Data Issues & Policy Discussions

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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"themselves" as role in Self (cast)

Every time I enter "themselves" as a Role in Self (for a group, such as a band name), I get the message: Occurrences of 'Themselves' have been removed from Role in accordance with IMDb rules.Has "themselves" been removed? Should a band just be Self? If so, why is the Role "themselves" still appearin

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Contribution approved but not appearing

I submitted an actor addition (uncredited) work, it has been approved but not showing up on my page. I submitted on June 13, 2026 with pay stub and screen shot of background work. #260613-175958-614000 Is there anything else I need to do? Thanks

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Someone Keeps Changing An IMDb Entry to a Completely Different Film

A while back, I added the 2023 film Thriller Anthology Volume I to IMDb. This film can be found on Tubi here: https://tubitv.com/movies/100020822/thriller-anthology-vol-1 The IMDb entry is here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37138615/ A year ago, someone - for some inexplicable reason - completely ch

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Remove outdated & irrelevant images from title

Hi there! I hope this reaches someone who can help. I have created a short film, and whilst we were in pre-production a number of photos were added to the title by someone who is no longer affiliated with the production. The photos are also not representative of the final film. I have been trying to

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Incorrect title year (2025) for Black Money for White Nights (tt38799410)

Hello, I am writing on behalf of Abraxas Film Ltd., the lead production company and copyright holder of the feature film Black Money for White Nights (IMDb title: tt38799410). The issue concerns only the title year displayed on IMDb. IMDb currently displays our film as: Black Money for White Nights

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Help

Can someone please help me with this merge edit? I'm a bit confused about the process, and I don't want to make a mistake. "Duplicate IMDb name pages for the same actress. "Bhagyashri Borse (I)" and "Bhagyashri Borse (II)" refer to the same person. Please merge all information into a single profile.

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Need to get rid of an imdb account I made

Hello! Back in 2020, I made an IMDb account and added non-existent movies and added my name to movies that did not had me in it or credited (because i wasn't in it after all), and I want to remove it. How is it possible to do so? For the movies and the web series i added; they do not exist anywhere,

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Name page not displaying primary department credits by default

Hello everyone, I'm experiencing what appears to be a filmography display issue on an IMDb name page. The person currently has 21 credits in the Legal Department category and only 8 credits in Production-related categories. Last week I added all of the Legal Department credits, and they have already

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Asian names

I tend to contribute primarily to Asian titles, and I'm seeing a lot of inconsistencies in naming conventions across IMDb. I've read the name formatting guidelines, but I'm still unclear in some situations. While I know there are not hard rules around names, I understand that cast and crew names sho

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#260621-021920-612000 - The Wrong Man

Three Goof edits declined that I do not believe are contrary to IMDb Guidelines. - A submitter stated that the character being called "Manny" could have happened off-screen. I simply added that the Detective asked him if he was called "Manny", thus indicating the name use was also brought up on scre

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