Advanced Title Search - Should "Short" be added as a genre choice for searches?

@Col_Needham​ 

Doh! I once knew that, but had forgotten.

I do still think it would help to add Short as a genre, and I'm still wondering if there is a reason to not include it there.

That would, for example, allow Videos with the Short genre to be easily included in searches.

These searches illustrate that.  The first search below compiles both the second and third searches together. Only the third search can be done directly from the Advanced Title Search menu -- the other two have to be manually assembled within the URLs.

Video/Short Film, Short, gorilla (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=video,short&genres=short&keywords=gorilla

110 titles. 

Video, Short, gorilla (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=video&genres=short&keywords=gorilla

12 titles.

Short Film, gorilla (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=short&keywords=gorilla

98 titles.

@keyword_expert​ 

I don't feel like my original question -- "Is there a valid reason for omitting Short from [the genre] list" -- has been answered.

Ah, sorry.  The reason it is not included in the genre options is that it is really a title type.  It was created as a genre on IMDb only for legacy reasons when things were less flexible with our systems.  Now that we have better support for title types, this is where it will eventually move.

We are aware that there are other inconsistencies with both short and documentary across various parts of IMDb.  We have made some exceptions for customer convenience and common-use cases, but given ATS has been like this for years it does not seem right to go to the effort of temporarily adding short into the mix, only to remove it later.  

Hope this helps. 

@Col_Needham​ Thank you.