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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Enhance the search engine with exact matches
I like that when you type in a title in the search engine, it gives you a dropdown with some possibilities/suggestions with regards to what you may be looking for (usually it gives you three different options). But here's my problem.If what you're looking for has a short and simple title, the option
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Parents Guide Categories
I sent an email to support with this idea and was prompt to come here and post my idea so they can see how other users feel before it's considered for a feature. I just found out about IMDB's "parental guide" yesterday and it has made things much easier for me to avoid films/ tv shows with hidden go
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Entering corrections or updates for films or actors
Sometimes, when I enter a Contribution (update, correction) for a film or an actor's bio I get a response that it was rejected for one reason or another. Yet, when I check it at a later date, I find that it was accepted and posted. There should be some way that IMDb can notify members, or indicate i
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auto-tagging keywords when editing title data
When editing title data, please automatically tag (plot) keywords. For example, keywords should be automatically tagged when editing Connections. (If editing its section "follows", then the keyword "sequel" should be automatically tagged. If editing its section "followed by", then the keyword "prequ
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Cast submission - gender when selecting person known for 'self'
When submitting cast members I noticed that when one selects from the popup a name that is "known for" being an actress the gender auto-switches from male to female, which is great. For example, I type in the name Morgan Fairchild, I select the offered up Actress option, and the gender on the submis
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lists should have comment section for revisions
Specifically this list should have the movie Superbad. Do it, now
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Remove the "1 more credit" link for directors/writers on film pages
When a movie has 3 or more directors/writers, there is a link to full credits after the first 2, saying "x more credit(s)", but it would seem to make more sense if this would begin at 4 instead of 3 (so "2 more credits" or more), because if there is only 1 more credit, you might as well just show th
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Why aren't there any non-binary options for gender on IMDb?
I'm adding cast credits for a series in which there are non-binary characters and performers. Why doesn't IMDb have a non-binary or any other options?
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