Data Issues & Policy Discussions

Data Issues & Policy Discussions

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The “romantic-comedy” and “romcom" and "rom com" keywords should be deleted, with Romance and Comedy as genres instead.

The guideline: Repeating genres: For example, we have the genres Romance and Drama so you can submit these as genres to the title rather than submitting the keyword romantic-drama.Does not the same apply to Romantic Comedies? Why is this an exception, if it is? With advance title search, one can als

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Merge declined

I stumbled upon a TV movie entry for "Polizeiruf 110: Aquarius" under https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37813541/reference/. However, this is actually an episode of a series and already has an entry under https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1542295/reference. I submitted a merge (#251125-221346-996000), but it

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Music video removal

So I’ve reached out multiple times to IMDb trying to remove myself from a music video that I don’t want to be associated with. I’ve tried just doing it on IMDb pro and it won’t get removed. Then I sent something to IMDb support and they never responded. Is there something I’m missing?

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Writer edit declined

#250803-120853-184000 Writer edit declined although an evidence URL to the film's webpage from director's website was provided.

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Title Correction Approved But Hasn't Changed

Hello, I recently submitted a title change for a project on IMDB. The contribution was approved (maybe 3 days ago), but the title has not changed. Can someone assist me with this, or let me know when the change may take place? The contribution number is #251118-173030-460000Cheers, Chris

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cannot update age ratings

Hi, can you approve the following age rating contributions: #251129-084703-087000 #251129-060805-602000 #251129-053751-220000 #251129-053701-859000

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How can I correct the Countries of origin?

I tried to make an edit and change the "country of origin" section. I wanted to replace Russia with Armenia here https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35510175/, but my edit was rejected. As I understand it, this is because the company https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co1116995 is listed as Russi

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What happened to the "version of" option?

So I noticed some alternate pages for different re-edits of non-fiction shows, they have a tag under 'Movie Connections' saying "version of X"; however, I cannot find this option under the 'Movie Connections' category. Because this phantom label appears to be no longer applicable, I've been using th

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There is a problem with finding my screenplay

Dear IMDB Support,I'm writing to report an issue with my script cover. I recently submitted my screenplay to the Oniros Film Awards and was instructed to add it to my IMDB profile. However, when I try to add it, my script cover is not available or visible on your site. Could you please assist me in

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Contributions declined (plot outline)

On 13 Nov 2025, I submitted a TV episode plot outline deletion for https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0524176/?ref_=ttep_ep_8 with the reason being that the existing plot outline was a duplicate of the outline for the previous episode (no, it was not a two-part episode). (ref #251113-042328-042000) My sub

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