
Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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IMDb for Authors
Hi there, Do you think there could ever be a section for writers of novels added to the site? I’m a self publishing author myself and I would sign up to have a profile on here immediately! It would certainly help authors like myself building up our work and possibility of getting noticed by people w
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why no goof badge - see lot of trivia items that are really goofs
I'm curious why there's no goof badge like there is a trivia badge? The reason I ask is that I've seen a bunch of trivia items that are really goofs (and see here on the board that others have found the same). I'm guessing it's because there's no badge for goofs, so the person does it as a trivia it
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Stargate SG-1 19 dups out of 36 - wow
Stargate SG-1 ep 1.1 has 19 duplicates out of 36 pics. How could this happen? It's seem that imdb could possibly develop an automated way to find something like this. I wonder if one person submitted all of them or did multiple people. Interesting.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234794/mediaindex?ref_
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Picture Features We Could Use
I think it would be nice if we could rearrange the photos we've uploaded and also tag people like the photographer, makeup artist, hair stylist, copyright holder etc to have it visit their page even though they aren't physically in the photo.Would also be nice if, when a film or other person tags us
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What's the best way to show theme song lyrics in quotes
Here's two examples of how the lyrics for a show's theme song are quoted. (and ignore the annoying all caps).One has it with each lyric line as a separate quote line, and the other has it with the entire lyrics in one quote line.I prefer the one where each lyric line is in a separate quote line (ie
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Contributors' Charter
Contributors' Charter https://contribute.imdb.com/charter I suggest including a bullet point saying something along the lines of: We will make our best efforts only to approve contributions that are accurate and in keeping with IMDb policy.
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Add new fields for series
Add 2 new fields for TV series: #1 - Series "Status" - Active, Cancelled, Pending Cancelation, Syndication (Reruns) etc. #2 - "Network" - display the network the series can be found on if the series is still active and not in reruns. Some series are both syndication and live like Criminal Minds, X -
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IMDB needs to change the format of the screens that show awards. Impossible to tell which awards were won vs. which were nonly nominated.
IMDB needs to change the format of the screens that show awards. Impossible to tell which awards were won vs. which were only nominated.
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'White Boy' confusion
There are two entries on IMDB that could be easily confused with each other. White Boy - nm0924387White Boy (aka Boy, White) - nm6878376 There are only three credits between the two entries. They may be separate individuals or the same. (I have just added two soundtrack items to the first one, so th
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