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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Add photo of Erica Hope, deceased
My friend Erica Hope was the original Nikki on The Young and the Restless. Sadly, Erica is deceased. Helen, her Mother, has asked that Erica’s headshot be added to her page. Is there someone who can help that get done. I have a digital copy of her headshot. Thank you.
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No option to add a new release, only to correct/delete one.
The menu (https://contribute.imdb.com/updates/edit?ref_=ttrel_tb_edt&edit=legacy%2Ftitle%2Ftt31613622%2Freleaseinfo) to add a USA release for the following is missing the add option, only correct/delete. “Premieres Wednesday, August 28 at 9/8c” - https://www.pbs.org/show/odysseus-returns/
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post declined
Greetings, my submission #240830-121051-332000 was recently declined and I'm wondering if someone from the imdb staff can elaborate why? It was a correction to a marital status and even though it is optional, I included a link to an article to use as my source, I included the link below: https://u
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Disney Film Release Date Updates
Disney announced several projects at D23. Please add or adjust the following release dates to the corresponding titles, these cannot be changed through the edit page due to being listed as in-development. tt26443643 - August 8, 2025 tt26443605 - September 12, 2025 tt26443609 - August 7, 2026 tt2806
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ADDING CREDITS QUERY
I tried to add a credit for a documentary film I made bit it said it was rejected because it wasn't in their datta base. It ran on a network and also is online. How do ensure it is in their database?
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Cannot add or update Gender data
I recently completed a cast list for a TV episode, (submission #240827-163250-490000). One of the people in the cast was a woman playing a female role, and as such, was submitted to the 'actress' category. However, even though the contribution was approved, that person was added to the 'actor
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Inserting in IMDB pages about people unrelated to the cinema industry
Karisse Grenier is a realtor. Her only connexion to cinema is having a son who is an actor. Yet, she has a page here, with a lengthy and absurd description of her activities as a REALTOR. If IMDB begins allowing such ridiculous pages there will no end to them, and soon enough the page will become us
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Obsctructive character limit in company listings
I was adding a short film and was not able to properly add two miscellaneous company credits. They read as follows: "Thanks to the University of Georgia Departments of Film Studies, Entertainment and Media Studies". That would logically mean "University of Georgia Department of Film Studies [us]"
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Bad merge
https://web.archive.org/web/20170217001226/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3880433/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210831153323/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3880433/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220618122022/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3880433/ There is a person who claims to be Jim Morrison's son who
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Incorrect factual goof
Hawaii five-0 season nine episode 3 When Jerry and Junior are picking up SSGT Kaliko at Dover AFB, the Air Force honor guard pallbearers are completely out of step while marching the casket onto the aircraft. This would NEVER happen. Should be episode 4
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