The Movie Database Support
Support → General
If a url on a network uses "movie" but it has episodes, is it a movie or a show?
posted by softpillowSTAFFMOD on January 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Just one example: https://www.reelshort.com/movie/the-quarterback-next-door-6753b6ca3fc663ea500b579a
Url says movie but there are 88 episodes? This site has a few dozen of these, and I have been reporting them but maybe I shouldnt be?
Reply by superboy97
on January 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The first thing to determine here is if this site is a valid network or not. For this, I have raise the question internally.
After that, did that site has separate parts for movies and series with a clear separation in the format of the URL ? This does not seem to be the case here as they simply call everything movies on the main page (see the "More Movies" button on the bottom of the page. In this case, the text of the URL is not significant and doesn't determine the content type.
Reply by softpillow
on January 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If you dont mind while youre at it can you raise the same question internally with these sites too:
https://www.dramaboxdb.com/
https://shortmax.app/tabbar/home?sid=neKzE%2F8Rd7SmIhyR%2Ba7e6q1P7P666yUMS8Q%2ByjtV74KGPg%3D%3D
For entries like these:
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/281528-desired-by-my-unknown-husband
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/281531-forbidden-desires-alpha-s-love
Reply by softpillow
on March 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Any updates on this?
Reply by raze464
on March 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Right now, we are not considering these types of ultrashort drama services to be valid networks.
Reply by softpillow
on March 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Why? and why only "right now"? What does that mean for the future?