
Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Changes from TV Series to TV Special or Movie keep getting rejected
Two examples: Dining With the Kapoors: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35665487 All you have to do is go to the Netflix official site (https://www.netflix.com/title/81702885) and see that this is NOT a series, it is a special. The site itself states that this is a "Documentary Film" and not a series. Y
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Approved reviews not posted.
On 15 May, I posted two reviews (#260515-182144-319021 and #260515-180841-665621). Both are noted as Approved, and have been so since at least 18 May. Yet they are still not posted. The help-site claims that there should be a one business day turnaround, so they should have been posted on 18 May. An
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How can I merge all my different names on IMDb
Hi, my name is Lucas Borges. I’m an industry professional based in Spain. I realized today I have several credits on IMDb that are scattered under different names: Lucas Borges (IV), Lucas Borges (VI), Lucas Borges (VII), Lucas Borges (VIII), Lucas Borges (IX). These are all me, the same person. I a
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Amazon links on the wrong titles
These streaming links are incorrectly associated with these adult titles. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082396/ (This link is for a different title.) https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.c0b46fa5-1334-9f07-f04c-8145717a65b6 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2271355/ (The link is for a diff
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Why were these contributions rejected?
I tried twice, both rejected: https://contribute.imdb.com/contribution/260519-091425-320000 https://contribute.imdb.com/contribution/260521-064309-185000
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Indexing Issue: Flowers in the Attic 2014
Flowers in the Attic 2014 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3074694/) does not show up on any of the actors' IMDb pages (Heather Graham, Ellen Burstyn, Kiernan Shipka, ...). FWIW, the link above says it's "S1.E1", but it's a movie, not a show.
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Award update ignored
I established the audiobook title page that was already listed on here as winning a Grammy award (previously in word only), alongside the relevant names, along with the correct evidence from the official Grammy site. It has been ignored twice, even after Anna resubmitted it on my behalf, via the ema
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Fake companies listed (5/25)
So this non-existent TV channel was listed in the catalogues of IMDb for an unknown amount of time. The two companies (duplicates) claim to be "Animal Planet Kids," which is a ploy on Discovery Kids, a former block on the Discovery Channel and former cable network. There is an assortment of random f
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Repeated "Badly Formatted" rejection when updating Mini Biography despite following guidelines
We have been trying to update actress Antonella Saldicco's Mini Biography and have now received repeated "Badly Formatted" rejections despite carefully following IMDb's mini-bio guidelines. Current biography on IMDb: Was born in Miami, USA in 1986. The oldest daughter of Argentine parents. In 1999 h
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Review unavailable, yet appearing as "approved"
My subject explains itself. I posted a review (as I often do for fun) on May 12th. Afterward, it was "approved" but not available to view on my page, I heard it might be delayed. I waited for a few days, a few days turned into the date today, May 25th. I tried starting from scratch and writing a com
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