Data Issues & Policy Discussions

Imdb staff if this is the wrong forum I apologize and request info on where to post this... Many DVDs/Blu Rays now have special features. It may be hard to keep track of them all, but Criterion sets the standard. Especially with some of the Criterion have alternate versions (Brazil for example). I w

I wanted to add a plot summary for an Iranian movie in Persian (Farsi) and the server showed a message that you only can type in Latin Characters... The alphabet of Persian, Arabic, Urdo, ... Are almost same and this make it hard for a large number of people to have a perfect exprience with imdb. Pl

If some volunteers are using and recommending pirate sources (such as unauthorized uploads of TV episodes) to obtain credit screencaps, I hereby challenge them to stop, and I challenge IMDb to issue an edict against this practice. If it is even legal (is it?) to post such screencaps on this public b

How do we know how to pronounce and actor's (or director's, writer's, producer's) name? Especially when we're not native speakers (like I am). Would it be much effort (for IMDB) to add an audio file next to a celeb's name to be played so everyone knows for sure how it is pronounced....? Thanks from

Hey all - I'd like to open up a discussion around having a ranked order for HoD and lead technical roles (editor, cinematographer, production designer etc) in a similar way to how you can force a ranked order of cast rather than just alphabetical. I worked on a film where there are three editor cred

What's the point of being able to select whether you think a piece of trivia for a film or TV title is interesting or uninteresting? How about if 50 or more people think a particular trivia item is uninteresting, it is then deleted?

I've been on many, many sites with information stored in a database, and I find IMDB the most complicated, confusing, and awkward to modify by far. I don't understand why it has to be thus. It's 2017. Time for a people-friendly site, folks. Thank you for your understanding, Steve

Eliminate Bogus "Agenda" Reviews on IMDB. Seems there are more and more movies "rated" by creators, employees, family, friends of the producers / actors / crew, etc. Perhaps an IMDB policy should be set in which they have to agree-- every review-- that they are in no way connected to the film-- with

Hey all - I'd like to open up a discussion around having a ranked order for HoD and lead technical roles (editor, cinematographer, production designer etc) in a similar way to how you can force a ranked order of cast rather than just alphabetical. I worked on a film where there are three editor cred

There is an increasing number of nature shows being produced and there needs to be a category distinct from Documentary to narrow them down. Animal and environmental series would classify as being in both the Documentary and Nature genres... Similar to how a doc about a historical figure would also