
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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We need better explanatory reasons for rejecting contributions
We get two kinds of rejections: "Declined" and "Needs Attention", but they seems to be interchangable. Hardly self-explanatory. The reason given is almost always "Unable to Verify". The canned explanation that follows that (same every time, not customized for that particular contribution) hardly eve
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Add City, State, Country Filmed Setting for TV Sitcoms and Movies
Add City, State, Country Filmed Setting for TV Sitcoms and Movies
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IMDb needs to put out guidelines for ratings.
IMDb needs to put out guidelines for ratings. If you give a move a 1 out of 10, that should mean you walked out of the movie in the first 30 minutes and demanded your money back. A 10 should mean it’s one of the best movies you’ve ever seen. I just looked at the reviews for Avengers Endgame and ther
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Duplicate keyword needs-rerouting
Keyword 'Based On Novel'https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=based-on-novel&ref_=fn_al_kw_1needs merging with, and re-routing to:'Based On Book'https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=based-on-book&ref_=fn_al_kw_1 I know there's a difference but the terms are used interchangeably sinc
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Genres for titles should be manually sortable
Please allow the genres for titles to be manually sortable rather than alphabetized by default so they can be prioritized by the ones which are most predominant. Most users will assume that's how they are prioritized anyway and also won't notice the full list of genres below "Taglines", thus often m
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Animal cruelty
Has IMDb thought of putting a logo or some sort of logo on each movie that shows and animal dying or some sort of cruelty. I know as an animal rights enthusiast I would appreciate greatly knowing before I see a movie what I can expect or avoid. I think people would appreciate that especially anyone
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Adding and suggesting an image at one submit.
I think, if I could add an image and suggest it as a primary image at the same time, that would be great time savings when correcting primary image related problems.
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Other/Miscellaneous Crew
"Other Crew" is the category name used in Full Cast and Crew title pages, in the update forms and in the overview of submission guides: https://contribute.imdb.com/updates/g... "Miscellaneous Crew" is used in name pages and in the actual submission guide: https://contribute.imdb.com/updates/g... Var
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Who worked with who in Trivia
Those "who worked with who" entries in Trivia section are always at the bottom regarding the interest. Most people just don't care about it. I think there should be a special section next to Trivia, Goofs, etc. about the previous (or future) collaborations for those who are interested in that. That
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