Is there a way for users to flag possible issues for review by contributors?

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I find a lot of IMDb entries I believe need to be fixed but aren't always sure (or how to fix) because I often don't have additional information to verify details. Many of these I notice by comparing data from 2 different time periods. Is there a way to flag these for a responsible contributor to look at (i.e., Is there a main contributor responsible for a specific Actor, Movie, etc.?)? Maybe this is already covered by the 'EDIT' contribution process on the pages, but I sometimes don't see an obvious given item to change and I'm talking about things that I wouldn't be able to include verification info for.Here are a few example situations I've noticed recently:1) Episode names that look like they might (but may not) have typographical errors (i.e., name includes 'Wild One' but pretty sure should be 'Wild On' (no trailing 'e') or vice versa). [A Studio DVD or case may be the thing in error instead of what is already on IMDb just like episode orders are often wrong on DVD].2) Series='Biography' Episode='Pamela Anderson' is missing her in the cast so doesn't show up in her filmography. (NOTE: also, this entry is not found in a search by title (is, however, found by search for tconst=tt0971339 directly).3) Someone added a TV-Mini = 'Emmanuelle in Space' with its 7 episodes. Problem is that the 7 episodes are already on IMDb as separate TV-Movies and all the related data was not brought forward (one type of example of why someone needs to get better control of control numbers: tconst and nconst, since continuously changing/deleting them causes numerous issues, not to mention that it looks like almost 1/3 of them are already duplicate, deleted or bad).4) Suggestions for things like: 'Buck Rogers (1939)' is on site as a single 4 hour entry where it might be better to treat it as a TV-Mini since it is a 'serial' (IMDb doesn't have this category) with a dozen chapters/episodes.5) Re-ordering 'genres' in some cases to put important ones up front because IMDb so often only makes the first 3 available (i.e., look for TV-Series and Sci-Fi in the download files and you only get 1 or two of a dozen Star Trek series due to only the first 3 genres included).I see so many posts here on sprinkler about mods that are rejected even supposedly with verification info, my question is about a class of mod that is more like: 'someone should verify this piece of data that doesn't look correct' instead of just putting changes through 'EDIT' sub-pages as regular updates.

Maya · Answer

Hi ddb_mnr-Thank you for the feedback! Will pass this along to the appropiate team for visibility. Overall and as mentioned in our guides, if you spot mistakes/incorrect data on the site, this is where we encourage contributors to submit the respective corrections and provide an explanation/supporting evidence. Although sometimes it migh be difficult, it helps our staff to further verify the changes that are being sent. As well as, when you spot data missing on the site (per example #2), you are welcome to contribute it. Reports can also be posted here in the community and our staff will investigate them accordingly. In this case, we will review this TV Mini-Series of 'Emmmanuelle in Space' and the individual TV Movies.For further information on correcting existing data, you can review our following Help Guide:https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/contribution-information/correcting-existing-data/GPFQGX9CFSHW5YUX?ref_=helpsrall#Cheers!

Peter_pbn · Answer

'4) Suggestions for things like: 'Buck Rogers (1939)' is on site as a single 4 hour entry where it might be better to treat it as a TV-Mini since it is a 'serial' (IMDb doesn't have this category) with a dozen chapters/episodes.'This should currently be listed as a film. This is mentioned in this help page:https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/title-formatting/G56U5ERK7YY47CQB?ref_=helpms_helpart_inlineSuggestions can be posted here. Here is an older suggestion about it with some recent discussion:https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/add-an-episodes-level-for-the-vintage-movie-serials-format/5f4a79828815453dba7fa925

Peter_pbn · Answer

Regarding #5, genres can't be reordered.Some have suggested it in the past:https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/genre-needs-a-priority-order-setting/5f4a7a838815453dbaadf52a

ddb_mnr · Answer

Thanks everyone. Looks like the answer is to use the 'EDIT' function for those changes I'm pretty confident of, even if I can't prove the change (like likely typos, and anything else I can figure out how to fit in the 'EDIT' process). I have browsed your contribution help/specs but will do so in far more detail if I begin entering changes.Things that I can't see a way to do straightforwardly with 'EDIT' (like the 'Emmanuelle' series above) I'll put here as a question andif seems to be a site issue (like can't find above 'Biography' entry using 'SEARCH') perhaps I'll use the problems category.Historically, I thought that without access to direct studio information one couldn't really contribute to IMDb (other than trying to correct really obvious mistakes). Studios make so many changes/mistakes on their DVDs, etc., it is difficult to trust them as valid for updating IMDb. I'll keep this last in mind as I see about becoming a some-times contributor.I've been using IMDb for many years to help maintain my own database that controls my rather substantial video collection (i.e., I even still have about 250 VHS titles I haven't managed to upgrade to DVD, etc.) and track about 3,000 actors for a potentials list to add titles to my collection. IMDb with its new reference page redesigns, etc., has been making what used to be my quick annual update (which usually points out many of the thousands of discrepancies and issues I find each year) too time consuming and error prone to continue to do (more and more IMDb data is buried and difficult/time consuming to retrieve as for example: getting parentTconst (not in the 'EDIT' page HTML) for podcasts since they are not in IMDb's downloadable datasets. If I can no longer keep my collection database reasonably updated maybe I'll attempt some IMDb contributing instead.

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