
Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Place of birth is incorrect. How can I correct it?
I was born in Chicago, Illinois. Not Palm Springs, Cal. as posted
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Rejected genre contributions
I do not have some kind of weird, idiosyncratic ideas about film genres that I use when making contributions on IMDb. I always use the definitions provided by IMDb itself, and reserve my personal opinions for other forums. Therefore, please stop rejecting these two contributions. From IMDb's defini
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Merging names
I tried to merge two names but it was rejected. (#250214-055803-76200). The rejections said, "We did not capture a specific reason during processing." I gave a reason, though - the photos are the same person. If you look at the photos for Andrew Johnston(II) [nm0426526] and the ph
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Writing Credits for Segment Shows
There are a number of animated children's television series (and other types) where the 30 minute show is comprised of shorter independent stories/segments. These will sometimes have the same writers/directors/cast/crew and sometimes have different writers/directors/cast/crew. Given that the IMDb h
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Contribution declined plus question
1 John and Adam BelushiHere (#250206-081038-968000) one child was accepted, but the second was rejected. However, this child's parent was accepted (#250206-090208-407000).2 Sight 2012 and 2018Already posted here. Sight 2018 has a link to the full movie.3 Question about year of birth in Family Detail
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Accepted Solution
#250213-062630-054000 (marked as pending) but this was also previously declined as #250211-102709-301000 (250213 is the latest version)
Good morning, I have re-amended this particular set of 2 entries several times expanding on its detail over time each time and I believe it goes to show the game and real-life connections between everything, as well context to what the producers clearly intended on having those connections appear w
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Trailing slashes in episode titles
It would be nice if trailing slashes in submitted episode titles could be caught before they are published, thanks. #250217-164455-445000#250215-141238-110000#250214-153925-913000#250214-153859-335000#250211-154907-290000#250211-154837-042000#250211-154812-179000#250211-154749-464000#250211-154733-3
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Rejected untagging of an image (Candace)
I accidentally tagged this image with the wrong series and episode. IMDb accepted the correct tags later, but rejected my attempt to untag the two incorrect titles. 250214-081012-704702
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When is supporting evidence needed?
I often submit additions and corrections to titles on IMDb, and I generally don't get asked to provide verification. I assume either the people reviewing my submissions believe me, since what I submit is reasonable, or they actually go out and watch the scene in question to verify it themselves, al
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Spam links in official website metadata of movies
A Turkish web forum is linked as official website in countless entries for movies and games on IMDB. You can verify this easily on Google: mt2.org site:imdb.com I fixed two entries but there's probably a more efficient way to do a mass removal and also a possibility to figure out the culprit.
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