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Non-existent episodes of reality show (8/11)

I am attempting to clean up a page by blanking episode title numbers on non-existent episodes for a show titled Animal Face-Off. My contributions are being declined and so I am seeking assistance by removing these episodes. I will provide a list of links to the non-existent episodes which should help with my cleanup efforts on the actual episodes.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt41567987/?ref_=ttep_ep_7

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40124244/?ref_=ttep_ep_12 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40124246/?ref_=ttep_ep_13 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40723728/?ref_=ttep_ep_14 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40124250/?ref_=ttep_ep_1 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40124251/?ref_=ttep_ep_2 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40124254/?ref_=ttep_ep_3 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40124256/?ref_=ttep_ep_4 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40124259/?ref_=ttep_ep_5  

Thank you in advance.

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Hello.
I do not work for IMDb, but may I ask how you know this is a non existent episode?
Have you found info on tv nettwork page etc?
Did you provide any info in the " Provide an explanation to assist in processing this submission" box?


You mention:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt41567987/
title "Giraffe vs. Rhino" Episode aired Jun 22, 2004

But in the season 1 list:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3121876/episodes/
S1 episode 6 has air date Wed, Apr 14, 2004
and 
s1 episode 8 has airdate: Tue, Jul 13, 2004

May not 
"Giraffe vs. Rhino" Episode aired Jun 22, 2004 ( which is a date in the middle of episode 6 and 8
then maybe "Giraffe vs. Rhino" is  S1 ep7 ? 

PPS:

IMDb aslo usually want this;

"For data issues, please include the 18-digit submission reference number(s) which can be found in your Contribution History for most data contributions and/or in Your Contribution History (beta) for Images and User Reviews"

ref: ‎IMDb Community Guidelines | IMDb Community Forums

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@Kristin​ They don't exist because there would have been some form of documentation prior to their submission. Animal Planet would upload clips from nearly all the episodes onto YouTube and their old website; if such episodes were to exist, there would be more evidence aside from the IMDb listings. Along with that, people have uploaded nearly every episode online—none are these alleged "episodes."

In fact, I can find newspaper listings of the show and when they aired. I use newspapers to find undocumented programs and add them on IMDB, or to verify information (release dates, titles, etc). I can provide the results from newspapers(dot)com, if you'd like.

Given how obscure this show is, which is mainly known through clips of the actual fights, I can understand how false information can slip through the cracks.

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@TheKingOfFrogs​ 

YouTube did not exist in 2004,

the lack of internet info from 2004 does not necessarily mean it did not exist.

Since you wrote your submissions were declined, I wrote:

ref "Did you provide any info in the " Provide an explanation to assist in processing this submission" box?"

meaning if you found the actual TV listing from the channel who aired theese from Jun 22, 2004 and it did not air that date, did you explain/added the link to that info in the explanation box?

(so to avoid your submissions getting declined.)

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@Kristin​ When I am referring to videos, I am talking about video clips that had been posted onto their website later in the 2000s. I also do want to admit that my submissions were done to erase the release date, so that they could be separate from the legitimate episodes. However, I got the episode numbers removed.

Also, as far as I am aware, you can't get something fake removed except on the forums.

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@TheKingOfFrogs​ 

Someone not adding old stuff from before YouTube existed, 

onto YouTube is not proof they have never been shown on linear TV.

You' re quote: "I also do want to admit that my submissions were done to erase the release date, so that they could be separate from the legitimate episodes. However, I got the episode numbers removed."

so that is what you ment by:

"clean up a page by blanking episode title numbers"

If you already know you plan to ask IMDb to remove tiltes,

And then first removing the data on those pages, so they look "emptier"and with less data that  actually were there,

is not the way to go.

It is up to IMDb to approve deletions, 

you first deleting info they need to verify the existent in the first place is not how to do it.

If you need to keep overview yourself of which episodes you want to ask to get removed,

use a notepad, and not make changes to the actual database.