Data Issues & Policy Discussions

A couple of suggestions to help out contributors: There are many orphaned profiles. These are usually created due to a credit being renamed to another profile leaving the original one empty. Could I suggest that if a profile has no credits or bio whatsoever for more than a year, the profile is purge

To the IMDb Development and Moderation Team, I am writing to strongly urge the implementation of a new, specific reporting feature for user reviews to combat the growing and highly destructive trend of "review bombing." Currently, the platform lacks a dedicated mechanism to flag bad-faith reviews th

Since the fall of 2025, when IMDb separated “Actor” credits from “Self” credits, the option to specify gender at the time of submission was removed for “Self,” while it was retained for “Actor.” Would it be possible to bring this option back for “Self” credits, just as it is available for actors? Th

Pokémon Chronicles essentially doesn't exist in Japan; it is a compilation of various existing specials and even a movie split into three parts. Given that anime like Dragon Ball and Yu-Gi-Oh! have two different versions, I think it would be a good idea to have a version for this one as well. Pokémo

Hi. There are some limitations in the submission processing system (mostly confirmed by the Help guidelines), particularly for "uncredited" voice acting, WGA-locked writer credits, a cast "verified as complete". While the latter restriction is being ceased depending on a contributor's credibility, t

I would like to lobby for the removal of the "No" button when we are asked this question for each review that is posted. I feel that it serves no purpose whatsoever. People will try to manipulate things by clicking on the "No" so that their review will get better placement in the rankings. Whether i

I'm trying to fix the language of this film: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14132316/ It currently lists "Ojibwa", but that is incorrect as the film takes place in eastern Java, Indonesia. The language is listed as Osing, but that's very small so may not warrant it's own separate listing, but it is ei

hi can you please allow more then 5 certificate ratings at a time?

Hi can imdb allow dubbed foreign languages for movie quotes for dubbed languages such as for Spanish, French, German or Italian?

hi can imdb allow tag lines for Japanese and Korean languages to be written in their natural format?