How many years do you have to contribute for IMDb to trust you?

Hi Vande -

Twenty-three years of contributing is truly an incredible achievement.  We sincerely appreciate your long-standing dedication and the care you consistently put into your submissions.  Your efforts have played a meaningful role in shaping what IMDb has become today.

After reviewing your recent submission, I can see the primary issue is related to the date of death. Unfortunately, we were unable to independently verify the specific date through our standard verification process, and the news source provided did not confirm the exact date.  Because maintaining accurate and fully verifiable information is essential to our editorial standards, we were unable to approve the entry as submitted.

To clarify, the supporting source you included is valid and credible.  However, since the exact date could not be confirmed, we would recommend either including an additional source that verifies the specific date or, if the exact day is unknown, submitting the month, year, place, and cause instead.

If you’re able to provide a source confirming the specific date, I would be more than happy to review the submission again.  In the meantime, the death month/year/cause has been approved and is now live on the site.