Not always
i more agree with this. I mean what the heck and why some people are keep adding extra episodes to shows or changing clearling something that is correct. They are just trolls.
But of course mods on tvdb are awful (at least whenb i was trying years ago to contribute or report extra or wrong episodes), they ensist until they convince you that the earth is flat.
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Not Worse Then tmdb. Same shity mods
Just blocking, people who trying to help update / correct wrong info in the database, then saying one thing is duplicate but not agreeing another thing someone try point out is a edit,
No it’s not, it’s a different company, different MODs
Well tmdb dont wont the community to pitch in i have tried and i just got banned/blocked for Adding episodes series they ment they had has Movies etc. Tmdb moderators doesnt listen. To what we in the comunity says.
That was the reason for my question on why trakt changed from tvdb to tmdb. And what i have read and if i didnt missunderstood. Tvdb is not gonna be a suscribed for the basic user ie the community. Only for company who users the the API. So on that reason understand that trakt dont want and should not pay a huge fee to tvdb. Since its not they who provide all info its the community ie me and all of trakt users.
At the moment i agree 10000%
I’ve given up on TMDB. I’ve stopped updating my shows. They never respond to any of my issues. It’s been months. I’m not saying TVDB is perfect cuz it’s not and their mods can be annoying. But they’ve never ignored me for months.
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What was the content in question?
That is unfortunate, I have had it take some time before, but it was much worse for me on TVDB. 
Update: I just reported something and it was fixed within the hour. What was it in particular?
That might be if you’re working on very niche items. 
like anime or foreign stuff. I know they got Brazilian, German mods at least. I think Spanish too. And someone who’s a bit familiar with like Chinese content.
Easy stuff like dupes are handled very fast but if you’re reporting more advanced stuff where they actually have to look into stuff that you even provide links to… it might take a hot minute.
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All of my shows are niche. I may try again in the new year. All of my stuff is news shows.
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Globally I’ve had the same experience @Steffe73 had.
On report, quick response. But every time, something is more tricky than a simple delete/duplicate, you have to justify/explain 10 times, because one mod didn’t verify the info and persists in his error and other mods don’t intervene in the discussion or they just simply ignore you.
@arcreactor if you want a recent example : Reported Problem for Into the Dark: The Body - Discuss The Body — The Movie Database (TMDB)
I’ve taken the habit to insist because most of the time when it’s a new issue, they finally get that they were wrong and correct the issue. But this time I’ve receive a threat to be banned (without prior notice) :
Hi, with regards to Into the Dark, I’m not sure why you keep arguing and arguing when the decision is made and the rules are clear. This is now a final warning. Let it go, or your account will be banned.
Best, lineker (moderator)
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You got the warning, i didnt get that they just blocked me
They keep blocking
Thats why i would be delighted to go back to tvdb.
They ansver within 4hours mods seems to be better then tmdb mods.
Only thing happend to me is When Adding art work they deleted it with explaination bad crop/ blurry then adding same picture with they as contributer. But thats better then tmdb.
That’s from your experience. Mine is the opposite. And they are pretty bad for anime, listing remakes and spin-offs in the same page. And leaving no room for debate.
It took me months for them to answer some of the things I reported. And in the end, they did not fix them.
TMDB can have some controversial takes and be inflexible on some things, but they have clear rules and tend to follow only them.
Both services have bad sides, I, myself, prefer the way TMDB handles things.
Anyway, trakt can’t go back to TVDB, the reasons have already been said and that was decided long ago.
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Do you think that moderators that just block are Good for any moviedatebase?
Every database have some flaws its up to us the community to correct them,
Tmdb are a shit datebase. PERIOD.
Tmdb are a shit database just flaws no Good. PERIOD.
So start a better one, offer it for free, and the world will love your moderation style and switch.
Half serious, half not. I’m not a huge fan of what we have now, but the reality is that moderating anything sucks, policies have ti exist because otherwise morons write bad data (liking thinking it is good, but when it is inconsistent between shows and between contributors, it will always be a mess).
And media is complicated. What is the difference between TV shows and a movie? And are you sure? What about a limited series TV series? Or a short series of Made for TV movies? Are webisodes part of the same series even though they aren’t on TV? How about webisodes that sit between movies? What do you do when the network straight out rewrites history (changing season numbers, episode numbers, and similar, but doesn’t tell anyone except in ads and interviews?)
Episodes are released in different orders in different places, some get skipped, some get removed from broadcast so do you leave a gap? And what about when the episode appears on the DVD but in a different spot?
It’s a mess, and this is the genuinely easy stuff, anime is different, sports needs different rules, nightly/weekly broadcasts don’t necessarily have a season although they might and it might or might not be the year, how do you know?
How about YouTube shows, do they get in the database? Are those webisodes?
The technical stuff (databases, APIs, servers, hosting) is all easy compared to the policy decisions and active moderation, and the moderators need to make decisions on shows they’ve never even heard of and don’t understand the complexities.
It sucks for all concerned, and I genuinely believe the various services do their best.
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I don’t know what you did and how many times you did it. I can’t judge on that, what I do know is that, with me, they have always been resonable and listened to what I had to say on controversial stuff. Most of the cases, just follow their guidelines and they will do the right thing according to it.
They have their guidelines and will follow them. If you don’t they might punish you.
On spirann’s case a few comment’s above they looked and analized many times, and they are using what they think is the best solution to that. However, I don’t agree with the threat as he hasn’t been disrespectful. I think that case is so complicated they should just allow it to be added as a show and as movies. But it is their website, their decision.
TVDB is a mess for anime, so I will never like it.
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That’s why the episodes Groups are needed. Then you can put video release Japan in one and usa in one etc . And diffrent Channels. I guess a user in Uk is not interested in USA release, he wants uk dates and so on but of course ex Rambo 1 (Us 1985) if first released Us, ds i dont know if that is right it’s a example.
I have been thinking about makeing a New movie & serie database. But lack the Technical skill for programing.
Sorry but sports would not be aloved. Youtube is in the specials sektion.