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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reference-to-twitter vs. twitter
I'm starting to think that we don't need the reference-to keywords for brand names, i.e. Twitter. We have the keywords, reference-to-twitter and twitter. Maybe they should all be twitter.At least one other contributor agrees with me, because I've noticed that someone is switching these keywords out.
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ATS for companies
In Advanced Title Search, please allow text input for "companies" (instead of check boxes). Please limit it to producer companies (excluding distributor companies). Thanks.
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disable ratings for shell episodes
(There's no help page for contributors about shell episodes.) Please enable a data designation for shell episodes that will disable their user ratings and warn contributors to consider redirecting contributions. Thanks.
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NO exceptions for any Alternate versions, Director's Cuts, etc.
I want to make my opinion public on this subject: There should be NO EXCEPTIONS whatsoever for ALTERNATE VERSIONS. There is a separate IMDb page for: Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12361974/ which is an Alternate Version (re-edit) o
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Suggest for more appropriate actor primary images
The portly Austrian born actor Walter Slezak (nm0805790) became best known to international audiences after moving to the U.S. in 1930. Most people would remember him from his excellent villainous roles (eg in Hitchcock's Lifeboat) or as the Clock King in Batman. The primary image currently in place
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Bring back spell check for user reviews.
Dear imdb,another idea/suggestion from me to you, friends at imdb. The title is self-explanatory. I think this feature was lost during the big update a few years ago.Love,Horst
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camera and grip and electrical department
Have look at any callsheet around the world. There are 3 different departments. Camera, Grip and Electrical. I am a Grip. I am not camera or electrical. Only takes a handful of letters to add "and grip" to our department.
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To accidentally close the website while writing a review should save a draft
While writing a review, if you were to leave the site, or close the web browser by accident, you will not get a confirmation request. (Which is very common practice for web pages tagged as forms). Furthermore, the fact that movie reviews takes long to write makes it vital to have some sort of fail-
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The return of the Character pages
I'd like to see the Character pages return, this time SIMPLER.Each Character page can be for one title only. No more trying to link a character through multiple titles. The Character page could describe the character's arc through just the single title.For example:Captain Kirk gets one Character pag
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Is there any way right now to find out if one of your reviews got reported/deleted?
like you could previously on http://www.imdb.com/user/ur0000000/comments-deletedHas anybody here had one of his reviews deleted recently and gotten any heads-up per email or so? If not, I would like to suggest this as an idea for the future!
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