Does anyone read submissions before accepting them?

No. You don't need reference numbers to answer the question. Either submissions are read before being accepted, or they aren't.

@StayWilde- For general information on how we receive and handle data, I encourage you to review the following Help Guide: https://help.imdb.com/article/imdb/general-information/where-does-the-information-on-imdb-come-from/GGD7NGF5X3ECFKNN?ref_=helpsrall# If you are submitting plot updates that are being declined, as mentioned above, you are welcome to post the most recent submission reference numbers here and our staff will be happy to take a look for you.

I have read the information in the help guide, how else do you think I found this forum? I'm not asking about updates that have been declined, but if I was, telling me again to give you evidence that doesn't exist wouldn't be helpful. The only way to verify the plot of a film or tv episode is to watch it. I don't understand why I have to keep explaining that. I know what claims you make about how submissions are handled. I also know that there are warnings against submissions that don't follow the rules. However, I've seen thousands of submissions that very obviously break the rules, and have been accepted and published anyway. Eg. (Because I'm still angry about it)(without giving spoilers) in the last episode of season 2 or 3 of a series, a contributor had not only spoiled the cliffhanger that would be resolved in the next season, they completely ruined the entire series from then on, by giving away that a major character wasn't dead, and would return three seasons later, in the series finale. AND spoiled the subplot that would start in the next season, by giving away how that ended too! Had anyone read that, they couldn't possibly have missed that the contributor was giving information from the end of the series (they actually gave the season and episode number). Since the are so many instances where it's clear no-one read what they were posting, I ask again, are submissions read before being accepted? It's a simple yes or no.