
Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Unicode - 25-year update
IMDb used to have a newsletter, and the mid-April 1997 issue contained an item titled "The Great ISO Swap" reporting that IMDb had implemented the ISO 8859-1 (also known as ISO Latin-1) character set, allowing names and titles to use all the common letters with diacritical marks of the major Western
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submission declined despite not being part of episode
#260217-190152-443000 I have tried a couple of times to delete Dymar Angileri from the Additional Crew list for episode #2 of "How to get to heaven from Belfast" because he only worked as part of the Malta Unit for episodes #3-#6, which he was correctly credited for all 4 episodes he worked on. The
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Episode numbering
I've been adding crew and cast details to the series Shortland Street for over a year now.As later years of the show have been grouped into Seasons from season 7 onwards, I have also put Year 2 (1993 episodes) Year 3 (1994 episodes) Year 4 episodes (1995 episodes) into seasons. This also matches pro
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Award Never Reflected
Hi,Our documentary at The Trueness Project, titled "Giving Wings to a Movement", won the Outstanding Excellence Award in 2025 at the Religious Faith International Film Festival. We updated the award and submitted it, but it still hasn't reflected on our page, almost two months later. Kindly assist.
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Why does the system automatically add languages to pictures?
Hello. I added a new title today and then a poster picture today. When adding the picture I added Language "Norwegian" and Country "Norway", Why has the system then automatically added "Swedish" to languages on the picture? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39903321/mediaviewer/rm19848194/?ref_=tt_ov_i T
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Awards submitted but not being added
Hello, more than two months ago I created and then submitted awards with official proof, but they haven't been added and I haven't received any update. Reference Numbers: 251211-232629-097000 251211-233603-534000 Then again: 251228-004553-943000 251228-004617-069000 Thanks a ton!
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#260125-204455-244000 - Seinfeld original pilot episode
Two submitted corrections were declined with the explanation "Unfortunately, we were unable to accept your submission as we were unable to verify the information provided." OK - I know this won't change anything, but I WATCHED the episode, and what I submitted was based on the the credits that appea
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Sound mix correction declined
I have tried to correct the sound mix for Tea and Sympathy (1956) but it's been declined. The film sound should be mono only. Contribution Confirmation #260213-113148-006000
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Award data not been added
Hi IMDB Team, In 2026-02-12, I have submitted award data for https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0074580/1979/1/ But none of them has been added. Here are submissions with ref numbers: 260212-032523-278000 260212-033528-081000 260212-063014-688000 260212-064332-049000 Please help check and review my submis
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Declined addtion of actors
It gets declined Whenever I add actors to "Al-Zaeem" (2011) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20258110/ #260213-030626-547000 There are a lot of missing actors. I have been adding and correcting hundreds of arabic series for years. Why this specific series gets declined?
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