Re: IMDB Biography Missing

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The official IMDB biography we created and posted some time ago (approximately two years ago with updates as needed) has disappeared. When the link to the full biography is clicked on it is missing. In it's place is a short unofficial biography and some random trivia.

See http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257654/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

What is going on? Why has the official bio been removed and why weren't we informed? How can this be corrected? This seems to be a very bad policy for IMDB.

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IMDB have introduced a new system for generating mini-bios on pages without one, which seems to have made some existing ones disappear - they know about it and are working on it.
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No, the bio "Written by: Louise English Fan Centre" is still on the database; it has definitely not been deleted. There is currently a problem with the display process on the base (www.) pages, but the longer both versions are visible on the Pro page.

As Emperor noted, IMDb is working on the problem and hopefully both Bios or one of my favorite Hills Angels will soon be visible on the basic page.

There is nothing you need to do, except wait patiently (or as patiently as possible).


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Thank you for both replies. We just noticed that the start of the official bio is visible on the filmography "By Type" page at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257654/filmotype, however, when the "see more" link is clicked on, it links to the page described above, that is,the page without the bio.

We're assuming that this is also related to the issue as described in the two replies. However, we wanted to make this known so that all elements of this issue can be addressed by IMDB in the form of a cohesive solution.

Thank you for your help.



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Here is the thread about this over on the main forums:

http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000042/nest/222724558?d=222724558#222724558

I'm pretty sure once this is all fixed this will all work fine.