Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Declined due to eligibility criteria
What does that mean and how to fix? I’ve been submitting reviews for many years and have never been declined. I searched the help pages to try to get an understanding to no avail. Can someone help?
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Notifying about the activities.
It was brought down to me that the other users are reporting the reviews that is against their opinion or for some other reason, which then further leads into rejection of that review. Now the person is unaware of the reason whose review has been declined, so he or she will definitely like to know t
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Spoiler warnings for shows and movies more than ten years old
Must we tag reviews containing spoilers about very old movies or TV shows that are off the air for more than ten years?How about tagging spoilers on only newest and recent films instead and TV shows that are still produced?
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Doctor Who (2023-) is being highly review bombed by transphobes, homophobes, and racists
Doctor Who has been bombarded with negative reviews some of which are from people who have admitted to not watching the series (Nerderotic) and sends more far right subscribers to down vote the new series. The new series has included one trans character on one episode, a black main character, and mo
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Can I edit my reviews?
I sometimes want to add more material after I have thought about a film or seen it a second time
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Review Not Posted
I submitted a review on September 9th that was approved but hasn't posted. Contribution #240910-032827-389804. I have since written and have had at least six reviews that have posted since. I'm curious as to why my review hasn't posted.
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Reporting a review for being shill addendum
I think there should be an extra option when reporting a review - at present there are only 4 options - i think you should add another option for reporting shill reviewers - I have seen several reviewers whose every single review is 10/10Currently there are many sites like fiverr who are giving peop
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Edit Review
Need to edit a review. I am on the web and followed the instructions but there are no 3 dots next to my reviews that allow me to choose EDIT. Can someone please direct me to a way to do this if possible. Thank you
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Review removed
Helpful review surreptitiously removed without notification or reason. It wasn’t complimentary of the movie, but it was an honest opinion which sought to balance the avalanche of questionable favourable reviews. How can one trust the integrity of IMDb when a negative review goes missing whilst the
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Political bias while moderating user review for movies
Hello, Please don't follow a political bias/agenda, and publish all relevant reviews on the movie. Criminals should be revealed even if they are liberals or communists: https://contribute.imdb.com/contribution/211022-044429-636504?ref_=pe_3181150_242625130 Video registration of crimes committ
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