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Keywords containing "george-bush" are vague - Please ban/block them
Dear @Michelle, The following keywords containing "george-bush" are too vague, because it isn't clear whether they refer to George H. W. Bush, or George W. Bush: george-bush (1 title) george-bush-character (1 title) george-bush-lookalike&nbs
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@Skavau I suppose I mean in the way I see it, "british historical setting" is like the *parent* of "british history*. All "british history" is necessarily a "british historical setting". I continue to view this differently. I believe that
"Unable to verify" Peaky Blinders as a Historical Show.
My reference is here: #220708-181917-254000 I tried to add "History" as a genre for Peaky Blinders. It's set in 1920's Birmingham. How is that not "History"? Even more absurdly, "british-history", and "interwar-period" were accepted in the same ticket as keywords. I also tried the same for Mad
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IMDb staff - Please block all "stunning" keywords
@Michelle I recently noticed a series of keywords that has been proliferating lately on IMDb, almost exclusively on Adult titles. These keywords all start with the word "stunning" and are listed below. It goes without saying that these keywords are highly subjective. Whether a character or ac
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A few more vague keywords that should be deleted and blocked
@Michelle The following vague keywords should be deleted and blocked from the system. All of these keywords have been thoroughly audited and some may currently have zero titles associated with them, but they should still be blocked so they cannot be re-created. athens (discussed h
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Male nudity related keywords sabotaged
Hello dear IMDB forum, First of all, I place great importance on adding any nudity related keywords to the IMDb database as much as possible so that anyone can know if a title, or episode has any form of (frontal, rear, pubic, genitalia etc.) male/female nudity in it. Now the problem is someon
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Weird situation with “reference-to-“ and other keywords
“Ace in the Hole” is on my "best films ever” list. Just watched it again on TCM, and tried to add some keywords. Interestingly, “reference-to-“ keywords were denied (along with some other keywords) and “reference-to-“ keywords were deleted by staff without
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"covid-19" keywords need one more correction
Dear @Michelle, The "covid-19" keywords need one more small but important correction. Sorry to start a new thread on this, but I'm guessing my comment on the prior thread has not yet reached you, given that the thread is already marked as "solved." Details explained in the prior thre
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IMDb Staff: Still more poorly formatted Adult keywords to delete and block
IMDb Staff: We have recently cleaned up many poorly formatted Adult keywords. Here are some more that should be deleted and blocked. Poorly Formatted Adult Keywords to Delete and Block [list of keywords deleted due to their graphic nature]
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Request that the keywords "husband" and "wife" be protected from deletion
My submissions of the keywords husband and wife were approved for several titles, but then quickly after deleted by another contributor. Here are a few of the submission numbers. #220912-235601-191000 #220912-080032-875000 #220911-100146-519000 #220906-221549-922000 #220908-033223-660000 #22
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@timothy_gray_el34lojg1aih1 Style/genre keywords are necessary as a fail-safe, but ultimately, I still think it would be easier to use if they were kept to the side where users wouldn't have to sift through a lot of other keywords to see them
Error with adding subgenre keyword "kids-family"
One of the official subgenre keywords recently added is "kids-family", for family movies specifically aimed at kids. However, when trying to add this keyword to a title, a strange error occurs. The keyword is automatically rejected as "not valid" due to being "too subjective". To check and see if I
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Keywords keep getting declined
For some reason, 3 of the keywords I tried to Jungle Cruise have been declined twice and deleting the incorrect "reptiles" (keywords should be singular) was decline once but still pending in the second attempt. IMDb gives the very helpful "Your contribution has been declined.We did not capture a spe
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Duplicate Keywords - List #73 (one-word keywords pt. 4) (Proposals for Permanent Merger and Auto-Conversion)
Here is the next installment of my lists of proposed keywords for permanent merger and auto-conversion. I am posting this list for fellow contributors to review first and raise any objections or questions. I will wait at least 28 days before changing this post to a "problem" post and asking IMDb
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Duplicate Keywords - List #57 (nudity keywords pt. 3) (Proposals for Permanent Merger and Auto-Conversion)
Here is the next installment of my lists of proposed keywords for permanent merger and auto-conversion. I am posting this list for fellow contributors to review first and raise any objections or questions. I will wait at least 28 days before changing this post to a "problem" post and asking IMDb
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@Skavau Well, this is another specific criticism of a subgenre keyword. The subgenre keywords have been the subject of a lot of complaints. Just search on this forum for "subgenre keywords": https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/searc
Duplicate and Redundant Keywords to be deleted or merged
Thought I'd uncover some duplicates across many different thematic topics and scopes. Dystopian Sci-Fi: 153 <- Dystopic Sci-Fi 3 Dystopian-Future: 153 <- Dystopic-future: 19 Dystopia: 1395 <- Dystopy: 3 (looks like a spelling mistake) Post-Apocalypse: 1598 <- Postapocalypse: 5 Al
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IMDb Staff: Please delete and block these keywords ("end," "age," "nude-body")
Dear IMDb staff: Here are a few more random keywords that should be deleted and blocked from the system. Generic Keywords to Delete and Block end (48 titles) the-end (93 titles) ended (1 title) Vague Keywords to Delete and Block age (276 titles) nude-body (35 ti
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IMDb Staff: Please delete and block these poorly formatted Adult keywords
Dear IMDb Staff: The following IMDb keywords, which mostly appear on Adult titles, are all poorly formatted. Some of them may have been written by someone who doesn't speak English as their primary language. Normally I would just delete these keywords myself given the low numbers of titles per
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auto-tagging keywords when editing title data
When editing title data, please automatically tag (plot) keywords. For example, keywords should be automatically tagged when editing Connections. (If editing its section "follows", then the keyword "sequel" should be automatically tagged. If editing its section "followed by", then the k
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Should these genre keywords be banned?
One of the few rules about keywords is that genre keywords are not allowed. (Sub-genres are allowed.) The keywords listed below are de facto genre keywords that probably should be banned. But it would also make sense to first "audit" these keywords as best as possible. For example, for some of t
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This is one of the subgenre keywords that IMDb has added and listed in the keyword guidelines.
Introducing: Subgenre & Plot Timeframe Keywords
We’d like to announce an update to our Keywords help article, which now defines specific formats for Subgenres and Plot Timeframes. This is part of an effort to make our keywords more standardized and structured, in order to aid title discovery. In short, Subgenre keywords specify which
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UK contributors: Help needed with keywords involving the word "braces"
Having lived in England for a year, I know that "braces" can refer to "suspenders." But, there are "braces" keywords that need clarifying. In the USA, "braces" refers to "teeth-braces," leg-brace, "neck-brace,"etc., but not "suspenders." There is confusion with keywords like "man-we
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