Data Issues & Policy Discussions
This category is managed by our IMDb Content team. IMDb Content is the team that collects and manages the content that makes IMDb authoritative & accurate. We depend upon our users to supply the majority of our content, and will use this space to both answer questions and collect ideas for how to make IMDb more authoritative, accurate, and easy to add to.
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ISAN (International Standard Audiovisual Number)
Hello. Most books have ISBN numbers. I just discovered today after watching 2 end credits that there also is something called International Standard Audiovisual Number (ISAN). Can this also be added to IMDb as a field to fill inn? Tried IMDb Help but found nothing. https://www.isan.org/agencies
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Production Office Category??
For the department that supports every single other department, it seems absurd that instead of having their own category, production office staff must fall under "additional crew". Production Office Coordinators, Asst Prod Office Coords, Prod Secretaries, & Prod Office PAs should all fall u
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Can we make update changes to IMDB contribution system to prevent mislabeled credit vandalism?
To the IMDB staff, I know it has been very hectic for the staff, and I've found loopholes on the IMDB contribution that allowed some pranksters to mislabel company credits and the credits names for Directors, Producers, Writers, Cast, Crew Members like what has been happening to the Pororo the Pengu
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linking non-Amazon Watch Options
Since Watch Options include non-Amazon platforms, please let contributors link non-Amazon Watch Options when one isn't already linked to a title.
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Suggestion: Consider blacklisting "gratuitous" in Parents Guide items.
As outlined in the "Parents Guide" submission guide, [...] the beliefs that parents want to instill in their children can vary greatly. Please only describe the facts of relevant scenes [...] It seems to me that whether a given occurrence of nudity, gore, et cetera is gratuitous or not is necessar
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PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT - Deserve their own IMDB Category
It still baffles me how the team in the Production Management Department - those that do all the hiring of equipment, obtain Certificates of Insurance, deal with Auto Loss and Worker's Compensation, Production Rep[orts, legalities, budgets and are usually having to be the kicked in the dirt undermin
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IMDB should make a "Podcast Special" title type.
Why we can't add an one-episode only podcast shows?
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Submission Format Programming Idea
I had a submission declined because I accidentally left out the 'L' in link so that it read [ink]. Is it possible to put in the programming that the [link] word needs to be properly formatted before it can be submitted? If [link] is the only error in the submission, which mine was, and it can
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Export All data in HTML
Hi. I hope the developers see this. Please, let us export our data and all our lists and all the other stuff in HTML format. As of now, it is only possible to export each list for itself in JSON/Excel it seems. Would be nice if this simple method could be implemented. Cheers!
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Contribution declined - Rejection Reason
When a Contribution is 'Declined' it is often just missing information or supporting evidence. The status of the Contribution should be less 'permanent' - "Declined" implies Finality. Contribution Status should be: Submitted Being Reviewed Needs more Evidence Needs better Formatting De
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