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RESOLVED: Please enforce this KEYWORD submission guide


The guide:

Keywords submitted to the TV series page should be relevant to and describe the entire series. Keywords that are specific to a particular episode should be added to that episode only.

I have just spent several days deleting keywords from the episodes of two TV series that incorrectly duplicate the same keywords listed at the series level

"Forever Julia" (2003) (aka "Resistire") (1470 incorrect duplicates deleted)

"Dulce Ana" (1995) (656 incorrect duplicates deleted)

PLease inform the contributors who made these horrendous mistakes to stop it.

And please enforce this guideline

Thank you.

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Same goes for "Brave Father John" (2004-)

Please contact the contributor to avoid this problem.

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Hi, Bradley:I'm sorry to bring bad news but, despite your efforts, there's still a lot of keywords listed both at the series level and episodes. As of 2 Sep 2016 (latest update of keywords.list) there were 176,521 duplicate entries (of 5,389 unique keywords) spread among 3,356 series and 51,672 episodes.Since writing here the comprehensive list is impossible (I could make a PDF or Excel file with all the entries if some contributor wants to clean them), here are the 20 SHOWS WITH MOST DUPLICATE KEYWORDS:1⃣ Countdown (1982): 26,126 duplicates of 11 keywords in 4,374 episodes⚫conundrum / number-game / oxford-english-dictionary: 4,330 ep⚫math-whiz: 4,277 ep⚫vocabulary / wordsmith: 4,275 ep⚫mathematics / quiz-show / word-game: 86 ep; etc.2⃣ Top of the Pops (1964): 10,607 duplicates of 7 keywords in 1,516 episodes⚫chart-show / lip-synching / live-performance / music-video / non-fiction / pop-music: 1,516 ep⚫live-music: 1,511 ep3⃣ The Beverly Hillbillies (1962): 9,316 duplicates of 34 keywords in 274 episodes⚫1960s / 1970s / banjo / beverly-hills-california / city-country-contrast / commerce-bank / critter / family-relationships / famous-opening-theme / father-daughter-relationship / fish-out-of-water / grandmother / greedy-banker / hillbilly / idiot / ignorance / mansion / millionaire / mother-in-law / nephew / nouveau-riche / oil / politician / rags-to-riches / rope-belt / secretary / single-father / sitcom / stereotype / stupidity / swimming-pool / truck / widow / widower: 274 ep4⃣ The Match Game (1962): 5,138 duplicates of 4 keywords in 1,414 episodes⚫fill-in-the-blank: 1,414 ep⚫word-game: 1,408 ep⚫quiz-show: 1,294 ep⚫celebrity: 1,022 ep5⃣ I Dream of Jeannie (1965): 4,036 duplicates of 33 keywords in 139 episodes⚫animated-credits / arab / arab-american / astronaut / beach / belly-button / blink / bottle / character-name-in-title / cult-tv / famous-opening-theme / female-genie / florida / genie / harem-girl / magic / marriage / master / military-officer / mixed-marriage / nasa / nonsexual-relationship / psychiatrist / sitcom / space-flight / title-based-on-song / u.s.-air-force / unintended-consequences / wish-fulfillment: 139 ep⚫blond: 2 ep⚫captain / desert-island / major: 1 ep6⃣ The Merv Griffin Show (1962): 3,683 duplicates of 20 keywords in 282 episodes⚫20th-century / broadcast / host / show / television-broadcast / television-show / television-studio / tv-broadcast / twentieth-century / usa: 282 ep⚫tv-series: 281 ep⚫tv-studio: 280 ep⚫1960s: 259 ep; etc.7⃣ L'île aux enfants (1974): 2,573 duplicates of 12 keywords in 333 episodes⚫1970s / famous-opening-theme / island: 333 ep⚫puppet: 330 ep⚫cult-tv: 329 ep⚫kiosk: 315 ep; etc.8⃣ Fantasy Island (1977): 2,101 duplicates of 14 keywords in 154 episodes⚫island: 154 ep⚫aviation / dream-comes-true / exotic-locale / holiday / magic / mysterious-man / omnipotent / resort / seaplane / two-word-title / wish: 153 ep⚫dwarf / midget: 132 ep9⃣ Bonne nuit les petits (1962): 1,895 duplicates of 12 keywords in 206 episodes⚫bear / little-boy / little-girl / puppet / puppet-show: 206 ep⚫sandman: 205 ep⚫floating-on-a-cloud: 203 ep⚫playing-flute: 197 ep; etc.1⃣0⃣ America's Next Top Model (2003): 1,702 duplicates of 21 keywords in 82 episodes⚫photo-shoot: 82 ep⚫appearance / challenge / clothing / coach / competition / criticism / elimination / fashion / haute-couture / judge / magazine / makeover / makeup / model / modeling / photograph / photographer / photography / style / winner: 81 ep1⃣1⃣ Sarabhai vs Sarabhai (2004): 1,580 duplicates of 23 keywords in 69 episodes⚫artificiality / brother-brother-relationship / dysfunctional-family / father-son-relationship / husband-wife-relationship / insult / mama's-boy / materialism / middle-class-society / mother-son-relationship / narrow-mindedness / poetry-reading / satire / satirical-song / show-off / sitcom / superficiality / weirdo: 69 ep⚫catch-phrase / misunderstanding / mother-in-law-daughter-in-law-relationship: 68 ep⚫mumbai-india / social-satire: 67 ep1⃣2⃣ Home and Away (1988): 1,572 duplicates of 5 keywords in 1,151 episodes⚫beach: 593 ep⚫father-figure: 502 ep⚫father-son-relationship: 455 ep⚫kiss: 16 ep; etc.1⃣3⃣ Resistiré (2003): 1,540 duplicates of 7 keywords in 220 episodes⚫bisexual / gore / homosexual / incest / love / sex / soap-opera: 220 ep1⃣4⃣ Bewitched (1964): 1,528 duplicates of 29 keywords in 129 episodes⚫1960s / animated-credits / cult-tv / famous-opening-theme / magic / magical-power / witchcraft: 128 ep⚫witch: 127 ep⚫sitcom: 125 ep⚫advertising-executive: 88 ep; etc.1⃣5⃣ The Amazing Race (2001): 1,484 duplicates of 13 keywords in 127 episodes⚫airport: 125 ep⚫airplane: 124 ep⚫around-the-world / competition / culture-shock / host / non-fiction / race / roadblock / stunt / team / travel: 123 ep⚫elimination: 5 ep1⃣6⃣ Wonder Woman (1975): 1,242 duplicates of 23 keywords in 60 episodes⚫action-heroine / amazon-woman / animated-credits / based-on-comic / bracelet / dc-comics / extraordinary-strength / golden-tiara / lasso-of-truth / secret-identity / sexy-suit / superheroine / undercover: 60 ep⚫cult-hero / cult-tv / superhero: 59 ep⚫paradise-island / rescue: 57 ep⚫amazon / invisible-airplane / magic: 56 ep; etc.1⃣7⃣ L.A. Law (1986): 1,226 duplicates of 35 keywords in 161 episodes⚫los-angeles-california: 137 ep⚫judge: 107 ep⚫courtroom: 103 ep⚫law-firm: 86 ep; etc.1⃣8⃣ Padre Coraje (2004): 1,210 duplicates of 10 keywords in 121 episodes⚫1950s / argentina / brothel-madam / homosexual / love-triangle / priest / secret-identity / soap / soap-opera / unfaithfulness: 121 ep1⃣9⃣ Grey's Anatomy (2005): 1,061 duplicates of 13 keywords in 255 episodes⚫latex-gloves: 255 ep⚫mask / medical-mask / medical-scrubs: 254 ep⚫lesbian: 30 ep⚫adultery / doctor / emergency-room / hospital / husband-wife-relationship / nurse: 2 ep; etc.2⃣0⃣ 24 (2001): 1,055 duplicates of 51 keywords in 193 episodes⚫digit-in-title / number-in-title: 155 ep⚫u.s.-president: 81 ep⚫president: 70 ep⚫government-agent: 56 ep; etc.Also, as a curiosity, these are the EPISODES WITH MOST DUPLICATE KEYWORDS:◽Dragon Pink 2 (1995): 79 duplicate keywords◽Dragon Pink 3 (1995): 77◽Every episode of Anazâ (2012) except Glass Eye (2012) and Inga (The Other Karma) (2012): 67 each◽Glass Eye (2012): 66◽Every episode of Judas Goat (2014): 57 each◽18 episodes of La ruota della fortuna (1987): 42 each◽18 episodes of Black Lagoon (2006): 41 each◽3 episodes of Onegai Twins (2003): 41 each◽2 episodes of La ruota della fortuna (1987): 41 each◽Challenges of Life (2009): 41◽9 episodes of Onegai Twins (2003): 40 each◽4 episodes of La pista (2014): 40 each◽Episode dated 8 September 1997 (1997): 40◽Every episode of Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! (2013): 39 each😀

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LJ: Thanks for compiling this information.

Some of these keywords should not even have been accepted at series level, much less at episode level. For The Merv Griffin Show (1962), I don't think we needed the keywords "show", "television-broadcast", "television-show", "tv-broadcast", or "tv-series".

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As I have long said, this is a huge keyword problem.

Add: "Con alma de tango" (1994), and contact that contributor, too.

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Great summary. How did you generate it? As I have said, this is a huge problem much bigger than little-ole-me. There are not enough years left in my life to tackle such an enormous problem. Others join me?

Although keywords have a very iow priority, IMDb needs to come up with a universal; solution to this problem.

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Hi bradleykent1,

I've spoken to the contributor in question and reminded them of the keyword policy guidelines. Thanks for highlighting and cleaning up those titles.

Regards,
Will

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