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Declined? This decision makes no sense. Please explain

I submitted a well researched, factual and thoughtful trivia contribution for the movie predator 2. This is not too long, either, because I've read many that have been approved for other movies that take up an entire page and are literal diatribes!
This makes no sense why this was denied approval. Could somebody please revisit this or at least explain the logic behind not allowing this contribution to be added to the movie trivia? Thank you

10 July 2026
#260710-001755-825000Predator 2 (1990)1 item
Trivia Declined (1)

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The dreadlocks on the Predator were a core design element from the very first film. When the writers came back to make Predator 2, they purposefully brought in the Jamaican Voodoo Posse gang to mirror the creature's look and highlight the movie's theme. Legendary creature designer Stan Winston created the look of the alien for the original 1987 film. While sketching concepts on a flight, he drew inspiration from a painting of a Rastafarian warrior hanging in producer Joel Silver's office. Winston deliberately gave the creature dreadlocks to create a look that felt culturally unique—blending the aesthetic of a Spartan with an African warrior. The Jamaican Gang was Added to Match the Theme For the 1990 sequel, screenwriters Jim and John Thomas intentionally wrote King Willie into the script to create a visual parallel between the humans and the monster. The filmmakers deliberately framed scenes to contrast the gang members' dreadlocks with the Predator's natural appendages. The new City Hunter Predator in Predator 2 was intentionally designed to look more urban, sleek, and hip than the first creature. The tribal, ritualistic nature of the Jamaican gang matched the Predator's own strict, tribal honor code of hunting.

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Hello Cousinvin62

According to the Trivia guidelines:

"Do keep your submissions short and easy to read. Trivia items over 1000 characters may be considered too long, and be declined. Anything that is written in a way that we (and by extension, IMDb users) don't understand it on the first read, will also be subject to being declined."

I have reviewed your contribution and it is too long, the system auto rejected, I advise to make the trivia shorter and cleared when re submitting. I understand there are other longer Trivia listed, you can submit the deletion request for those anytime. 

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That is why was rejected, you will need to shorten the Trivia and re submit the contribution.

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But the other one that I showed you that was literally a college thesis from the movie a few good men that IMDb approved, that one's OK but mine's too long? 
seems like a double standard to me