IMDb Poll Makers Community: All Tools/Info New Members Might Need In One Place — Quick Reference Guide

Welcome to IMDb Poll Community,


there are 3 types of IMDb polls (and lists):

• Titles poll
• Images poll
• People poll

Examples:

• Titles poll

Lucasfilm Movies
https://www.imdb.com/poll/YjHvSlmheuI/

• Images poll

Favorite Animal in 'The Lord of the Rings' Trilogy
https://www.imdb.com/poll/PXNnC4iYr5o/

• People poll

Oscars 2021 — Best Supporting Actress
https://www.imdb.com/poll/bCu0Z7scyB8/








10 Tips to Write an IMDb Poll

1- How to make a list that eventually can become a poll:
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls089306408/

2- How NOT to make the same poll TWICE, using Control+F search if your poll has already been done by somebody else (or use google search, check tip #9 below it works just as well...):
http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2013/12/imdb-polls-descending-order-of-votes.html

3- How to format text and insert links (IMDb Markup):
IMDb markup

4- How to fill in the form in the community forum:
https://imgur.com/OHSjzrt
Tag your poll suggestion as "IDEA", not as "question", not as "problem", not as "praise".

5- How to insert links inside the list introduction text:
https://imgur.com/a/ZwXKfI8

6- How to automatically capitalize the words in the title, if you are in doubt (select AP tab – Associated Press):
https://capitalizemytitle.com/

7- How to re-order list items:
https://imgur.com/a/nt1CFln

8- Everything said above as a video tutorial:
https://youtu.be/IMhpTlLIZ7Y

9- How to google search for IMDb live polls in the internet:
inurl:poll site:imdb.com "a poll by writeyournicknamehere"
inurl:poll site:imdb.com intitle:words that you are searching for

9.1 - How to google search suggestions made in the community forum
inurl:conversations site:sprinklr.com "suggestion or idea here"

10- How to write a good poll, read the heading "Additional advice":
https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/faq-so-you-want-to-make-an-imdb-poll-heres-how/5f4a79a68815453dba8499e9





Important Notes:

The Internet Movie Database is abbreviated IMDb.

Put in your list up to 35 options. (max)

Face-Off polls up to 5 options (max). [Face-off ideas can be suggested any day. Face-Off polls go live on Fridays.]

Put in the 5 top positions the 5 titles with best ratings. (See tip #7 above)

Set your list to public, not private.

In the List/Poll Title:
Film titles are enclosed in single quote ('). Television series titles are enclosed in double quotes (").
Use " in TV series titles: "I Dream of Jeannie" vs. "Bewitched"
Use ' in movie titles: 'Conan' vs. 'Rambo'

Capitalize the words in the title of the list (see tip #6 above).

Keep it (list text, list title) in ENGLISH.

Write "favorite" not "favourite".

In a face-off poll (A versus B), write the abbreviation vs. with "."

In the question, do NOT leave a blank space between the last word and the question mark:
Right: Who is your favorite?
Wrong: Who is your favorite ?

It's better to link to the source of the information in the text.

To make/edit lists/poll suggestions use a desktop computer or notebook.

Do NOT make your list/poll suggestion personal.
Wrong = movies that I like...
Wrong = tv series that I watched...
They will not the published.
Use some numerical rules based on: IMDb rating, popularity/number of viewers, year. Higher/lower than...
Or some criteria related to a specific: country, actor, award...

In your IMDb Community Forum posts, turn your list link into a CLICKABLE link by pressing <ENTER> or New Line after the Copy&Paste:
https://imgur.com/a/RRWE38D

All IMDb Live Polls:
https://www.imdb.com/poll/

FAQ: Poll Authors - Re-Push Requests
(do NOT forget to remove the link to the live poll from the intro text)
https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/faq-poll-authors-repush-requests/5f4a7ad08815453dbabc3d05
Notes on Re-Push:

• Polls are limited to 35 choices.
• You cannot change the order of your list.
• You must add any new choices to the end of your list and include the date you added the choice.
• You can replace an option as long as it still has zero votes. The new option need to be in the exact same position as the one you remove.

If your poll suggestion goes online, immediately change the title/subject tag from "Poll Suggestion:" to "Live Poll:" and change the "What do You Want To Post" attribute from "idea" to "praise":
https://imgur.com/OHSjzrt
Keep: Category = IMDb and Topic = IMDb Poll.





Interesting Notes:

Text color doesn't work when you view the list, but [ red ][ /red ] does work when the poll is live.

How to switch from "list to poll" and from "poll to list":

https://www.imdb.com/list/KgydnYGBehI
https://www.imdb.com/poll/KgydnYGBehI

https://www.imdb.com/poll/EoSKUpG3P8k
https://www.imdb.com/list/EoSKUpG3P8k

If you replace the "www" with an "m" in the link, you can determine the date a poll has gone live. For instance:

https://www.imdb.com/poll/gKoQU50a-zA
https://m.imdb.com/poll/gKoQU50a-zA
Created Jan 28, 2021

https://www.imdb.com/poll/IWZf4b0nNRA
https://m.imdb.com/poll/IWZf4b0nNRA/
Created Mar 7, 2021

In the title, use preferably "em dash" instead of a "hyphen".
Examples (Windows):

hyphen (-)
Hollywood Renaissance - Very Famous Directors (Part II)

en dash (ALT + 0150)
Hollywood Renaissance – Very Famous Directors (Part II)

em dash (ALT + 0151)
Hollywood Renaissance — Very Famous Directors (Part II)

https://www.imdb.com/poll/5k5n7JlJ0l8/

Merge related poll suggestions (posts) into one single thread to avoid flooding the community forum with multiple similar posts.

Example:

Poll Suggestion 1: Movies Names That Start With "A" (post 1)
Poll Suggestion 2: Movies Names That Start With "B" (post 2)
Poll Suggestion 3: Movies Names That Start With "C" (post 3)
Poll Suggestion 4: Movies Names That Start With "D" (post 4)
Poll Suggestion 5: Movies Names That Start With "E" (post 5)
Poll Suggestion 6: Movies Names That Start With "F" (post 6)
Poll Suggestion 7: Movies Names That Start With "G" (post 7)
Poll Suggestion 8: Movies Names That Start With "H" (post 8)

merge into one single post:

8 Poll Suggestions: Movies Names (single post)

(body text)
List 1: Movies Names That Start With "A"
List 2: Movies Names That Start With "B"
List 3: Movies Names That Start With "C"
List 4: Movies Names That Start With "D"
List 5: Movies Names That Start With "E"
List 6: Movies Names That Start With "F"
List 7: Movies Names That Start With "G"
List 8: Movies Names That Start With "H"

In titles/people lists, put titles/people without IMDb profile images in the last positions.

Important parts of images [left/right sides] may get cropped by the IMDb list-to-poll rendering system.
In the introduction text of an IMAGE poll, you may suggest a [picture] slide show of your image list,
For an uncropped view of the images see the slides here.
[link to the first image of the original list]
Example:

Poll:
https://www.imdb.com/poll/SUCkR6EgLDM/

List:
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls507793038/

First image and slide show:
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls507793038/mediaviewer/rm3076772609/

If you want to see ANY image list as a slide show, full size images, just add /mediaviewer after its address:

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls508001085
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls508001085/mediaviewer

Remove the "/?ref_=po_ho" (or something like this) from the end of your copied&pasted links, that is IMDb tracking source of links found on IMDb pages.

Shirtless Schwarzenegger
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls088952286/?ref_=po_ho
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls088952286

To copy items from one list to another, add /copy at the end of the list link:

Shirtless Schwarzenegger
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls088952286
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls088952286/copy
(You can copy items from other users' lists too!)
Make sure you already have a list of the same type you're copying from. You cannot copy from a "Titles" type list to an "Images" type list.
Note: add also "/copy" to the end of image lists urls for quick look of Names and Titles.
Strange Bikini Tops
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls561646646
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls561646646/copy





Advanced Google-Searching the IMDb site/pages

Searching in a poll text with the exact words
site:imdb.com inurl:poll "pinball machines"

Searching for quotes with the exact words
site:imdb.com inurl:quotes "I lied"

Searching trivia pages with the exact words
site:imdb.com inurl:trivia "Walt Disney"

Searching user's reviews with the exact words
site:imdb.com inurl:reviews "good movie"

Searching for images with the exact words
site:imdb.com inurl:mediaviewer "Arnold Schwarzenegger"

Searching for a photo gallery with the exact words
site:imdb.com inurl:mediaindex "Arnold Schwarzenegger"

Searching for a location with the exact words
site:imdb.com inurl:locations "Eiffel Tower"

Searching for a song in the film's soundtrack with the exact words
site:imdb.com inurl:soundtrack "YMCA"

Now, if you want to search the IMDb Poll Community Forum, then change "imdb.com" for "sprinklr.com":

Searching forum threads for the exact words
site:sprinklr.com inurl:conversations "pinball machines"




Good Reading

a) Index of IMDb Poll Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ: Key Threads - IMDb Poll FAQs Index):
https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/faq-key-threads-imdb-poll-faqs-index/5f4a7caa8815453dba0e7a7a

b) Selection Criteria for Polls:
https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/faq-selection-criteria-for-polls/5f4a79b58815453dba8704c5

c) How to Improve the Chance of Having your Poll on the IMdb Home Page:
https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/faq-how-to-improve-the-chance-of-having-your-poll-on-the-home-page/5f4a79a58815453dba847c4a

d) Time for your Poll to Go Live
https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/faq-time-to-go-live/5f4a7a0c8815453dba961c44






Troubleshooting

Problem: you do not manage to log in on the IMDb community forum (sprinkl.com) on a computer.
Solution: clear chrome cache, most important, delete all sprinkl.com cookies.
Removing sprinkle.com cookies in chrome:
https://imgur.com/a/fsj3th6

Problem: you can not find the Live Poll feature in the new IMDb Homepage.
Solution: go to imdb.com, scroll all the way down (vertically), find the heading More to Explore > Editor's pick, scroll to the right (horizontally), click on "Vote now".

Problem: for you your list is public, but other users can not see it and get the message: "This list is not public. The creator of this list has not enabled public viewing".
Solution: post this issue as a problem as a thread in the board at sprinkl.com: IMDb Community Forums > IMDb > IMDb.com
https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/topics/imdbcom/5f4951c662e5fc53cfeb955b?cType=PROBLEM&page=1





Glossary

Bumping: simply means to move a thread up to the first page in order to give it attention. When you have an "Old" topic on a message board that no one has seen or commented on for a long time it gets way down on the threads list. So one makes a comment of "Bump", so as to bump it up to the front of the threads message board. You could use any word you like as a comment. The word "bump" is not necessary. The action of commenting is "Bumping" the topic to the top. Editing the original message
will also "BUMP" it up.

to Re-Push: to add new items onto a LIVE poll (already published).





Poll Authors Tracking, Statistics & Leaderboard

This site provides poll authors with poll tracking and statistics:
IMDbPolls.info

My personal statistics:
https://imdbpolls.almir.info/user#ur12089554
to check YOUR personal statistics, on the link above just change the user name to your own.

Search polls and authors easily using:
IMDb Poll Search.





IMDb Poll Board on Social Media

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/imdbpolls

Twitter
https://twitter.com/PollBoard

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/imdbpolls/





Fun Stuff


How you can attach your own signature (canned response/text or image) to your post at the IMDb Poll board community forum on sprinkl.com:

1- https://imgur.com/a/JV8zPtQ
2- https://imgur.com/a/feR1Az6




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