Data Issues & Policy Discussions

Hi, Via the total number of my user comments, I can see that occasionally some are disappearing. Possibly they are deleted following a complaint by fellow user? But if the number changes from 4.500 to 4.499 overnight, I cannot know which one is gone. Is there a possibility to find out which review h

IMDb uses the word “actress” for female actors. This word is outdated, and the use of it is discriminative against women. Because the suffix “ess” is used when you want to derivate another word that describes something smaller, less, etc. You must change this policy immidiately.

Can someone please post a decent biography for the late great Steve Allen? Three paragraphs about the cause of his death is hardly a fitting tribute. And no, I'm not the person to write it, but I will heap appreciation on whoever does. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006752/

IMDb already has (TV episode)s as part of a (TV Series). You can rate each episode for how good it is to you personally, as well as the entire series. There's even special (Music Video)s and (Podcast Series). So why not (Song)s as part of a (Music Album)? There could be credits for the song like who

Hello, IMDb contributors. I sent the below message to the IMDb help desk and they advised me to post it here to measure the level of interest in the idea. Original suggestion below : I have a general suggestion regarding the Awards section of the database. In terms of major awards such as the Academ

Many sites that rely on public contributions have systems where users have rankings to say what data they can edit that already exist on their sites. So would it not be possible for the top most reliable contributors on IMDb to have some sort of status where their contributions cannot be altered by

Hello, As a general remark, please leave original and iconic movie covers as they are; replacing primary image with alternate covers can be visually misleading in lists and simply do not represent movies as they were originally intended. Thank you very much. Best.

I've noticed a lot of bifurcation in various keywords that include "tv" and "television." How should those keywords be merged? My proposal would be as follows: (1) Use "tv" in keywords that refer to the actual content that appears on television, including shows, programs, series, commercials, news,

According to IMDb rules, any movie with a runtime of 44 minutes or less is a short film. However, the only way to have a title identified as a short film is by adding the short genre in the genre film, otherwise, the title will appear as a feature despite its runtime. Over the last months I have add

2 quick yeses and nos each, could be a better idea for answers to this one... ----------- Should the checkers of reviews, have to detail which-reasons for declining a review, to be co-operative / efficient / to-save-time? Is it realistic to expect ordinary-people to keep them all in mind as-well-as