
Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Year of Title not updating even after Release Date was corrected
Hello, I've recently corrected a film release date, the correction was accepted, but the year of the film is not updated accordingly even though evidence was provided to confirm the proper earliest release date of the film. Film: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28171304/ Variety Article for reference o
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I require some staff assistance
Recently an imdb employee made a number of alterations to my profile, one of which was the deletion of a credit because it did not display the '(uncredited)' attribute. I was then informed by this person that I could apply to have the credit put back on my profile, provided I add the '(uncredited)'
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Release date update for TV Series "Patel Motel" is Painful and system keeps looping
I had been going thru real pain to update the Release date for the TV Series "Patel Motel". It's release date changed and imdb/imdbpro design is simply terrible/makes it extremely difficult to update. "When I update the release date(in main page or the individual episode like 1.1, it keeps warning:
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Change of surname
I've changed my surname (from Gilardoni to Gilardoni-Lippolis) and would like to see that reflected on my IMDb profile (not just the username) when I add credits to my page. I have been using the "appearing as" trick, but I'd like not to have to in the future. Any advice on how to do this is more th
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Plot Outline contains spoilers but proposed change is rejected
Current outline for upcoming film A MORTE NOS TEUS OLLOS (tt35715640) contains major spoilers: Revolves around two Vigo police officers who killed a businessman, his wife, eldest daughter and housekeeper near Oliveira's home in Nigrán for 20 million pesetas ($160,000). I've tried to change it twice
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Concern Regarding Rating Manipulation and False Representation
hope you're doing well. I would like to bring to your attention a potential issue with the rating system on your website. The content currently shows approximately high numbers only in certain star, while ratings in other categories are almost negligible. This distribution appears highly unusual and
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Top Contributor Leaderboard - February 2026
Hello IMDb Contributors! We've just released the February 2026 Top Contributors Leaderboard! The February 2026 Top Contributors Leaderboard is now available here: https://www.imdb.com/contribute/leaderboard/2026/2/ As a reminder, anyone who contributed more than 100 items last month will see their t
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Contributions still pending
I have trivia contributions that are still pending and I’m curious as to why? I understand that contributions can take awhile to approve but usually my contributions for trivia only take a couple of minutes. Here are the reference numbers: #260228-220744-260000 #260228-033858-467000 #260227-233603-9
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Beauty and the Beast writing credits
The IMDb webpage says that Judy Freudberg was an uncredited screenwriter for Beauty and the Beast (1991), but I have found no source of it whatsoever outside of the website.
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Mini bio and photo doesn’t show up in Cecília Penteado’s page
Mini bio and photo doesn’t show up in Cecília Penteado’s IMDB page, though it was accepted and later corrected in its English version. The only information that is given, is the place and date of birth. The photo and mini bio, in the Portuguese version are available in the profile page only. Can I h
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