Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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User with multiple accounts and vote manipulating?
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur6387867/?ref_=tt_urv https://www.imdb.com/user/ur115536310/?ref_=tt_urv I've seen the same two users at the top of many review sections. They both have 13 at the end of the name, same scores, and similar number of votes. The only difference is the content of the review.
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Actor Name Correction "We did not capture a specific reason"
Hello all! I’m trying to help out an actor friend of mine who, after years of having her correct name listed on IMDB, recently checked on her page to find that her name has been changed to be incorrect, that is, missing a part of it (she has a two-part last name and one of the parts is now missin
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Changing short film listing to a feature film listing? (2 seperate entrys already exist too)
Hi need to merge https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21229168/ this (short) with https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21116392/ (film). But keep the cast/crew info of the short. I want to do this correct and not delete anything from the short we have. How can I do this. What is the exact thing I
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Audio Description Narrator is considered an acting role?
Does IMDb really consider an audio description narrator to be an acting role? Or a sound department function? What is your reasoning behind this? How do you decide whether to credit that in the Cast or Sound Department section? I am amazed you do not consider it something that belongs i
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Contribution guidlines
Does adding two attributes, such as (voice) and (uncredited), or (voice) and (archive sound) really go against contribution guidlines? If so, then why?
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Can't delete wrong credit even with link and screenshot showing mistake
I've uploaded evidence and submitted the Vimeo link of a video I'm tagged as director, producer, writer although by mistake. However the contribution was not taken into consideration. Could you help me? Thank you!
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Motion Capture Cast Policy Change
We are excited to announce a change to the cast motion capture policy and the introduction of the new (motion capture) cast attribute. We will now accept motion capture credits as cast positions as long as they are included in the cast section of the end titles and fulfill the eligibility rules list
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Typos in a Help section
Hello, You have typos in the Help section related to the Press Interviews one. Written: 1+2, 11-121+2, 3, 7-11. Must be: 1-2, 11-121-2, 3, 7-11. Please see the screenshots below. They're definitely typos, because there's the IMDb guideline I found which describes the same rules. First
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Apparent glitch on the title "The Watermelon Woman"
The title The Watermelon Woman (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118125) has an unusual credit, in that Kat L Robertson as Yvette (cast no.17) has the attribute "as another name". As can be seen from this screenshot, she's credited as Kathy Robertson: I tried to fix it, but then I found
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Trivia-Deletion Request declined
Hi all. I recently watched Spartacus (1960) and as usual enjoy reading the trivia. Unfortunately one trivia has a major spoiler for The Vikings (1958) which I haven't seen yet. Here's the trivia item (MAJOR SPOILERS for both Spartacus & The Vikings): It was decided that
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