Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Mobile trivia editable but not goofs
IMDb support question This has been a problem since the very beginning. When the mobile site was implemented, there was no contributing at all, but subsequently, the mobile site allows adding and editing Trivia items, but Goofs remain read only. As a frequent user on mobile, why is this disc
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Writing reviews to another language except the English Language?
Hi everyoneMy mother-language is Farsi / Persian, I can speak, write in the English Language a little, not much and perfect like a native who knows many words and has enough knowledge about grammar. Writing a good review and talk about strong and weak points a movie, tv show, performance, scenario a
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Remove the Series/Episode Level Info boxes
So whilst agreeing with another contributor's comment the other day, I thought I'd post the idea (sorry if it's been done before recently) to get rid of the notices highlighted in red in the picture below They most appear on the Companies section and on most Basic Data options, maybe othe
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Missing episode status of series
Would it be possible to show the current status of episodes, exists in archives, missing etc. on the actual episode page. There's a great deal of Interest in finding lost shows, it might help to alert users towards a particular series & raise the profile of that show & generate fresh publici
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Flashing Lights Category in Parents Guide
I’m genuinely concerned for individuals who have photosensitive epilepsy (I’m not one of them), or are otherwise sensitive to flashing lights. I’d really like for IMDB to add a category for Flashing Lights in the Parents’ Guide where people can vote as Mild, Moderate or Severe just like the other 5
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Films from before 1927 should not be allowed to be classified as musicals
Currently, there are 200+ films from before the advent of sound listed as "musicals" on IMDb. (See for yourselves: https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?release_date=,1927-10-05&genres=musical) The Jazz Singer, generally considered the first 'talkie' and the first movie musical, was released on O
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Suggestion: Automatically remove keywords when two-thirds of their votes are "not-relevant"
The specifics on how this works could be up for debate, but currently the only way keywords get removed is via users manually putting them through a removal process. The problem here is that very few people seem to do this and we end up with many releases having a mass of inaccurate or duplicate key
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Include radio serials/adaptations and audio dramas/books
This came up on another thread, so I thought I'd post it as a suggestion: https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topi... There is a large amount of crossover between radio and audio works, more so than video games: * They often have large casts, script writers, etc., often sharing the same big names as
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Release date attributes
Please add guidance on streaming/VOD/internet releases to the attributes section of the release date submission guide. https://help.imdb.com/article/contrib... For instance, the distributor guide describes both "VOD" and "internet" attributes, should both also be used for release dates? https://h
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Making Gameplay Eligible on IMDb
Other than voice overs, what else can be done to, or added to, gameplay in order to make it eligible to be listed on IMDb? I know (or at least I assume that) that machinimas are allowed, since it most likely will have a separate narrative from whatever game it was recorded in. Not to mention all
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