Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Missing review
The Other Bennet Sister. I left a 1star review and had it confirmed as approved by IMDb but it doesn’t show under the 1 star reviews on the site. Any thought please?
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Can't delete poster that violates copyright
A temp poster I made for my own film was uploaded to the film's photos section, however I recently found out that one of the fonts used in the poster is copyrighted and we do not have permission to use it/post it anywhere. How do I get this poster removed? I tried to report it as inappropriate and e
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One of IMDb Non-Commercial Datasets Has Not Updated Since 08 March 2026
https://datasets.imdbws.com/title.ratings.tsv.gz This dataset has not been updated since 08 March 2026, is this normal?
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Delete a credit of myself
Hello all! This is getting crazy. I've written 3 times that I'm not the person credited in a shortfilm. Everytime it gets declined for lack of evidence. I don't know the team nor the production company, nothing, in order to ask them to amend this. This is a mistake. Why IMDB doesn't take my word? I
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Ongoing difficulty correcting incorrect credits and DOB for Cindy McGee (nm0569048) despite evidence
Hello, I’m seeking guidance from experienced contributors or IMDb staff regarding ongoing difficulties correcting inaccurate and unverifiable information on the name page Cindy McGee (nm0569048). Over multiple submissions, I have requested corrections related to accuracy and verification, including:
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fake profiles
this person is creating a bunch of AI profiles for different non-existing actors and projects and she is inserting herself into well-known franchises just to get fake credits on her page. Every single person attached to any of her credits, except the movies she’s pretending to be in, our AI generate
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Casting, image country and image language deletion
Hi, Please find here after 4 contributions I made that were declined and I do not understand why: 1- Casting deletion: In this documentary about Madonna, there is a Swiss senior government official that is wrongly added to the casting. In fact, he has an homonym that is a press agent that should hav
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Fred Savage's awards page
Some jokester has added a number of nominations to Fred Savage's awards page that he never received: Television Critics Awards for "Working" and "Crumbs" (the former for the 2000 ceremony, a year after the show was canceled), American Comedy Award for "Working", Teen Choice Awards for "Friends from
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duplicate titles - Implosion (2026)
I don't know how to combine duplicate titles. Could someone please handle this? Implosion 2026 (2026) - IMDb Implosion 2026 (2026) - IMDb Thank you!
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Feature Request: Smart "Report for Deletion" button for low-data/ghost titles
Hi, I want to propose a more efficient way for the community to help clean up the database, specifically targeting "ghost" or "phantom" titles that lack any verifiable information. ■ The Problem: Currently, when we find a page that is clearly a mistake (e.g., a title named just "." or a random str
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