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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Duplicate Keywords - List #10 (Proposal for Permanent Merging and Auto-Conversion) (misc., "death," & "slaps" keywords)

Here is the tenth installment in my list of duplicate keywords proposed for permanent merging and auto-conversion. As with my prior lists, I propose that the IMDb community be allowed one week to review and comment on this list before I formally submit it to IMDb staff for action. I am starting this

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Cast Lists Being Listed Alphabetically

Today I noticed that the cast lists from certain films (in this case, "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Licorice Pizza") are not currently being listed correctly when I go to the view. The cast and crew page will list one or two stars from the film, then list every actor alphabetically and say it's "comple

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Trying to list my two film festival wins in IMDB, but I am being rejected

HI IMDB, Forgive my ignorance, but I am new to IMDB and I have no idea what I am doing wrong. I just won two film festival awards and the film festival is encouraging us to list them in IMDB. So I clicked on the link they sent us in order to do this and I started to fill out the online forms to post

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Genre List Manager: Please Explain

Re: Randolph Scott WesternsWhy is the Drama genre accepted for Rage at Dawn, Belle Starr and Sugarfoot, BUT NONE of the other? It makes no sense.250316-040513-291000Track Contribution2025-03-16 04:05:13 Virginia City (1940)Genres - 1 item added 250316-040234-270000Track Contribution2025-03-16 04:02:

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Missing well known actress in IMDB's cast list of movie "Public enemies" 2009 by Michael Mann

Sigourney Weaver can be seen from 1:44:19-28 & 1:45:27-33 On 1:45:26 she is asked "Miss Roberts, can you reach Agent Purvis?" which, according to someone in IMDB’s GOOFS section declares that the name "Miss Roberts" is wrong… WITHOUT TELLING WHAT THAT NAME SHOULD BE!!! What's the use of telling a mi

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Cast list for something that doesn't have a cast.

I was editing the page for Pink Floyd: Shine on You Crazy Diamond (1975), including deleting the cast list, since it's an animated video that doesn't have a cast. This change was declined for being unverifiable. #240218-202742-976000 Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPkiAR_YV7Y Than

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Modify the order of the awards list

I would like someone to help me adjust the order of the awards listed for this festival (https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0049964/2025/1/) to the following sequence: Golden Heron, Honorable Mention, Audience Award, Youth Award, Curtas à Primeira Vista Award, so that the main awards appear at the top of

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Genre list manager: Inconsistencies continue Why?

There have been many versions of Treasure Island. Many already have Drama as a genre. And Drama was just accepted yesterday for four versions. But, for sometime and after resubmissions and re-resubmissions, Drama has NOT been accepted for the three following versions. Why? (It seems like resubmissio

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Duplicate Keywords - List #72 (misc. keywords) (Proposals for Permanent Merger and Auto-Conversion)

Here is the next installment of my lists of proposed keywords for permanent merger and auto-conversion. I am posting this list for fellow contributors to review first and raise any objections or questions. I will wait at least 28 days before changing this post to a "problem" post and asking IMDb sta

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Duplicate Keywords - List #48 (marriage keywords) (Proposals for Permanent Merger and Auto-Conversion)

Here is the next installment of my lists of proposed keywords for permanent merger and auto-conversion. IMDb has recently changed its display format for keyword search results. The changes will hamper my ability to post these lists in the familiar format as shown below. For the time being, I am stil

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