Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Animated pictures showing up on name pages
According to the image guide (https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/images-videos/image-guidelines/G27LPBQZA7EAZGJW?ref_=helpsrall#), "Voice actors for animated titles can be tagged if the character is clearly displayed within the image. For animated titles, we will display the actor tags withi
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Policy on reviews for series
What is IMDb's policy on reviews for series that have not yet ended their run? When can one submit a user review for a series where not all episodes have been shown yet? I ask because the guide (https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/contribution-information/user-review-guidelines/GABTWSNLDNFLPR
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Issues adding new languages
@Col_Needham Hopefully, enforcing a language order number at the time of submission will be implemented relatively soon (the same obviously goes for the lack of displaying language attributes). That being said, there is also the matter of languages not being known to IMDb and therefore being imposs
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Pet peeve - plot outline, plot summary, and "just" synopsis in update form
I know it's a very minor issue, but in the updating form, it says Plot Outlines, Plot Summaries and Synopsis. Can the word "plot" be added to Synopsis as well please? It's more consistent that way. Also, it's more clear I feel. They way it is listed now, it kinda suggests the Synopsis is not part of
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Keyword cigarettes
Keywords should be singular, not plural (as per the guide: https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/keywords/GXQ22G5Y72TH8MJ5?ref_=helpms_helpart_inline#). Therefore, I'd like to ask staff to delete and then block the keyword cigarettes: https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=cigarette
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Cannot remove false credits despite proving my deletion reasons
Just recently, I was trying to edit the credits for "VeggieTales: The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's" since there are some false credits but when I submitted the deletion requests, it keeps saying that they are unable to verify, despite me explaining the reasons why it has to be removed. I actually watche
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Overzealous photo tagger for Dutch soap GTST
The image guide states that names should NOT be tagged in "Back of the headshots or shots with deliberately out-of-focus or heavily obscured faces." For Dutch soap Goede tijden slechte tijden (GTST) someone has been adding names of actors that are only seen with the back of their head or, in some ca
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both submissions declined
Hello, both my submissions #250307-213648-293000 and #250307-213837-025000 were declined, can someone from IMDB elaborate why? I followed the standard steps and provided all the information? thanks
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Problem with double name and one credit that shouldn't be there
There is one credit on my list that shouldn't be there. This is my profile. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3974693/ And the credit in question is for the film Skin(2018) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7332306/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cdt_t_63 I was wrongly credited as Foley editor even though I didn't work on
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