Are there any rules that are actually enforced regarding Keywords?

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I find the Keyword sections for "The Directive" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5834278/keywords
and "Down River" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4791276/keywords
to be so completely ridiculous that I can only assume we are pretty much allowed to enter any Keywords we decide to make up for a film, right? 


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That is unfortunately the case.
There are an equal amount of contributors on each side that add and remove keywords to the point of ridiculousness.
I find the keywords to be mostly a useless tool, just because of this constant war of ideals in the removal and the lack of a way to verify additions. The only way a keyword cannot be added is after it has been complained about and manually blocked. These are in some cases not relevant because those that complain are trying to use todays PC culture and ban or remove keywords on classic movies. Those keywords are germane to that title in context for that era. But because they are no longer PC they get removed. Then readded. Then removed. Then added. Then.............You get the idea! 

You may want to read this if you have not.....Keywords
Overview: A keyword is a word (or group of connected words) attached to a title (movie / TV series / TV episode) to describe any notable object, concept, style or action that takes place during a ti ... Read more.

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And the Keywords list for those 2 titles actually go against several of those guidelines you linked to... such as listing standalone names and the production company.  IMDb says they won't accept those and then they go ahead and accept those.  What is the point of having Guidelines or a Keyword Manager if they just ignore everything?

I have no interest in getting at all involved in the appropriateness (political correctness) of Keywords.  Nobody will ever agree on some of the phrases used and that is life.  But IMDb should at least have a few basic rules that they follow.  They don't.  The Keyword section was really helpful to me 10 or 15 years ago and now it is a complete joke. 

Thank you for your response. 
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In a first, preliminary audit of the keywords for this title, I submitted over 250 deletions, and NONE of them had anything  to do with political correctness. The deletions were duplications, plurals, misspellings, etc. I wish that, instead of just complaining, others would take the time to audit the keywords for this title.  Someone who has seen this title, step forward.  Be my guest.

P.S. Keywords for this title are a mess.
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I audit keywords on all tiles I watch, which is expansive but I can't watch everything.
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BK
Check it in 6 months to a year.
Betcha its a mess again.
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Actually, I don't "just complain" about it.  I have added, corrected and (attempted) to delete Keywords for countless titles.  I pointed out these 2 specifically because the abuse is so rampant with them.  They are perfect examples of the problems in the Keyword section as a whole on this site. 

Believe it or not, Bradley Kent isn't the only person working on Keywords (GASP!!!). Some of us others do what we can as well.   But thank you for taking time out of your day to talk down to us.
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Thanks, Brett, for working on keywords.  I KNEW I wasn't alone!  And I didn't mean to "talk down, " but wanted to invite others to come aboard in addressing this problem..  

Keywords are not a static, permanent thing.  Over the years, I mistakenly thought I had "cleaned up" a keyword problem, only to find that it had been devastated by faulty submissions from other contributors and neglectful acceptances by staffers.  Guidelines are there, but they are not always followed.

I have come to accept the fact that keywords are not perfect and consistent, and never will be.  But that doesn't keep me from tryin'.  
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Having seen the number of keywords attached to The Directive (currently 1,542!!!) I wonder if there is a list of titles that have the most keywords? If not, could such a list be created?
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I'm pretty stoked about "Wuhan virus" and "Wuhan flu", myself, that I just thumbed those up!  :P (What's good for the "Spanish Flu" is good for China! Otherwise, let's start crying racist about Spain and start deleting historical texts!)