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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Posting External reviews
I'm having trouble posting external reviews from legitimate sources (NY Times, Collider)... I filled out the forms, but they never appear. What can I do?
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Recognition of Michif as a Language
This is a poll proposing that Michif, the Métis language, be acknowledged by IMDB as a language. Please upvote if you agree that it should be recognized and added in.
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Another green bottle fell from the wall...
I was investigating the claim of a person who requested the deletion of his page and the two credits on it. Not surprisingly, the claim was not correct... Death Fell from the Sky (2016): Ray Meets Helen (2017): P.S. Sadly (I knew it'd happen sooner or later...), once again I have encountered
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What is the reason for the official runtimes of certain movies, such as Apartment (1996), being longer than their downloadable versions?
For example, in this case, the legal download of Apartment (1996) has a running time of 1h 39min, while the official running time is 1h 56min.
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Having trouble keeping a cast list in order
See contribution #240501-182506-582000 I watched the show on the night it aired. I originally submitted the complete cast list that evening, but it was incorrect. I corrected my mistake less than 30 minute later (Contribution #240424-030835-333000), and everything was fine. However, another
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How do you remove videos from IMDB Page?
I need the videos on here removed. Playing Like a Girl: The House That Rob Built (2020) - IMDb and replaced with a different trailer.
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Need to delete an image
We tried to delete this image, which is a low quality duplicate. But the submission was rejected. Here is the id# 240717-233620-665102 Please let us know what to do. Thank you!
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Certificates
As a contributor I've noticed a problem with regard to the availability of certain certificates, for example - in Norway, in 2015 the ratings system re-vamped introducing a '6 years and older' rating (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Media_Authority - https://www.medietilsynet.no/tv-film-radi
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Discrepancy Between Weighted and Unweighted Ratings for "Hemisphere"
The unweighted rating for the feature film "Hemisphere" is 5.9, but the weighted rating is only 4.5. Why is there such a significant difference between these ratings? Could IMDb please review this to ensure it is being fairly calculated?
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Multiple Contributions Being Repeatedly Rejected Despite Providing Evidence for Their Validity
Recently, I've had a number of my contributions rejected over and over again, despite providing ample evidence for why all of them were valid. 1. Astrology with Squidward (2000) being listed as a spin-off of SpongeBob SquarePants (1999). The most recent time that I submitted this was 240
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