
Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Plot outline battle over a new title...
So I've been helping put some info into a currently airing title, Genius Game: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31775027/reference/?ref_=tt_rvAhead of every episode someone will add a plot outline before it's even aired. Fair enough. They probably piece it together from the "next time" clip at the end,
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Can you explain this current refusal of a goof?
THE SEVENTH DAY (2020) Goof addition declined #251129-163519-883000 Goof Addition When Father Louis prays the Our Father during the first exorcism, he concludes it with the doxology which starts "... for thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory". This is the Protestant version of the Lord's Pra
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Why isn't the poster I uploaded the primary poster for my country?
I uploaded a poster and tagged it correctly to the movie, country and language. Still, it doesn't show as primary image as it should and like others do that I've uploaded. Any reasons? All things were approved. #250929-065926-810402 Another question: if I upload a poster which has nudity in it's art
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No progress in my award and nomination submissions
Hi,I submitted these award and nominations 8 days ago. When I check my contribution history, there is no button for track contribution. When I click on each it says no need to resubmit and it should normally take 1-7 days to appear online. #251119-224834-119000 #251119-225530-514000 #251119-225251-2
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Award Updates Not Approved Months Later
I have added multiple award updates to events, but they are taking much longer than usual to be approved. Update numbers include: 251113-200139-900000, 251113-185055-626000, & 250919-205135-273000. These were submitted between two weeks and two months ago. There are more, all for the same events, wh
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My film was added into a profile im not associated with
Hello! I'm an artist with a kind of specific pseudonym "j4vaman". I released my first short film on November 28, and submitted a page for it on IMDb. Despite this being my first title and my name purposefully starting in a lowercase letter, I was added into an already existing profile called "J4vama
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New title deleted two days after submission
Hello all. This week I added a film I came across that was shot in 2024, currently awaiting release, but not in the database yet to IMDB. It was succesfully added but submissions on four of the eight cast members were declined. I went ahead and provided a bit more proof and re-submitted the four cas
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Why is the keyword "surrealism" on 10,508 titles?
Surrealism Someone seems to believe that any title that is not strictly realistic deals in surrealism. That includes all science fiction and fantasy films/shows as well as absolutely anything that's animated. "Surrealism is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I
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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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