
Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Question regarding country of release when online
When a film is released online without geoblocking, should the country of release be the country of the server of the website on which the film was uploaded, or the country where the film was uploaded? Meaning: if the server of website A is located in country B, but the film was uploaded in country
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Cannot change the release date for TV series
I am writing regarding incorrect release date information listed for our TV series: https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt33984346/?rf=cons_tt_atf_allow&ref_=cons_tt_atf_allow Currently, the series is marked as having been released on December 31, 2025. However, this information is not accurate - and we, as
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Feature Request: Smart "Report for Deletion" button for low-data/ghost titles
Hi, I want to propose a more efficient way for the community to help clean up the database, specifically targeting "ghost" or "phantom" titles that lack any verifiable information. ■ The Problem: Currently, when we find a page that is clearly a mistake (e.g., a title named just "." or a random str
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Unicode - 25-year update
IMDb used to have a newsletter, and the mid-April 1997 issue contained an item titled "The Great ISO Swap" reporting that IMDb had implemented the ISO 8859-1 (also known as ISO Latin-1) character set, allowing names and titles to use all the common letters with diacritical marks of the major Western
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submission declined despite not being part of episode
#260217-190152-443000 I have tried a couple of times to delete Dymar Angileri from the Additional Crew list for episode #2 of "How to get to heaven from Belfast" because he only worked as part of the Malta Unit for episodes #3-#6, which he was correctly credited for all 4 episodes he worked on. The
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Wrong start date for Hamsters of Hamsterdale
Hello there. I noticed that the start year for the cartoon Hamsters of Hamsterdale is wrong, it didn't actually debut in 2022 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14779198/). While 2022 was the year the show was first announced, the series didn't start airing everywhere until October 2024, where the first
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Episode numbering
I've been adding crew and cast details to the series Shortland Street for over a year now.As later years of the show have been grouped into Seasons from season 7 onwards, I have also put Year 2 (1993 episodes) Year 3 (1994 episodes) Year 4 episodes (1995 episodes) into seasons. This also matches pro
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we don't have any full cast & crew for this title
Just looking at new entries by the numbers... Staff can find more It looks like we don't have any full cast & crew for this title yet. 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico Group E: Denmark vs Uruguay June 8, 1986 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39398000/reference/ Vintage Computer Podcast News Episode #1.314 htt
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Award Never Reflected
Hi,Our documentary at The Trueness Project, titled "Giving Wings to a Movement", won the Outstanding Excellence Award in 2025 at the Religious Faith International Film Festival. We updated the award and submitted it, but it still hasn't reflected on our page, almost two months later. Kindly assist.
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Why does the system automatically add languages to pictures?
Hello. I added a new title today and then a poster picture today. When adding the picture I added Language "Norwegian" and Country "Norway", Why has the system then automatically added "Swedish" to languages on the picture? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39903321/mediaviewer/rm19848194/?ref_=tt_ov_i T
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