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Friday, December 6th, 2024 3:58 AM

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Poor film outline and summary

Film: Comedy Queen

IMDb URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15255958/

Contribution #241206-031324-185000

Hi.

In short, my valid contributions for this small film that I love have been declined. I just re-submitted, and I’d appreciate it if a moderator could please accept my contributions.

A longer version:

I’m an highly active contributor on TMDB, and am a valued member of the community.

I’m new to IMDB. So far, I’ve tried to make contributions for two films and BOTH TIMES my valid edits have been declined for no reason.

After I post a complaint in the forum, my changes are then accepted.

Why must I go through this extra step?

Why are they not getting accepted the first time?

It almost feels personal at this point.

“Reason: Does not meet contribution guidelines.”

How??

My contributions are grammatically correct, accurate, and contain no foul language. How the heck am I “not meeting contribution guidelines”?

If I’m doing something wrong, I’d like an explanation, so that I can make changes moving forward.

The lack of explanation is frustrating, and not at all helpful to a contributor.

If you look at the current outline and summary for this small film, you’ll instantly see that they are grammatically incorrect, and that they were likely written by someone that isn’t a native English speaker. They look like they were put through a translator. I feel bad saying this, but it’s almost laughable how bad they are, yet the moderator would rather keep grammatically incorrect entries and decline my valid, grammatically-CORRECT edits? Why? It makes IMDb look amateurish. IMDb deserves high quality contributions.

I’d really like to know why this has happened to me 2 times out of 2 now.

It ends up becoming a hassle and a waste of my time.

I know there’s a high volume of contributions to process, but moderators should be thorough, even if it means taking a quick moment to Google the film or check its Wiki, etc. to verify that my contributions are legit.

Sorry for my frustration, but this runaround makes me not want to contribute on IMDb, which is a shame because I’m trying to be helpful.

Thank you.

Andrew

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1 month ago

I have approved the new contribution the changes will be live shortly!

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1 month ago

Hello RealAndrewLeo

I have approved the Plot Outline submission, however for the Plot Summary it is not allowed to change the Author as we mention on the Plot Guidelines:

Do not overwrite By: lines if you make corrections (spelling, grammar, etc).

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Ok thank you for clarifying. 

i just re-submitted and DID NOT change the author name, as per your instructions. 

can you please approve? 

thank you :) 


Contribution #241207-215830-361000

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1 month ago

Film: Comedy Queen

IMDb URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15255958/

Contribution #241207-215830-361000

Hi.

An IMDb staffer told me that this contribution would be accepted if I did not change the original author name, so i re-submitted the contribution, which is now in line with IMDb guidelines.


Can someone please approve this contribution? 


Thank you :) 

- Andrew

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Poor film summary