Data Issues & Policy Discussions

Until recently, our name formatting rules included a paragraph outlining a requirement to submit Chinese names in Western format (i.e. “family name, first name”). For example, actor Chow Yun-Fat was listed on the site as Yun-Fat Chow (because "Yun-Fat" is the family name) We have now removed this re

Hi all, Welcome to the Contributor Leaderboard update for November. Below you’ll find the link standings for last month. Top Contributors of November 2024 As usual, users who have successfully contributed over 100 items throughout the month of November will be able to see their total and position at

Hi, Today we are launching a beta for a new contribution feature, IMDb Answers. IMDb Answers surfaces high-value content that is missing from IMDb. These gaps are shown as an updating feed of questions with calls to action for contributions to add the missing data. The feature is focused on ensuring

Hi all! Yesterday we launched the IMDb Answers Top Gap feature across all IMDb title pages, helping you answer questions on your favorite movie and tv shows quicker. We’ve also recently added release dates and certificates question types to the new IMDb Answers experience; the updating feed of quest

Hi all, Welcome to the Contributor Leaderboard update for October. Below you’ll find the link to latest standings. Top Contributors of October 2024 Anyone who has successfully contributed over 100 items throughout October will be able to see their total and position at the head of the leaderboard, e

We’re excited to announce that we have added additional functionality in our submission system, with support for Release Type attribute selections. When submitting a Release Date you will now be required to include an attribute and will be presented with a curated menu selection. For further details

Hi all, Welcome to September’s Contributor Leaderboard update. Below you’ll find the link to latest standings. Top Contributors of September 2024 Anyone who has successfully contributed over 100 items in September will be able to see their total and position at the head of the leaderboard, even thos

Hi all, Welcome to the Contributor Leaderboard update for August. Below you’ll find the link to last month’s standings. Top Contributors of August 2024 As usual, anyone who has successfully contributed over 100 items in that period will be able to see their total and position at the head of the lead

Hi all, Welcome to the Contributor Leaderboard update for July. Below you’ll find the link to last month’s standings. Top Contributors of July 2024 As usual, anyone who has successfully contributed over 100 items in that period will be able to see their total and position at the head of the leaderbo

We are excited to announce a change to the cast motion capture policy and the introduction of the new (motion capture) cast attribute. We will now accept motion capture credits as cast positions as long as they are included in the cast section of the end titles and fulfill the eligibility rules list