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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ADDING CREDITS QUERY
I tried to add a credit for a documentary film I made bit it said it was rejected because it wasn't in their datta base. It ran on a network and also is online. How do ensure it is in their database?
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Cannot add or update Gender data
I recently completed a cast list for a TV episode, (submission #240827-163250-490000). One of the people in the cast was a woman playing a female role, and as such, was submitted to the 'actress' category. However, even though the contribution was approved, that person was added to the 'actor
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Inserting in IMDB pages about people unrelated to the cinema industry
Karisse Grenier is a realtor. Her only connexion to cinema is having a son who is an actor. Yet, she has a page here, with a lengthy and absurd description of her activities as a REALTOR. If IMDB begins allowing such ridiculous pages there will no end to them, and soon enough the page will become us
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Obsctructive character limit in company listings
I was adding a short film and was not able to properly add two miscellaneous company credits. They read as follows: "Thanks to the University of Georgia Departments of Film Studies, Entertainment and Media Studies". That would logically mean "University of Georgia Department of Film Studies [us]"
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Bad merge
https://web.archive.org/web/20170217001226/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3880433/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210831153323/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3880433/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220618122022/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3880433/ There is a person who claims to be Jim Morrison's son who
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Incorrect factual goof
Hawaii five-0 season nine episode 3 When Jerry and Junior are picking up SSGT Kaliko at Dover AFB, the Air Force honor guard pallbearers are completely out of step while marching the casket onto the aircraft. This would NEVER happen. Should be episode 4
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Welcome to Mooseport/"self" credit getting rejected for fictional movie
For Welcome to Mooseport (tt0361925), a fictional movie, Chi Chi Rodriguez is listed as "self", although this is an acting role. Several times, I have attempted to change his character name from "self" to his name. But it keeps getting rejected. I've sent in hundreds of similar corrections
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New category: Collections
I would like to see IMDb add a new category called "Collections." (@Michelle thought this idea might be worth its own thread.)Collections would group together titles in a more efficient, versatile and dynamic way than the Movie Connections can.There could be a "Star Wars" Collection with all the Sta
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Biography not showing
hi how are you , my biography is not showing up refix it . thanking you in anticipation:)
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What does the new rejection reason "Badly Formatted" mean?
I have done hundreds of name merges, all meticulously researched, over the years. I often supply a website as evidence, but I feel there is also an element of trust between us, due to my track record of contributing. However, this week while doing them, I have started to receive this new warning,
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