On this title:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031359/
I see this (I'm in the US):
But when I click through to the release dates:
I thought it displayed the first unannotated release date, which would be 31Aug40. Is it now picking by country too?
When I search the Help for "wrong release date displays", here's what I get for IMDb (not Pro nor Contribution):
Simplifying the search to just "release date" does no better.
Shouldn't the Help center have an answer to this question? If it already does, what search retrieves it?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031359/
I see this (I'm in the US):
But when I click through to the release dates:
I thought it displayed the first unannotated release date, which would be 31Aug40. Is it now picking by country too?
When I search the Help for "wrong release date displays", here's what I get for IMDb (not Pro nor Contribution):
Simplifying the search to just "release date" does no better.
Shouldn't the Help center have an answer to this question? If it already does, what search retrieves it?
bderoes, Champion
Posted 11 months ago
Will, Official Rep
Hi bderoes,
Yes the release date shown there is dependent on your country. The title year by the title will always show the earliest release year though.
I hope this helps.
Thanks,
Will
Yes the release date shown there is dependent on your country. The title year by the title will always show the earliest release year though.
I hope this helps.
Thanks,
Will
bderoes, Champion
No, Will, you did not answer the doubly-stated question of this thread.
1) The subject line: searching Help for which release date is displayed
2) The concluding sentence: Shouldn't the Help center have an answer to this question? If it already does, what search retrieves it?
1) The subject line: searching Help for which release date is displayed
2) The concluding sentence: Shouldn't the Help center have an answer to this question? If it already does, what search retrieves it?
Will, Official Rep
Apologies bderoes, the information and search term has now been added to https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/release-dates/GVUUDEPJNAW6G35P?ref_=helpsrall#
bderoes, Champion
ok, I see the explanation, but not the search result.
Remember, I'm searching not as a contributor, but just an imdb user:
https://help.imdb.com/search/all?term=+release+date+&ref_=helpsrall_srch_submit
Remember, I'm searching not as a contributor, but just an imdb user:
https://help.imdb.com/search/all?term=+release+date+&ref_=helpsrall_srch_submit
Will, Official Rep
The search term does not display but will help promote this article if the term is searched by a user.
(Edited)
bderoes, Champion
The search term did NOT yield the search RESULT, which is the image pasted in above!
Will, Official Rep
Hi bderoes,
This has only just been added and can take up to 24 hours to be reflected on the help site.
Thanks,
Will
This has only just been added and can take up to 24 hours to be reflected on the help site.
Thanks,
Will
Peter, Champion
The page about release dates is the first result in your searches, so that's what I'd click if I were a user looking for information about release dates, no matter which category it's under.
bderoes, Champion
You would. Some days I might. The day I was looking for this answer, I skipped down to IMDb. Once you've used help often enough, and clicked on those lengthy Contributor pages enough, you want to avoid them unless absolutely necessary.
It's a user-level question that deserves a link in both user-level and contributor-level results.
It's a user-level question that deserves a link in both user-level and contributor-level results.
Peter, Champion
A FAQ item about release date display or about data which can be customized might be helpful, perhaps in connection with information about title display.
On the other hand, to your point about contributor pages, the submission guides always contain information which you won't find anywhere else. For release dates alone, examples could include: What does "limited" mean? What does "premiere" mean? How do you list non-theatrical release dates?
On the other hand, to your point about contributor pages, the submission guides always contain information which you won't find anywhere else. For release dates alone, examples could include: What does "limited" mean? What does "premiere" mean? How do you list non-theatrical release dates?
bderoes, Champion
Peter - not sure what you mean by a FAQ item in this paragraph,
A FAQ item about release date display or about data which can be customized might be helpful, perhaps in connection with information about title display.since that invokes a title category in my mind:
Peter, Champion
I mean a help page, or part of a help page. Many of the help pages are phrased as questions and answers, and some are collections of questions and answers, such as the lists FAQ.
Hi Will, can you please explain in easy steps how I can change the year of my film?
We tried to follow the instructions but there was no active option to change the year.
We want it to be 2020.
Our film is called 'The Hunt'. On IMDb it says: The Hunt (2019/VII) and in the search it appears as: The Hunt (VII) (2019) (Short)
Can we get rid of the Roman number?
Thank you.
We tried to follow the instructions but there was no active option to change the year.
We want it to be 2020.
Our film is called 'The Hunt'. On IMDb it says: The Hunt (2019/VII) and in the search it appears as: The Hunt (VII) (2019) (Short)
Can we get rid of the Roman number?
Thank you.
Peter, Champion
