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About my keywords

I've been trying to add keywords but my submissions don't seem to get accepted however when i make submissions to company credits they're added

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Slurs as keywords

Was wondering what the rule is on slurs as keywords? I've found b*tch and cr*pple as keywords which I think ought to be changed to something less offensive.

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Please reinstate easy deletion of keywords that contain main-genre suffixes (e.g. vietnam-war, environmental-crime, interspecies-romance)

I decided to create a new post on this issue, to make sure IMDb will see it. Fairly recently, and simultaneous with IMDb's decision to allow specific subgenres as keywords, IMDb also set up "flags"* within its system that makes it extremely difficult to delete any keyword that happens to contain

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Colo(u)r keywords

Most of the keywords with the word colo(u)r in it are spelled the American way: https://www.imdb.com/find?s=kw&q=color . However, there are also quite some keywords where the word is spelled the British way: https://www.imdb.com/find?s=kw&q=colour . Is it possible for a staffer to merge them

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IMDb staff: Please merge these keywords into "women's-wrestling" and then block the keywords

Dear IMDb staff: Here are two oddly phrased (poorly formatted) keywords that only show up on women's wrestling titles: women-in-the-ring (146 titles) women-for-rings (5 titles) These keywords are not true duplicates of the "women's-wrestling" keyword, but that is how they are being

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Timeframe keywords

Many new keywords have been added (recently, I think) starting with timeframe-: https://www.imdb.com/find?s=kw&q=timeframe We already have other keywords for decades, centuries etc. to indicate the setting, just without the word timeframe. I tried to delete a few that I thought were mis

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Keywords

When you click on a movie and scroll down to its Keywords, I think there should be a “drop down tab” option for this, just like there is for Parents Guide. It could clean up space on screen, and there is also a lot of spoilers in the plot keywords that could be avoided being seen if there was a drop

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Why neo-noir is not a subgenre keyword?

By all logical means neo-noir is a subgenre, however respective keyword is indexed as "plot-detail".

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Are "filmed-in-" keywords allowed?

Someone (probably just one or two contributors) has been adding "filmed-in-" keywords to indicate the geographic places where titles were filmed. The contributor is particularly focused on titles filmed in Arizona. I believe these "filmed-in-" keywords are not proper keywords. First, they may hav

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Should these keywords be banned?

I believe these keywords should be permabanned. Does anyone disagree? Before you answer, please click the links to get a sense of how these keywords have been applied to titles. available-on-dvd (222 titles) available-in-dvd (16 titles) available-for-viewing (106 titles) available-for-vi

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IMDb Staff: Please delete and block these keywords

Dear IMDb staff, The following keywords should be deleted and blocked from the system. I will explain why for each keyword. Vague Keywords to Block head-shot (0 titles) The "head-shot" keyword is vague, because it could mean either "headshot-photograph" or "shot-in-the-head." The keyword

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IMDb Staff: Please block and delete these keywords

Dear IMDb staff: Here are a few more random keywords that should be deleted and blocked from the system. Subjective Keywords to Delete and Block freaky (7 titles) drive-in-classic (190 titles) Genre Keywords to Delete and Block bestdocumentary (1 title) documentary-fea

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inappropriate plot keywords

Have just watched Your Name I can see that one of the first plot keywords is upskirt. This is not the main feature of this film. What does IMDB do to stop the plot keyword being gamed?

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Are these "-available" keywords appropriate? (e.g., "unrated-version-available")

It seems to me that these keywords are improper, since they don't really describe the film. Plus, similar keywords like "available-on-dvd" and "not-on-dvd" have previously been deleted and blocked. Should these keywords be deleted and blocked as well? director's-cut-available (10 titles) dele

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Racist keywords - Help needed from IMDb staff

Dear IMDb staff: your help is needed to permanently ban several racist keywords that are racist against Asian people. These keywords are mostly the work of a single troll. When the keywords are deleted, the troll typically adds them right back.  almond-eyes almond-shaped-eyes as

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Spam & Useless Keywords that Should be Banned

I previously raised most of these keywords in an earlier "question" post. The consensus appears to be that these keywords should be banned. Accordingly, I propose that the following keywords should be deleted from the IMDb system and permabanned: Useless/Spam Keywords - Please Delete and Ban

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Genres Should Not Be Keywords

The guidelines are very clear in stating that genres should not be repeated as keywords. Yet, this problem continues to happen. Recently, I have audited and corrected 96 "thrilller" (Yes, three l's) keywords and 80 "mistery" (yes, with an "i" instead of a "y) keywords as well as many, many other k

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Are these "tv-movie" keywords valid?

It would seem that these keywords are not valid, since they replicate information that can be easily searched via the database. As a secondary reason, the keywords do not in any way involve the plots of the titles. (I realize that not all keywords involve plots, so this factor is not dispositive.

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Actor character keywords

neil patrick harris character tony shalhoub character Not how character keywords are intended to be used. Perhaps they could be deleted when possible.

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Keywords mermaids

According to the keywords guide (https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/keywords/GXQ22G5Y72TH8MJ5?ref_=helpms_helpart_inline#), a keyword should never be plural. Therefore, can a staffer merge the existing occurrences of the keyword mermaids (https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=me

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