Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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false/incorrect information on a music video posting.
Please note: I am not an IMDb member. I recently saw the post on IMDb for my music video, Strait Jacket. Information is incorrect. It list the names the cameraman/editor as the director and content - writer. It is my work as a writer, performer and director. My name is spelled incorrectly. The perso
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TV Special wrongfully displayed as TV series
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23988166/ "Blauer Panther TV & Streaming Award" is the new name for what was between 1989 and 2021 the "Bavarian Television Award". I tried to correct this a month ago already under 230504-140537-500000 Apparently, it did not get approved as this is still li
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New Episode accepted completely but datas are not shown
The Following new Episode got accepted, is shown, but no datas inside: #230605-130711-291000
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Not allowing positive reviews on The Little Mermaid
Why are only negative reviews about The Little Mermaid allowed to post? I actually saw the movie on May 29th and posted a positive review on IMDb. It was declined. I posted another one and that was declined. But I’ve noticed since June 1 people are able to post non constructive comments about the mo
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Faulty process leading to incorrect data collection and names of languages missing in language dropdown
Is it not oxymoronic to mark an issue "closed" citing lack of capacity? How and why anyone would open a resolved case? Lack of capacity is a real issue. But how closing this issue would ever solve the problem of the names of languages not being added, some requested as long as eight years ago? This
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A director/writer name was added to my film that doesn't belong. I've attempted to have him removed several times.
Hello, I have a film with a popular title. A film with the same English title is being lumped into my film that needs urgent attention. I am a first time Black woman director and writer. My film is an Afrofuturism comedy/drama that you show as being co-directed by a white man from the Netherlands
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AO certificate for U.S. movies?
I notice that the movie Enter the Void (2009) - IMDb lists a certificate of "AO (new rating)". Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) - IMDb shows "AO (suggestion)". Velma (TV Series 2023– ) - IMDb shows "AO (DLSV, suggestion, new rating, Crude Humor)". As far as I know, AO only appl
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Bot/AI generated reviews?
This user had a thread here inquiring if he was blocked because his reviews were not being approved anymore: https://www.imdb.com/user/ur163757445/ @ACT_1 pointed out the incredible number of 3,242 reviews posted in just one month. And then I said these reviews look like all generated by AI/GPT.
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The Blacklist episode "The Hat Trick" is missing a credit.
Jordan Bridges hasn't been credited for his work as Todd Wagner in The Blacklist episode "The Hat Trick". I've been trying to correct this for the last three days, and every time nothing's worked. I've posted a screenshot of the episode's cast list where Bridges is listed on, and it didn't go throu
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Error with adding subgenre keyword "kids-family"
One of the official subgenre keywords recently added is "kids-family", for family movies specifically aimed at kids. However, when trying to add this keyword to a title, a strange error occurs. The keyword is automatically rejected as "not valid" due to being "too subjective". To check and see if I
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