Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Another glitch in the beta-mode Contributor History (Image submissions don't always appear)
Lately, I'll submit an image to the database. Then it will not appear in the beta-mode Contribution History. Nor will I receive an email confirmation.I submit the image again, and the system immediately rejects it for being a duplicate.This does not always happen. Most times, the image submission ap
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Guadeloupe
Hello, I found on IMDb 117 entries for the country Guadeloupe. But, Guadeloupe, according to french administration, is a french department, not a country. Is there a rule that I don't know about this ?
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Genres Not Showing
I have never had this issue before, but for some reason, the last two titles I've submitted to IMDb (my projects) only show one of the genres they are. (One has two genres, and the other has three). It's not a matter of waiting for processing times. These have both been up for some time now. This is
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Return of fake credits on Dutch actor pages
This thread was started by me in 2021 and soon resolved by Michelle: https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/fake-dutch-actors/6126443c4224cf4a892d2e9b Unfortunately, many of the same Dutch actor's I listed back then have had their filmography expanded with
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celebrity actor is a writer and producer on a film I am working on , I am trying to submit and have been rejected, over and over
we don't want to announce in a trade yet but are making offers to other cast and we want his writer and Producer credit up. His manager asked me to put him up. I shared the email where I was asked that by his established manager. I have been using IMDB PRo for 25 years...&nb
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Several contributions being rejected
For some reason, most of the contributions I submitted have been rejected and I don't know why because I'm pretty sure they're all valid. 1. This submission reference was #240601-050131-357000. I provided evidence, but it said staff was unable to verify it. 2. This submission reference was #24060
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Attaching trailers to profiles
I just made a contribution of a trailer to a film profile, it has since been marked as approved: does this automatically now appear above the film's profile? Or is there a second round of admin I need to do in order to see this? Just wondering as it was approved some time ago and has not yet appeare
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Pic issues
Hello, We saw that his picture has been approved but isn’t on the page. Is that a mistake or is there another reason behind it? Br Lara
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Unable to remove false episodes of a show?
Hello, I'm having trouble figuring out how to remove some episodes from a show's page. There was a little confusion when this series was announced, so it now has two pages; https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10358736/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_act - This page claims the new series to simply be a "Series 3" of a
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POST-MERGE Credits Problem
After i successfully merged 2 different credits that both belong to me, i suddenly have SHOW NAME (title) (as MY NAME) - why do i suddenly have (as MY NAME) after, my credits page now looks confusing. how do i remove that?
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