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Saturday, May 17th, 2025 1:39 PM

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Vandalism of production and distribution companies for kids shows

I've discovered numerous TV episodes that have incorrect production companies and distributors added, all with attributes referencing "Christian Winebarger". https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aimdb.com+%22Christian+Winebarger%22 Here's one example, from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3344756/companycredits/ Distributors An Olive Branch Productions (United States, 2025)(The Christian Winebarger's Animation of Art Studios, TV) Canada Television and Cable Production Fund (Canada, 2025)(The Christian Winebarger Channel, TV) Memphis & Shelby County Film & Television Commission (United States, 2025)(The Christian Winebarger Channel, TV) Olive Branch Film Studios (United States, 2025)(The Christian Winebarger's Animation of Art Studios, TV) I started deleting these, but there are *so many* of them. Could someone at IMDb look at these, and hopefully undo all of this contributor's submissions?

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21 days ago

Hi SmitheeScope- Thank you for reporting! Further investigating and reviewing, all of these have now been removed and the changes are still in-progress but will be live on the site shortly. As per the contributor responsible, further actions have already been taken to prevent furhter incorrect/false additions. Cheers!

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Thanks!

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There are also fake locations added to episodes of “Big Bag” —https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395838/reference/ — were these also caught? Also, I’ve found similar vandalism on “Phibeas and Ferb.” Someone has added audio mixes for nonexistent VHS releases of 2025 episodes: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30505672/reference/

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@SmitheeScope- Thank you! These will be reviewed accordingly. If you spot any further mistakes, you can submit the respective corrections/deletions through our online update form. Cheers!

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I think it’s more work of our friend Christian — “Punch Drunk Love” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272338/technical/ includes the sound format “Cinerama 7-Track(Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono 1. Christian's Super Surround Sound)” This looks like something IMDb will have to roll back, because it's hard to tell what is completely made up, and what is mostly accurate except for the addition of fake attributes. For example, the TV series "Kipper" was apparently released using every sound process known: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0260628/technical/

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Hi SmitheeScope, Thank you for the further report. We have removed the erroneous/inaccurate data and taken further steps to prevent this issue occurring again. Cheers!

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Thanks! Hopefully that’s the last of them.