Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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combine two listings for the same person
I have two listings for me... how can i combine them into one comprehensive listing without losing any information on either? Thank you
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Contribution declined
Hi it says my contribution was declined because It was badly formatted. What does that mean? It was denied once and I re-wrote it and submitted it again and it was denied again for that reason. I went to your guidelines and I saw nothing that said anything about format. When I look at what I wrote,
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characters' surnames declined because unable to verify
#260427-110434-394000 I tried to add characters' surnames but IMDB was unable to verify. Most had just the character's first names in the credits but I watched the episode and noted the surnames or job title for the Mayor used to identify the characters and wanted to add them to match the format use
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IMDb keeps declining actor additions even when supplying photo evidence
IMDb keeps declining my actor submissions, even when I type an explanation and upload photo evidence that these actors were on set
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No reason shown upon review decline
When a review is posted, especially when review is bad and with low rating, it gets decline. There should a reason written that as to which particular reason it was not approved.
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Reference 260426-000240-568000 was declined because they unable to verify
The links in Arabic language, you can translate it. The cast list on this page contains many fake actors and fake characters. I have added reliable source links that repeatedly list the main cast and also some of them mention secondary roles.Any other characters added to this movie page are not ment
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why is there a running time section for video games?
why is there a running time section for video games? video games don't have running times.
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Film submission keeps being declined
The following title, is in pre-production, but it is stating it got released in Rotterdam earlier this year - https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt39051306/?ref_=hm_track_pu_tt_1 When correcting this, I submitted evidence via this article that Rotterdam was simply a pre-production market for the film, and c
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Declined release dates
Why? 3 December 2026 22 October 2026 22 October 2026 11 June 2026 30 July 2026 17 December 2026
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Is there any problem?
I submitted a record for Semeynye obstoyatelstva by Leonid Martynyuk yesterday, April 25, 2026 (#260425-075624-314000), and it is still pending, while later submissions have already been approved. What is the issue?
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