Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Dozens of duplicated pictures for The Waltons
On the page for The Waltons, there are dozens of duplicated pictures. It starts on current number 229 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068149/mediaviewer/rm1189541121/) and ends on current number 261 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068149/mediaviewer/rm2615538945). Since this shouldn't have happened in
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Companies out of IMDb law on regional branches and subsidiaries ;-))
[co0653064] and [co0771917] from Argentina,[co0746833] from Hong Kong, China[co0817521] from Taiwan, China[co0743189] from Philippines need to be merged into [co0198140] as they are not different companies, but mere regional or national subsidiaries of the same group. I discovered them when I was a
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Inconsistent Usage of the Film Noir Genre Tag
So even before the new genres were added IMDb had Film Noir called out as a separate genre tag; I agree it should be called out as a separate genre; however, I have not seen it applied consistently. To start at the top, there is no precise definition for Film Noir though most would agree that styli
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Name merges
This is the same person. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1120190/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10030045/ There was another person on the second page at one point, but that credit has since disappeared. The merge was initially approved, but the pages weren't combined. Then when I resubmitted, it was reje
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Need staff help on a few items.
Hello, I have a few minor issues. 1) Someone created a new name page with a mispelling, a correct page already existed so I successfully moved the credits with evidence to the page they should be on, the I tried to merge away the empty page explaining how it occurred and is no longer needed. So can
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Formatting of services ranks in credits - avoiding a space either side of a /
I'm correcting credits for Pathfinders tt0165053 where the on-screen credits give character names using abbreviated RAF ranks - for example "F/O Jack Chatteris" (F/O = Flying Officer). But IMDB "corrects" this to "F / O Jack Chatteris" with a space either side of the "/". Is there a way of avoiding
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My Contribution Keeps Getting Declined... please help!
Hello, I recently was on a show for the entire first season premiere of this show "Hustlers Gamblers Crooks" (2024) on HBOMax and my name is listed clearly in the credits... I have supplied a picture of this to IMDB as evidence as well as a call sheet in the past submittal--- and my credit continue
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Las muñecas de la mafia Title Duplicate / Title Merge
Las muñecas de la mafia All Season 1 Episodes with all information submitted (Cast etc...) Then, we have The Mafia Dolls (TV Series 2009–2019) - IMDb that was created when Season 2 was released 10 years after. In this title no information at all has been submitted for Season 1 Episodes. Could
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Primary image A Touch of Spice
Currently, this photo is the primary image for A Touch of Spice: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096715/mediaviewer/rm1476543233 Obviously, this one should be the primary image: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096715/mediaviewer/rm1510097665/ Unfortunately, I can't send this as a contribution via the re
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Keywords mermaids
According to the keywords guide (https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/keywords/GXQ22G5Y72TH8MJ5?ref_=helpms_helpart_inline#), a keyword should never be plural. Therefore, can a staffer merge the existing occurrences of the keyword mermaids (https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=me
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