Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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My professional name is one word and it keeps getting rejected
My professional name is B.Slade no spaces; Capital 'B'; (.) period; Capital 'S'; lowercase 'lade' How can I get this updated? It's been my professional name for almost 2 decades. Please Help.
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Aome create my account under my name
Hello, I have an IMDb Pro page under Eka Barda where I receive credits. Before I created my page, someone added my name and last name and put a credit on it. I informed them that my official page was different, and they corrected it. However, I see that the second account under my name still exists.
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Misspelling
See the following link: https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/goofs/GFDUF27RBTQGS8UZ?ref_=helpms_helpart_inline# In the B. Unacceptable Goofs section, "Artistic license" is spelled "Artistic licence" three times on the page.
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Credit Mistake Issue
Hello, I am trying to erase two credits that have been attributed to me by mistake. Either the names are similar or any other reason that is foreign to me. I am talking about two credits on the same film. Film I have never worked on. I provided explanations for the request but both times the request
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Credit Removal Help / Evidence Provided
Hello, I submitted credit removal contributions yesterday; one was approved, and the other was not. I provided evidence for both, which is available to the public on Vimeo or YouTube. I'm attaching that here, along with the image I shared for evidence. Here is the original contribution # 260109-0018
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Genre List Manager: Here we go again!
Why does this continue to be a problem?Here’s another Western being denied the Drama genre:250307-001255-005000Track Contribution2025-03-07 00:12:55 "Laramie" (1959)Genres - 1 item addedP.S. Yes, resubmit, but please answer the question: Why does this continue to be a problem?
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saturday night live incorrect release dates
Showing as releasing in Brazil one or more weeks prior to the live broadcast. E.g. most recent episode aired live on Saturday 20th December, however release date section shows it first showing in Brazil on Friday 5th December. I have tried to correct but allegedly the change cannot be verified despi
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Missing Routines for Customer service to handle "Duplicate Keywords" requests?
Hello. I followed the help pages direction regarding Duplicate Keywords, but the answer I got from customer service was strange, so I am wondering whether there are sufficient internal rutines to help the customer service in how to handle those requests? Copy of what I sent, and the answer I got: --
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Contribution declined without specific reason
#260108-110614-231000 #260108-110653-034000 Submitted these merges with explanations, but declined without any specific reason.
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Year range Shirt Tales
Currently, the year range for Shirt Tales (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085090/reference/) is listed as 1982-1984. However, as you can see on its page, all episodes are from 1982-1983. The Internet Archive also states the series ran from 1982-1983: https://archive.org/details/shirt-tales-complete-s
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