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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Why were these contributions rejected?
I got a few different cases, each time tried at least twice. I asked for detailed explanation but got nothing: 1) https://contribute.imdb.com/contribution/260508-063953-583000/ https://contribute.imdb.com/contribution/260511-065457-999000/ 2) https://contribute.imdb.com/contribution/260508-163159-85
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Episodes removed from title?
Come Dine With Me, Season 16. There are several gaps. Now, it's possible I hadn't added them, but I made an Excel spreadsheet for this purpose (#Nerd) and there's nothing outstanding on it. But looking at the season page, there are several gaps: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0820392/episodes/?season=
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Cast/Self credit ordering warning when no cast/self are credited
Somewhat recently a new warning has appeared in the contribution interface that needs to be removed. 1) Find a title with an empty cast or self listing and choose to add one or more credits. 2) Make sure you fill in the cast order number (choosing 4 or higher will better show the issue without the d
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Year range Heathcliff
Currently, Heathcliff has a year range of 1980-1984: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173556/reference/ However, as you can see, all episodes on IMDb are from 1980-1981. TVmaze also says this series ran from 1980-1981: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/46528/heathcliff So does epguides.com: https://epguides
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Indie feature spammed by 1/10 star bot ratings
Hi, our film, No Choice (2025) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34600817/ has been spammed by bots giving it a 1/10 rating. I understand this is a common problem, so I'm hoping something can be done about it. Thank you, Nate Hilgartner Producer / Writer / Director nate@hilgartnerproductions.com
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Credit to Remove from Profile
Hi IMDB Team, There is a credit on my profile that is completely incorrect. I have no connection to this project whatsoever. I don't know how my name ended up associated with it, and I was never involved in any capacity. I have submitted removal requests multiple times through the standard edit syst
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Review Bombing
The Boys S5 review bombing. Noticed a severe uptick of 1 Star reviews that are blatantly drastic in a short span of hours which is frankly dishonest and harms the accuracy of reviewing a show on the platform. If yall can look into it and see if there’s foul play involved given that it seems heavily
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Wrong Poster on my film
Can someone help me takeoff one photo off this Short film please😄 The one to delete: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39379541/mediaviewer/rm187029762?ref_=ext_shr_lnk The one to keep: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39379541/mediaviewer/rm2084297730?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Thank you in advance😄
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The Practice, s1e3, Trial and Error, REJECTED QUOTE even though I correctly filled in every requirement on the submission form
I'm sitting right here watching The Practice, s1e3, Trial and Error, and I'm trying to submit a quote by Judge Stevens. I have filled in the form and chose Judge Stevens from YOUR DROP DOWN BOX on each. HER NAME SHOWS on each required line on your form. But you keep REJECTING my submission, claiming
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