Data Issues & Policy Discussions

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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Idea: Allow special attribute labels for alternate names that arise from misspelled or erroneous screen credits

(I briefly mentioned this in another discussion.Thanks to Gromit82 and BluesmanSF for their support.)In cases where an alternate name arises from a screen credit that is knownto be misspelled or otherwise clearly mistaken, consider allowing contributors tosubmit a "(misspelled screen credit)" 

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Modify the selection markers to be more usefull

I just entered the site to look for a series that might be interesting and with the current affluence of reality-tv i was thinking that i would really like the option to remove a certain genre and a good example for this implementation i have seen on mangafox

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Fred Astaire

Needs a better bio. It's hard to believe that this icon has only a brief paragraph. If I were a writer I'd do it myself. Is there anyone out there who can give him his due?

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Top Gear (2016-?)

Considering there are brand new hosts, IMDb should create a new page for Top Gear so that the older higher rated show won't be tainted by the horrible reviews the new series will be generating.

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Time stamp for goofs and trivia

I often read goofs and trivia sections after watching a film, as doing it before might spoil something. Looking back some of the most interesting ones would be easier if the goofs/trivia included a time stamp of the DVD, where in the film the scene is taking place and that the section would be sorte

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IMDb "Contributors' Wiki"?

(I'm not offering to volunteer on this. It is just an idea.)Would IMDb be interested in hosting a "Contributors' Wiki",  whereby volunteers (and staff) could post, share and collaborate on a variety of community-driven supplementary articles, tutorials and notes about data contribution procedu

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Spell check on qvs

The spell checker sometimes runs on a name within a qv. Specifically, it happened to the "del" in Guillermo del Toro in a Crazy Credits entry.

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Adding internet shorts as Made for Video not clear

Per IMDb rules, stand-alone web videos should be submitted as Made for Video. When creating a title page for a film (usually a short film) released online, this means ticking "Made for Video" rather than the first option, "Film", which says it includes feature films and short films. This is not clea

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