
Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Petition for Choreography Department Category
At the request of IMDB they will only consider any category changes with a large amount of members agreeing that it should be changed. This posting is meant to involve the community of members who think it is important to move Choreographers out of the Miscellaneous Crew category and moved into its
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What is wrong with the Genre list manager?
Again and again, accurate, objective genres are being denied. This is an ongoing problem that has not been resolved. Among problems is the denial of Comedy and Drama for Horror films. For example, there is a great difference between “The Fearless Vampire Killers” (Horror/Comedy) and Rosemary’s Baby
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Incorrect birth information
Good morning, I have noticed that the date of birth for my Great Uncle, Bruce Wightman (McCombe), is incorrect. It states he was born on the 5th of March 1925. He was actually born on the 8th of March 1925. He died on the 8th of January 2009. He died in Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia, and is buried
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Plot outline changes
Hi, I noticed that two plot outlines needed little corrections, but my contributions were refused and I do not understand why. 1- Tar (2022) : The Spanish (Mexico) plot outline has no conjugated verb and sounds consequently a bit weird (sometimes it works, but not in that case). Here is my contr
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Review Requirements
Why is it, when posting a review, 600 characters are required, yet some other reviews only have one sentence?
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What's the right way to report an AI-powered profile posting slop reviews?
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur181362155/ is an account that posts AI slop reviews by the thousands. I've reported several, yet every one of them was declined for "Unable to verify" reasons. Here's an example: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw10117649/ Every single review is of that format; if you look
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Genre List Manager: And, yet, again...
Here we go again. Another Western denied the Drama genre. As I have noted several times before, this was decided back in 2023, but the problem keeps appearing. 250205-074821-587000Track Contribution 2025-02-05 07:48:21 "The Big Valley" (1965)Genres - 1 item added
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What is the process for contributing information to a celeb's page?
Contribution Confirmation #250113-030335-370000 I was looking at Alison Becker's page. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1477070/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_in_0_q_alison%2520Becker She was born in Allamuchy, New Jersey, USA! The information on her family is ridiculously off base. It says her parents are
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Contribution declined
I cannot find out why a contribution has been declined. I added Laurence Rickard Script Editor to Amandaland [2025] and it has not been accepted. His name is listed in the end credits. Says: Reason Does not meet contribution guidelines. Your contribution has been declined. Please review our subm
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Enigma vs Michael Cretu
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1107371/?ref_=fn_nme_nme_2 "Enigma" is a project/group of Michael Cretu but it's not one person. The project "Enigma" was created in 1990 by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson. https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/7717-Enigma So, "Enigma" is at least 3 person
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