feedback, however, this does look like a local issue with your browser settings.  Are you on a device with a small screen? If not, try making your browser window wider as what you describe is a mobile view; our layout changes dynamically depending on your screen size.  You may also want to look at the advice in https://help.imdb.com/article/imdb/common-issues/why-is-imdb-displaying-differently-on-my-browser/GF2ZAR69V859XLHF  as something else could be causing the problems. 

This is how your example URL looks for most people:

All pages with editable data sections should have an “Edit Page” button and this will be located at the bottom as long as you have a browser window wide enough. 

Hope this helps. 

Maximizing my browser to full desktop width puts the Edit Page button 5 pages above the bottom of the page, so a small, but not significant improvement. Maybe it's just a bad choice of wording. "at the bottom of all name and title pages" might be better said as "at the end of the main body of content"?

@ron3​  As a user/contributor of IMDb , and, non native English speaker I would not understand what "at the end of the main body of content" means. 

Can you share a link to the page where you are seeing the issue @Peter_pbn?

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/2026/1/

Thanks @Peter_pbn, this is great feedback, I'll speak to the team about making each Edit link deep link to the relevant data type. 

Also, I have cut a ticket to the team for the Awards issue and they are working on it. I'll update here once I have confirmation that the fix is applied.

Thanks Peter_Pbn, I'll ask the team to investigate this issue. Does it happen on every form or just certain ones?

@Mark13​ 

It happened on the ones I tried. It's only when there are enough items listed to fill the screen.

Got it! Will ask the team to look into this now and will keep you posted.

Hi Peter_pbn, this issue should now be resolved. Please let us know if you still experience it.

Thanks for flagging this issue Kristin, this issue has now been fixed.

@Mark13​ Thank you :-) Tested again now, fine now :-)

There is an overall change in the edit feature, but it depends which link you click on. Try clicking the link at the bottom of the page instead. 

I have at times seen the classic editor option, but there are other times when I haven't been able to see it.

Hi @CuriousUserX90, can you provide an example of where you don't see the classic editor option?

Thanks,

Mark

Thanks for this feedback @Kristin, I've asked the team to explore front end validation of duplicate keywords. I'll keep you updated.

Thanks,

Mark

Update: The team informed me that they have plans to improve the way Keywords are submitted that will help guard against duplicates. There is not a precise timeframe for those changes, but it will likely be later this year.

We will update here on Sprinklr when those changes launch.

Good catch @Peter_pbn, I'll ask the team to add Sales Representatives to the edit form. Will keep you posted.

Thanks,

Mark

Thanks Kristin, We've had feedback from some users that large amounts of text based guidance in the form makes it feel cluttered and is off-putting.  We also have reason to beleive a lot of contributors don't read them. The team were wondering whether we could potentially address this by including the guidance into the form field itself? For example, we could show an example of the desired input format as placeholder text, that once you start typing is replaced by the value you enter.

We would welcome your thoughts on this approach.

Thanks,

Mark

@Mark13​ 

Actually, upon further use of my brain, I think this is a ME problem, I'm so used to the classical editor, that I didn't fint the description of how to format the text where I'm used to,  I see now it is actually there under the "?" *facepalm*

So never mind I guess...

But yes, If you want to add example in the field also, sure :-) (As long as the user is stopped if they don't add anything in the description field (so they don't think it is a pre ready text.) )

Thanks Kristin, 

Good to know that this issue is mitigated by the help content under the question mark icon. The team will still consider the placeholder text option, but as a lower priority.

Good catch Kristin! I see Keywords is available from the side menu on the Plot sub-page, but not here. That feels like a miss. I'll check to see if the team can get it added. And will update you here once I know more.

Thanks,

Mark

Keywords is there after I click Plot & Quotes. Plot & Quotes is the main category, same as the headers in the classic edit feature. But yes, in some cases it would be simpler to just display the actual data types.

@Peter_pbn​ @Mark13​  Ahhh, thanks Peter, Mark: that's not logical, It did not even occur to me, because se picture,

After "Basic Data", there is a list of what Basic Data contains.

That is not the case after "Plot & Quotes", so I then thought that "Plot & Quotes" was only for Plot and Quotes...

Agreed @Kristin, this isn't logical. The team are working on fixing this, with the preferred option being to add Keywords as an option directly on the menu, rather than have it only as a subsection of Plot & Quotes. 

I'll keep you posted on progress.

Mark

I get the usual choice of Cast and Self. I think you can get back to that if you click "Cast and Crew" at the top.

@Peter_pbn​  Hmm. Thanks for the info, strange. TO IMDb:  If i click "Cast and crew"  nothing happens, if I try again and watch extremely close, it appears as if something appears in 1/1000 of a second and then the screen remains white, as if I did not click on anything. (Windows PC and Firefox, tried in my Edge browser also now, but that just leads me to the classic form and no overlay. )

I tried in Chrome and got the same thing as Kristin.

I remember now that already before this overlay feature, Kristin and others reported that the edit link next to Top Cast only included Cast and not Self, dependent on browser. I guess it needs to be corrected.

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/contribution-interface-updates-new-features-now-live/68de75f9ed0edd20f6879806?commentId=68e1f85253b7872ee1ade97f

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/contribution-interface-updates-new-features-now-live/68de75f9ed0edd20f6879806?commentId=68df5c242d92837f88963de2

Thank you both for reporting this issue, I'll ask the team to take a look and figure out what is causing it.

Thanks,

Mark

Hi @Kristin​,

Update for you: For this title: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt41462362/  because both the cast are 'Self' credits, they are editable under the 'Self' menu item, not 'Cast'. So you can either get to Self from the Edit link on the page next to the 'Top Cast' section, then select 'Self' in the menu, or if you are already in the 'Cast' edit form, you can click the 'cast & crew' breadcrumb link in the top right of the edit form (as per Peter_pbn's suggestion). However, it sounds like you were experiencing a display bug where the 'cast & crew' link was appearing only briefly before disappearing. The team have identified the cause of that bug and fixed it. 

Please let us know if you still experience that issue.

Thanks,Mark

@Mark13​

As mentioned I am trying to add a new "Self" person.

1.

I don't understand:

"So you can either get to Self from the Edit link on the page next to the 'Top Cast' section, then select 'Self' in the menu, "

There is no "Self" , that's the problem.

2.

"or if you are already in the 'Cast' edit form, you can click the 'cast & crew' breadcrumb link in the top right of the edit form (as per Peter_pbn's suggestion). However, it sounds like you were experiencing a display bug where the 'cast & crew' link was appearing only briefly before disappearing. The team have identified the cause of that bug and fixed it. "

No, not fixed, but they have done something, now there is only a text that says "Cast and Crew", seems they have removed the "link".

I am using Firefox browser on Windows 11 Home, in edge browser I cannot test since I only get the classical editor there. 

OK, so if you go to plot, you can select classic and scroll down to trivia, just put the classic editor prompt on all the edits please.

On the trivia page you can scroll down to the yellow "Edit page" button.