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Spoken word album
I've made a number of contributions, but this one has me stymied. I'd like to add a spoken word album to the page for an established actor. It's not technically a "soundtrack," right, so how would I classify it? If it IS a soundtrack, how do I add that? When I click on "edit page," it gives me the o
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What genre does Gravure and Softcore belong to?
I've been seeing for some time that films in the "Gravure" or "Softcore" genre like Playboy strip shows don't have a clear genre. I know it wouldn't be "Adult" as such because there are no Hardcore elements or sexual activity, but I also don't know if it would fall into, for example, Documentary, Re
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Independent Feature Film Market -- is this a qualifying Release Date screening?
I noticed that Whit Stillman's film "Metropolitan" has been moved from a 1990 listing to a 1989 listing. This is based on an October 1989 screening at the Independent Feature Film Market. See https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100142/releaseinfo/ where this is listed.However, I don't know if this is cons
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Unnecessary crew credit attributes
In recent months there has been a significant increase of attributes added to major crew credits. These attributes don't add additional information but essentially repeat the role the person is credited for. For example, the director gets the attribute "directed by" or an editor has the attribute "e
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Podcast episode listings without any information—are they being added automatically by IMDb?
There are so many instances of podcast episode listings with no info other than a title. Are they being added by some automated process without manual intervention, or are contributors adding them but not bothering to include anything more than basic info?
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Character names and attributes for podcasts and audiobooks
For audio podcasts and audiobooks, should cast members have the attribute "(voice)," or is that assumed with those formats?Also, for audiobooks, if someone is reading their own book, would their character name be "Self," or something like "Narrator" or "Reader"?
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Date of birth source
Hi, I could not find anywhere a source for the date of birth mentioned here. Could anyone with access maybe have a look in the submission to see if it is mentioned there? Thanks
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is it possible to create a pdf of my imdb credits?
I have been asked for an updated cv and wanted to know if it is possible to create a pdf of my IMDB credits, please?
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