Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Does anyone know how festivals become "IMDb certified" ?
I've encountered a number of scam festivals all stating they are "IMDb certified." They are operating through FilmFreeway and preying upon indie filmmakers, web series creators and podcast producers. Does IMDb have a screening process before they let these people become "certified"?
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Change to credits
I am trying to make a correction to the credits for title {tt2273949} where there are two people with similar names credited for the same role. I gave a detailed explanation, but it was rejected. The tracking number is 241005-031621-046000. (I should add though that "Barnet, J. Cameron" was
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Credits for episode segments getting rejected
Okay.... so I've been updating many past episodes and segments of a TV sketch comedy I was in. Some appearing correctly on my profile. The others, getting rejected for some weird 'lack of evidence' ??? I have zero idea what that all means, when one series segment gets approved. While t
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Multiple pages for my credits / wanting to have them appear in just one listing page
Hi there, I'm sure this is a question that's been asked many times, but I recently joined IMDB Pro and have found that my existing credits on IMDb show up separately, on separate pages, with different numbers after my name. Ie. (1) thru (V) I want to have all my credits appear on my name page, and
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Law and Order Catch and Kill photo
Hi! (2) photos were added to the Law and Oder Episode- Catch and Kill that I appear on 10/3/2024 They were approved and are now showing on the Episode page, but not my personal page-- despite my being tagged in them. How can I get them to post to my personal page as well?
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Cops s17e36 season finale image.
Cops TV series is a live action documentary. The standard image used by the episode providers is (example https://trakt.tv/shows/cops/seasons/17 - scroll to episode 36) an injured person. It is from the network aired show. I have captured the image from a video stream and wanted to be sure it is not
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Cops 17.12 plot outline correction rejected
re: #240928-020222-252000 cops 17.12 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1551074/ Has a wrong outline (not for this episode) about Walmart. The correction was refused. note that the longer plot summary is correct. I shortened it to make the new plot summary. Thanks, Rusty
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Two Different People Merged, Unable to Split Them
Jeremy Wang http://www.imdb.com/name/nm10459173 credits from the above profile were moved to - DisguisedToast http://www.imdb.com/name/nm10829873 and the first link now redirects to the second link. Jeremy Wang (nm10459173) had a profile with a handful of credits, but because his name is the sam
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Another partially rejected submission
Problem is with submission: #241004-124841-957000 Once again a submission has been partially rejected saying "unable to verify", even when I added a direct official link to the episode where the credits are shown, a rejection that happened in record time, barely 2 minutes to reject it, I don't even
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Trying to delete a student film I made years ago but keep getting declined
Hi,I am trying to delete credits I have a for a student film.I am the only person who has made contributions to this title and I have uploaded a copy of my passport but I keep getting denied as it says they were unable to verify the submission.What else can I do to get them to delete either my credi
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