IMDb Contributors Blog » Uncategorized http://contributors.blog.imdb.net Just another IMDb Blog weblog Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:32:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Submission Guides Review http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2010/10/22/submission-guides-review/ http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2010/10/22/submission-guides-review/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:32:36 +0000 tim http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/?p=1441 All our Submission Guides have been updated and redesigned to make them cleaner and easier to follow.

The full list of guides can be found here.

We’re looking forward to your feedback about this – all comments…

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]]> http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2010/06/04/update-forms-updated/feed/ 0 Movie & TV connections – not so trivial after all http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2010/04/15/movie-tv-connections-not-so-trivial-after-all/ http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2010/04/15/movie-tv-connections-not-so-trivial-after-all/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:22:18 +0000 tim http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/?p=104 Just a quick reminder that the correct place to submit information noting connections between movies and/or TV shows is to a title’s Movie Connections list, not to its Trivia list. Any submission regarding links between titles sent to Trivia will…

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]]> http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2010/02/19/certificates/feed/ 0 And the winner is… http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2009/10/16/and-the-winner-is/ http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2009/10/16/and-the-winner-is/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:00:43 +0000 tim http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/?p=56 Here’s a note from our Awards manager, Oliver, on the correct way to enter the ranking for an Awards submission:

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Ranking of Awards

A quite common misunderstanding related to awards data is that of the ranking to be submitted.…

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Acceptable attributes for cast credits are:

  • (uncredited)
  • (credit only)
  • (archive footage)
  • (archive

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Many theatrical releases in the last 30 years have credited (on screen)…

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