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IMDb Contact-Us representatives will arbitrarily delete title pages and change rules on the fly

Last monday (February 14), an editor declined my correction of a title name from the subjective "Coldplay: Viva La Vida (Version 2)" to the official name "Coldplay: Viva La Vida (Anton Corbijn Version)" used on the official channel of Coldplay [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kVxpsi1XQ4]. Appealing to the IMDb Contact-Us [https://help.imdb.com/contact] resulted in the title page been deleted by IMDb representative Carl with following explanation, "We only allow the original version of the title to be listed, Since there is already a version listed on our site here: https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt6749852/" I wrote through the IMDb Contact-Us again and explained that the title page they reference to is for another music video [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvgZkm1xWPE] and they have deleted an eligible title page for the music video, which has 7.9 million views on YouTube and is not an alternative version of tt6749852, but a completely different official video sequence for the popular song. The bot-alike reply by IMDb representative Astbury: "Since we only accept the original version of the title to be listed, we are unable to restore the title." The team of IMDb employees deleted a title which was rated on IMDb more than 174 times [https://web.archive.org/web/20250126111859/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6749860/]. Anton Corbijn [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0179221] is a famous professional director, he is not a creator of fan-made videos or similar content. He worked for Depeche Mode, U2, Roxette, Bryan Adams, and many more. Working with Coldplay, Corbijn directed at least two music videos for their songs "Talk" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH9meoWmAOM] and "Viva La Vida" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kVxpsi1XQ4]. His music video features all the members of Coldplay, who acted to be filmed by him; and it is officially official on their official YouTube channel. P.S.: For a comparison, Maroon 5: Sugar [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6705936/] was rated 177 times on IMDb, with 4.2 billion views on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09R8_2nJtjg].

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Hi MAthePA- Thank you for reporting and bringing this to our attention! Further investigating and reviewing, this error has been reported to the respective team. The title page has now been reinstated and we have also corrected the name to the official one as per shown on the music video. The changes will be back on the site shortly. Cheers!

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Thank you, Maya.