
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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Expand the "provide an explanation to assist in processing this change" option for other site templates
Whenever I submit biographical info for an actor/actress there's always an option just below the entry slot - "provide an explanation to assist in processing this change" whereby I can qualify my contribution with the addition of an URL, etc. Why isn't that same option available when submitting triv
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Only allow critics to post ratings for upcoming movies
Rogue One had a 7.6 rating the last time I checked (12/13/16) which is definitely strange for a Star Wars film, especially that of which is receiving pretty good reviews for the most part. If you check the analytics for the review score, you'll find 1,000 or so "10" ratings and the same amount of "1
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Updating of crazy credits
The crazy credits section has become fairly popular in recent times thanks to spoiler scenes appearing in the credits and the credits themselves, so I think it's time to update that section. I can only think of two things that may help out: SPOILERS Now that spoilers (scenes, titles) appear in the c
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*SPOILER ALERT for number of episodes for actor
Simple idea: I don't think the number of episodes an actor is in should immediately show on the pages. This is often a huge spoiler since you will know they might die off etc. if the number is small. I frequently avoid going to IMDb for this reason.
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Data Mining and Deep Learning Systems for IMDb
IMDb and Box Office Mojo have a wealth of information that could be exploited using data mining and deep learning systems. As the attached article from Wired Magazine indicates Amazon is developing deep learning systems. The technical staff at IMDb and Box Office Mojo could potentially collaborate w
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UK Digital TV channels (as distributors). Lack of consistency in the databases
UK Digital TV channels (as distributors). Lack of consistency in the databases. For example, the UK Freeview channel "Yesterday" (also on other platforms) which is owned by UKTV company (which has other channels on air) is described in TV series listings pages (distributor/company) as Yesterday UKTV
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FOLLOW DIRECTOS AND ACTORS IN IMDB
I would like to buy a hamburger. I would like to be able to follow directors in Imdb. I would like to follow actors in Imdb. Just a suggestion. Dunno how to get it through.
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