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Cops S12 episodes 21 and 22 need to be swapped
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6394052/?ref_=ttep_ep21 and episode 22 need to be swapped. See https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/cops/episodes-season-12/1000242631/ to verify order and I captured a newspaper for that night (4 episodes, two new and two repeats). https://imgur.com/a/0qGErsz . Since both ep
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Same Character Name for two different actors in the same TV series Dizi - Esaret (2022)
Two vilains share the same first name "Korkut" in Esaret (2022). What is the best way to submit the Characters names so that submissions' staff understand it is 2 different Characters and not a mistake? Korkut Episodes 48/49/50 Actor Yavuz Ketenci (uncredited- which I am about to submit in the Ca
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Animal actors?
Is the following no longer valid? Animals and inanimate objects (i.e., Wilson the Volleyball) can be listed as actors if they appear in the credits as cast members. Please use your best guess as to gender. (After the new name page is created, you should probably also include a biographical trivi
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Film not appearing in search when adding award to film from approved film festival
Hello, I am adding an award to "The Gift (XIII)" (and am typing it like that) and still am not finding it in the search even though I have finished adding the film to the IMDb registry. It won the Audience Award at the Atlanta Film Festival's Kodak 100 Feet of Film Project in 2022 and we would appre
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IMDB merged Jerry Ludwig's writing and producing credits with Jerrold Ludwig an editor into one record - how to unmerge?
My father Jerry Ludwig was a prolific TV writer and producer. Jerrold Ludwig was an editor. IMDB merged the two records together, deleting Jerry Ludwig entirely. Now only Jerrold Ludwig is listed with my father's credits. How can IMDB correct this horrible error and oversight?
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Director credit declined on Radars Chequered Past #240910-220927-030000
How can I be declined? My name, Brian Challis (listed as one of two directors), is on the advertising material on the front page of Radars Chequered Past https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3654668/ Please let common sense prevail.
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Male Nudity Related Keywords Targeted & Deleted
Hello dear IMDb forum, A problematic person targets male-frontal-nudity related titles and deletes certain keywords from the database randomly. Currently 7.709 titles listed, I remember the number being higher just yesterday. Kindly take notice of the titles listed below I added the words in once
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Removed/Deleted Review
Hello, I noticed that a review of mine has suddenly, mysteriously been removed, for the film Longlegs. The contribution number is as follows: 240726-230732-511104. I can see no reason why this review would be removed, as it didn't violate any of your guidelines or contain any bad language. I would r
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Language Order
The language order is supposed to imply the "relative prominence", but when there are multiple languages and one of them has an empty order field, the language is shown before numbered languages. I suggest that languages with empty order fields be shown last. If empty means zero, then the order mi
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Adding my credits for my own short film
I added my new short film, but my own contributions of writing, directing, producing and editing were said to not be verified. I provided the film's website with the credits listed. Why is this?
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