Data Issues & Policy Discussions

Data Issues & Policy Discussions

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How to remove a wrong episode poster

I try to remove an episode poster because it was a wrong picture but being declined. Can someone explain it?

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Does “stop-motion” refer to anything other than “stop-motion-animation”?

Should “stop-motion” (1275 titles) be merged into “stop-motion-animation” (2383 title)? There’s “freeze-frame,” but that’s a completely different thing. One title even has “motion-stop” as a keyword, whatever that means. Perhaps there are sci-fi titles like The Day the Earth Stood Still that would s

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"Weekends with Jonathan Capehart"

Someone merged two separate news shows into one ("Weekends with Jonathan Capehart"). Onscreen, the show titles are The Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart and The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart. While the two are lumped together under the combined title on the MSNBC website, that is probably to

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Scrubs is showing new shows as s10 instead of s01 (2026) as the studio and ever other tv show. Fix or contact someone?

IMDB is currently the outlier for all online DBs and not aligned with the production studio as to the new Scrubs (2026) season as they all call is s01. In the instructions I can find anything that makes it clear the best way to fix this. Just create the new series and try to delete the s10 or contac

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Counting a MIFED release

The film market MIFED, now defunct, was a long-running annual industry expo, held in Milan, where films were screened for purchase (mostly by studios). As far as I can tell, that means a screening at MIFED should not count as a release on IMDb, as we don't count private and/or industry screenings, o

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Michael Jackson: One Night Only does not exist

tt0296750 In December 1995, Michael Jackson was set to do a live special on HBO. He unfortunately became ill during rehearsals and the special never happened. Yet there is a page for it on IMDb. I have twice requested it to be deleted and received responses that it can't be deleted because it is acc

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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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"Does not meet contribution guidelines" for reviews when it IS a review!

I submitted a review which was declined, yet before I consider giving the 18-digit reference, I get the patronising "Does not meet contribution guidelines. Your contribution has been declined.Please review our submission guidelines" IT LITERALLY IS A REVIEW! When your bots decline something, STATE W

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Faulty language won't be removed from poster

In submissions #260216-232914-586502 and #260221-171105-464002 I tried to delete the language German from this poster of a Dutch series: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7851832/mediaviewer/rm2478002944/ Needless to say, my submissions were declined. Can a staffer delete the language please?

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What to do when a movie misidentifies the performers of licensed classical tracks?

I noticed that for certain movies, they sometimes miscredit the performers of licensed tracks, usually classical music. Sometimes, people on the internet misattribute a recording that is not credited in the movie. I wanted to bring attention to two movies: Hocus Pocus and The Shining. Hocus Pocus pl

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