Contributor top-tips

• If the IMDb Advanced Search doesn't satisfy your needs, you can always use Google to get more precise results. For example, if you want to find "Sussex, England, UK" Filming Locations but without "East Sussex, England, UK" and "West Sussex, England, UK", you can use the corresponding include/exclude parameters limiting the results to IMDb Title Filming Locations pages (use the "site" and "inurl" search operators for it): site:www.imdb.com/title inurl:locations "Sussex, England, UK" -"East Sussex" -"West Sussex".

Quick Access to Update Forms

• If you want to update data presented on subpages (like Goofs), I find it easier to open the corresponding subpage and click the Edit Page button there (which will show only the corresponding update form) than click the Edit Page button on the main page to find the form there.

• If you have to use the general Update page (for data that don't have dedicated subpages), start typing the name of the needed section to automatically jump to it (such a function is available in most browsers).

Submitted by: Chicago_gangster

Quickly Find Data in Popup Lists

• The Quick Find function mentioned in the previous tip is also useful for finding data in various lists that pop up in the update forms (like attributes, jobs, locations of filming/birth/death, names that pop up when you click "Click here to copy existing credits from the series or other episodes", etc.)

Submitted by: Chicago_gangster

 Cast and Crew

cast
crew

animation_department
art_department
art_directors
assistant_directors
camera_department
casting_department
casting_directors
cinematographers
composers
costume_department
costume_designers
directors
editorial_department
editors
location_management
make_up_department
music_department
producers
production_designers
production_managers
script_department
set_decorators
sound_department
special_effects_department
stunts
transportation_department
thanks
visual_effects_department
writers
miscellaneous

 Company Credits

production_companies
distributors
sales_agents
special_effects_companies
miscellaneous_companies

 Basic Data

certificates
color_info
countries
language
release_dates
running_times
sound_mix
series_end_year

 Plot & Quotes

outlines
plot
synopsis
genres
keywords
quotes

 Fun Stuff

trivia
goofs
soundtracks
crazy_credits
alternate_versions
movie_links

 Links to Other Sites

title_urls_msc Miscellaneous Link
title_urls_off Official Sites
title_urls_img Image / Photos
title_urls_snd Sound clips
title_urls_mov Video clips
title_urls_com External Reviews
title_urls_tra Trailers
title_urls_pos Posters

 Box Office and Business

business_bt Budget
business_ow Opening Weekend
business_gr Gross
business_wg Weekend Gross
business_ad Admissions
business_rt Theatrical Rentals
business_pd Production Dates
business_sd Filming Dates
business_cp Copyright Holder

 Technical Info

technical_met Film Length
technical_ofm Film Negative Format
technical_pfm Printed Film Format
technical_rat Aspect Ratio
technical_pcs Cinematographic Process
technical_cam Camera
technical_lab Laboratory

 Other Data

akas Alternate Titles
locations Filming Locations
inproduction Production Status
taglines Taglines

 Other Corrections

title_correct Title Correction
episode_correct Episode Title / Number
tv_series_year TV Series Year Range
complete Cast / Crew Verification

• An alternate way to submit a page (which in the case of updating data is equivalent to clicking the "Check/Re-check" button) is to press Enter either after clicking on a check-box/radio-button (while there's a dotted border around it), or after setting focus on a one-line text field (such as Credits or Movie Connections). Thus you don't have to scroll to the bottom every time.

Submitted by: Chicago_gangster

• If you're linking to a title/name/company from one-line text fields (such as Credits or Movie Connections), you can copy & paste the tt / nm / co alphanumerical identifier from the URL instead. (They'll be automatically transformed into the right format on the next step.) This is useful if you view titles in a different language (than the original) and for TV episodes, which don't display their titles in the database format on the front pages. (Also, I think it's much easier to select the identifier by double-clicking on it in the browser's address bar than select the clickable title/name by dragging the mouse while holding its button.)

Submitted by: Chicago_gangster

• When auditing a title, I start with this really useful 'Correct all data' link. I then use the 'forgotten anything' checkbox to open Cast for update, along with any other sections I think I will need, and then select Correct All for them. Once this is done, it is possible to 'check off' each item as I scroll through the on-screen credits by changing the item to Keep, correcting it, or adding a new credit. Once the credit roll has ended (and the title credits have been checked) anything left in Correct mode with no changes made was not on screen and thus needs to be deleted, or have uncredited attribute added (as stated in the Correcting Existing Credits submission guide).

Submitted by: David-537

• You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. Civility costs nothing - being rude to other users will only put them off helping you.

Submitted by: Steve Crook

• If you are enquire on Sprinklr about data you submitted, please provide your submission reference number, along with details of what data was submitted. Most of the people who answer questions on Sprinklr can't access the details from the submission reference. It's usually best to copy the details of your submission from the email acknowledgement.

Submitted by: Steve Crook