IMDb Contributors Blog http://contributors.blog.imdb.net Just another IMDb Blog weblog Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:51:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Links to YouTube clips on name pages Are you submitting links to YouTube clips of yourself for your name page? Rather than sending in links to loads of individual clips, it would be much easier for other users to find stuff if you collect all your clips…

]]> http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2010/02/08/links-to-youtube-clips-on-name-pages/ Color info It’s perfectly fine to add an attribute to note the color process used.  Common examples are:

  • (Metrocolor)
  • (Eastmancolor)
  • (Fujicolor)
  • (Technicolor)

But please note that Technicolor was only a process until the mid-70s, after which they only processed Eastman/Kodak, so these should go to the technical…

]]> http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2010/02/01/color-info/ Spelling We recently noticed that for a good long while we’ve been spelling the abbreviation of “microphone” as “mike” instead of the more commonly used “mic” in the pull-down menu for goof submissions. From 14 January 2010 it will be changed.…

]]> http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2010/01/13/spelling/ Top 200 Contributors for 2009 This is a quick note to announce the top 200 data contributors to IMDb for 2009. The list and more details have just been posted on the IMDb message boards — thanks and Happy New Year from everyone at IMDb!

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]]> http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2010/01/01/top-200-contributors-for-2009/ Happy Holidays Thanks for all your contributions throughout 2009. We’ll be operating with a reduced staff over the Christmas and New Year period so it might take longer than usual for us to check and approve your submissions. Please bear with us…

]]> http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2009/12/18/happy-holidays/ And the winner is… 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.

Quite frequently awards are…

]]> http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2009/10/16/and-the-winner-is/ Cast Attributes This is just by way of being a quick reminder that we only allow a small number of “attributes” (the qualifying bit in parentheses) for cast credits.

Acceptable attributes for cast credits are:

  • (uncredited)
  • (credit only)
  • (archive footage)
  • (archive sound)
  • (singing voice)
  • (unconfirmed)
  • (rumored)
  • (scenes deleted)
  • (as ……)
  • (also as …..)
  • (voice)
  • (voice: …
]]> http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2009/08/28/cast-attributes/ Contribution ideas – plots and episode data If you’ve a hankering to submit some data but don’t have a specific project in mind, we could really use some help in filling in the holes in our TV episode data.

We’ve a list in the Contributors Zone which shows TV…

]]> http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2009/08/21/contribution-ideas-plots-and-episode-data/ Soundtracks (uncredited) The manager of the Soundtracks section of the database would like remind the contributors to that area of our rules regarding the credited and uncredited use of songs/music.

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

]]> http://contributors.blog.imdb.net/2009/06/08/soundtracks-uncredited/ “Doctor Who” (2005) Specials We’ve talked about this a lot, and because we don’t yet have a way of listing multiple “specials” in any kind of, as it were, “special” way, we’re going to move the special episodes that fall between seasons 4 and…

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