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Fake ratings for movie - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28812582/ratings/?ref_=tt_ov_rat
I read that IMDb uses a special algorithm for ratings. Look at the attached title, it has hardly made money at the box office and is out of the theatres in 3 days. It sold 7k tickets on 3rd day and this is rated so high with equal number of votes? mostly fake/bot ratings as it has been bashed left a
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Actor Credit Addition Still Pending, and I am the Actor - Estimated Processing Date was 2 Days Ago?
Contribution reference: #250711-205941-707000I am an actor and I added myself to a project's IMDb, as I have done many times. However, I forgot to attach screenshots of proof that I was part of this project - a music video - for the editors (i.e. official booking confirmation email from casting, etc
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Review still pending why??
Is there a logical reason as to why my review is still pending? I posted a review for Superman (2025) on the 12th July & it's now the 14th despite it saying that it'll be published on the 13th so one question, why haven't you approved it yet??#250712-013423-003521
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Jaaroverzicht van het NTS-journaal (1956-) is not a tv series
Jaaroverzicht van het NTS-journaal (1956-) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15879840/reference/) (year review of the NTS news) is not a tv series. It's a yearly tv special in which the NTS news (later NOS news) reviews the past year. Can a staffer make the individual episodes tv specials please and the
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Change refused due to inability to verify even with evidence
250713-105339-986000In addition to this, several others were rejected for lack of evidence, even with a Wikipedia link to the original Japanese titles. In these cases, I resubmitted with a screenshot of the Japanese title, but in the case above, a screenshot was already available.250713-023218-56900
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Another review rejected for no reason
It's insanely clear that any review harsh enough to label a movie propaganda will be rejected, especially if that propaganda leans a certain way. Here is my review for The Young Marx. It breaks no rules whatsoever. It has been rejected twice."Not one second of this "biopic" is based on objective rea
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Credit showing at episode level but not top level or on individual company page
receipt #250701-144409-699000I have submitted company information to a title and our company (Paper Deli) is listed at episode level but not top level. It is also not appearing on our own company page. I wonder if you could help me rectify?I've had a similar issue before so would love to know the co
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So nothing changed
https://contribute.imdb.com/contribution/250709-140658-017000Again unvalid random declines when subgenres are incorrect and misleadingAnd no surprise imdb contact is useless as always
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A series episode and a video film must be combined
Hi,series episode https://www.imdb.com/de/title/tt36670539/reference/?ref_=ttep_ep_11 and video movie https://www.imdb.com/de/title/tt5594234/reference/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_8 are the same. They would have to be brought together to one item.Unfortunately, IMDb doesn't seem to have a consistent policy reg
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Soundtrack covers not deleted
Deleting pictures of soundtrack covers (as they are not allowed per the image guide: https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/images-videos/image-guidelines/G27LPBQZA7EAZGJW?ref_=helpms_helpart_inline#) has never caused me much problems, but to my surprise, the following contributions were decline
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