Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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The system for reporting reviews must be improved
My reports are started declined again. This happens whenever more than one is reported, and then they approved after reporting here on GS. And you know what? Multiple reports are much easier to make here on GS instead of clicking each item on IMDb page.Why this happens so often? For many reasons, an
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Please Add Link to Polls FAQ to Community Home // All Categories // Services // IMDb Poll
Currently the link to the IMDb pollspage is shown on this GS Category page: Community Home All Categories Services IMDb Poll https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/categories/imdb_imdb_poll Related IMDb pollIt would be helpful to also include a link to the Polls FAQ (https://help.imdb.c
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Suggestion for edit pages
Hopefully this will make sense, and it's probably been recommended before although a quick search I don't see it specifically as a suggestion. On the edit pages for trivia, goofs, and otherwise where applicable, a button that auto fills in "SPOILER:", "[link=]", and similar types of things to help b
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Arbitrary Release Date Definitions Of Titles
Titles of certain films date as 'first time shown' -- is becoming a major headache for producers and distributors. Too many films have flooding the market over the last 5 years, distributors - retailers - platforms (worldwide) are referencing IMDB's year as the year the film -- anything over 2 years
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Filmography on Name page varies from Refinable version
For Robert Mitchumhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000053/the filmography on his Name page breaks down this way:Notice 114 for Actor: Movieand 8 for Self: DocumentaryBut when I access his Refinable filmography (BTW, really like the new Quick Links on the Name page):https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch?sort=
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New option: production number
We have three ways to identify the episode of a series: by title, by air date and by number. I'd like to have a fourth option: production number.For a series that doesn't have proper season breaks, we already use production numbers, in effect. We often pretend that a long-running soap opera or YouTu
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Credits for Restored Editions of Films
It's 2019. There are hundred of newly restored editions of older films being re-released, including the work of craftspeople and artisans helping clean films up for high definition 2K and 4K presentation. That IMDB refuses, literally kicking and screaming "the attribute 'restoration/restored' is ine
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Is "unable to verify" the right term to use?
I've noticed several recent threads here where people have received messages that IMDb was "unable to verify" their submissions:https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/review-declined-because-unable-to-verify-contributionhttps://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/why-is-something-that-is-common-knowled
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Please try to refine the list.
Please try to refine the list by adding Dag II and a request, please do not remove Swades from the list..it has a special place in the heart of Indians.
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