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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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IMDb staff: Please block these vague keywords ("naked-body," "castro," & "kennedy")

Dear IMDb Staff: The following three vague keywords should be blocked. These keywords have already been fully "audited" and have been reduced to 0 titles. Therefore, only blocking (no deleting) is necessary. Vague Keywords to Block naked-body castro  kennedy  For naked-b

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IMDb staff: please delete and block these Family genre keywords

IMDb staff: These keywords, which are all de facto genre keywords for the Family genre, are inconsistent with IMDb's guidelines (which prohibit genre keywords). All of these keywords have been fully "audited" by @Pencho15 and myself, and are ready to be deleted and blocked. children's-programm

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IMDb Staff: Even 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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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 block and delete these genre and subjective keywords

Dear IMDb staff: Here are a few more random keywords that should be deleted and blocked from the system. Genre Keywords to Delete and Block children's-program (100 titles)  [this keyword has been fully "audited"] children's-television (279 titles)  [this keyword has been

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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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What do the "-domination" and "-objectification" keywords even mean?

Can someone please explain exactly what these keywords mean, and can the meanings be proven? male-domination (30 titles) female-domination (530 titles) female-objectification (926 titles) male-objectification (4460 titles) In the "-domination" keywords, is the male the one

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Three existing keywords declined for not meeting guidelines

I had three keywords in three different submissions declined with the reason "Does not meet contribution guidelines", despite the fact they are existing keywords (and I realize a couple may be controversial but they do exist.) First, in submission 210404-151050-738000, the keyword war was declined

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The reemergence of subjectivity in keywords

Perhaps it is due to the time in which we are living, politically and sociologically, but there has been a reemergence of subjectivity in keywords that needs to be addressed, including a rewriting of Keyword Guidelines. Keywords should reflect what is actually seen or spoken in a title -- of what i

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IMDb staff: Special help needed with a specific set of keywords

IMDb Staff (@Bethanny): The contributor @DataOrganizer and I could use some help with some mass cleanup of a specific set of keywords listed below. More than a year ago, DataOrganizer made some mass manual edits of keywords, but since DataOrganizer speaks English as a second language, the resulti

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Duplicate Keywords Proposed for Permanent Merging and Auto-Conversion - A Formal Proposal

I am starting a new thread to conclude the lengthy discussion in a prior thread regarding a list of proposed keyword mergers. This time I am marking the post as a "problem" instead of an "idea," which will hopefully trigger action by staff. The following duplicate keywords are proposed for permanen

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IMDb staff - Genre Keywords to Delete and Block

Dear @Michelle, The keywords in this list all should be deleted and blocked from IMDb. They are all de facto genre keywords, which are not allowed under the keywords guidelines. Please note that none of these keywords are subgenres or multiple-genre keywords, which are allowed per the revised ke

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Should these keywords be merged?

Perhaps some of the following IMDb keywords should be merged. I could use some help from the community with your thoughts. Should any of these keywords be merged? If so, which ones, and in which direction should they be merged? Should any of these keywords not be merged? non-linear (

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This is one of the subgenre keywords that IMDb has added and listed in the keyword guidelines.

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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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@gromit82​ p.s. My theory is that IMDb instituted the flag against deletions while they were working on the new subgrene keywords policy. Specifically, they wanted to make sure no good existing subgenre keyword data were deleted while they worked on

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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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Creepy sexual keywords

I watched Trog tonight, and I noticed these keywords pop up:"Girl in Mary Jane Shoes""Knee Socks""Girl In A Notably Short Outfit""Girl In Very Short Dress Or Skirt"These are all referring to a child. The child's clothes are completely irrelevant to the plot (and her skirt isn't meant to be "very sho

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References to films as keywords

In the Keywords submission guide at https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/keywords/GXQ22G5Y72TH8MJ5#, there is a guideline which I believe is incorrect, or at least misguided: Unacceptable keywords ... Repeating the title - For example adding shawshank-redemption as a keyword to th

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@Peter_pbn​ p.s. Interesting that the list of "acceptable" subgenre keywords does not include "murder-mystery." Aren't "whodunit" and "murder-mystery" the same thing?

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Should these keywords be merged?

Perhaps some of the following IMDb keywords should be merged. I could use some help from the community with your thoughts. Should any of these keywords be merged? If so, which ones, and in which direction should they be merged? Should any of these keywords not be merged? non-linear (

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