Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Name split rejected
Hello there, I tried to split a name—Philip Richardson—into two different pages (one a natural history filmmaker, the other a music video director), but they had been rejected. They do not appear to be the same person as I found the natural history producer's website and a profile on ResearchGate (w
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IMDb Entries Incorrectly Merged
Someone recently merged the IMDb entries for Red Iron Road (the TV series) and Red Iron Road (the movie edit). Please un-merge them. They should be two separate entries like they were before. The movie version of Red Iron Road is a repackaged, feature-length edit of something that had previously bee
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Changing the priorities of "known fors"?
I often see the top "known for" matches for celebrities to not include the things they ARE known for. Is there a way to change them? I've been cleaning up a holiday show called "Wish You Were Here...?". Pretty dull show really, but it deserves to be fully represented. Judith Chalmers - https://www.i
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Duplicate IMDb Pro accounts — need to consolidate film credits into one
I have two IMDb Pro accounts and need to consolidate my film credits onto a single account/name page. Both accounts have credits associated with them. I'd like to keep https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7662184/ as my primary account and have all credits from my secondary account https://www.imdb.com/name/
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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 add Post Production Supervisor to entire series
I am the Post Production supervisor for an entire series on Netflix but when I try to add that credit for the whole series vs every episode, I get rejected. I have emails from Netflix confirming my role if that would help with approval but I would need to heavily redact that information. What do I n
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Several false credits added to actress' IMDB page
Several false credits have been added to the IMDB page of actress Lili Beaudoin. Show by Rock!! Mashumairesh!! (wasn't part of the English cast) PriPara (series wasn't dubbed into English) Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls (series doesn't exist) (pages regarding this fake show should be purged as well)
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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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