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Why was my trivia contribution of the contrails in 28 Years Later not approved? It fits the criteria

I commented on how in 28 years later when Spike and his father were crossing the causeway you could see aircraft contrails in the air behind them. How's this not relevant for trivia of the movie? Why do you keep declining this? It fit your criteria perfectly.

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Hi Cousinvin62- In order for our staff to further review, can you also post the 18-digit submission reference number for this conrtribution? Cheers!

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IMDb update receipt #250710-193805-705000 There were also three others that were denied for the same movie, which again, doesn't make sense because it seemed to follow the perfect criteria you have for trivia of a movie. IMDb update receipt #250710-194444-915000 IMDb update receipt #250710-195333-012000 IMDb update receipt #250710-195806-427000 Please review these again. Thank you.

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@Cousinvin62- Thank you for posting them! We'll review then and once we have further informaition, we'll post it below.

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Thank you

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Hi Maya. I've had another one denied approval. 250718-214900-503000 This was also a good trivia observation. I'm starting to think there are some that are simply not approving my contributions for some other reasons. Like it's personal. Read that contribution and you'll see what I'm talking about and I'm sure you'll wonder why it was declined. I can't think of any other reason. Thanks

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@Cousinvin62- Thank you! These submissions have been reviewed and the reason why they were declined is because they contain opinions which as per our guidelines, these are not allowed to be included on Trivias. You are welcome to submit the respective corrections and re-submit them for review.

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I can't say I agree For instance. 250718-214900-503000 "TRIVIA ADDITION Snowman's truck from the movie appears in The Walking Dead Season 7, Episode 10, titled "New Best Friends". The truck is used as a visual Easter egg, a reference to the iconic vehicle from the 1977 film, which was also filmed in Georgia, where The Walking Dead is set." how is that an opinion? I think there's some of the reason I suggestions get declined

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@Cousinvin62- That one is fine and you can re-submit it. However, the ones above are not which in this case, as mentioned abpve you can correct them and re-submit them as well.

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Thank you Maya But this kind of proves my point that some of my contributions are simply arbitrarily being declined for reasons outside IMDb's protocol and in my mind it begs the question "why"?

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Hi Maya I don't want to drag this sign but whoever is in charge of approving or denying my contributions seems to be validating my suspicion that it's just arbitrarily being denied for reasons that don't seem to follow your protocol and rules. The contribution I made of Smoky and the Bandit that had no opinion in it at all and that you said I should resubmit because it would be approved next time was declined again. Could you please check into this. I don't know what's going on IMDb but I'm not liking it. It's not cool. I've made a lot of great contributions in the past over the years as my record shows but all of a sudden somebody seems to have a problem with me. Thanks. 250722-211623-377000 Declined (1) TRIVIA ADDITION Snowman's truck from the movie appears in The Walking Dead Season 7, Episode 10, titled "New Best Friends". The truck is used as a visual Easter egg, a reference to the iconic vehicle from the 1977 film, which was also filmed in Georgia, where The Walking Dead is set. ReasonDoes not meet contribution guidelines. Your contribution has been declined.Please review our submission guidelines.

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It may have been rejected because it reads like a reference, which have their own space in the movie connections section. You would have acknowledged a warning about this when submitting it as trivia because you used the word reference.

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Oh brother!!! No, I believe it's something else. Especially when I first brought this up to an IMDb representative, Maya, and she said to resubmit it and it would be approved but it was declined again. Someone there seems to be making it personal. I contributed four good items for 28 Years Later and I had a cynical gut feeling they were going to decline all of them out of hand. After several days when they finally got around to it and I saw the first one was declined, I just KNEW that the other remaining three were going to be declined just for the sake of declining them, and they were indeed all declined.

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I'm not sure who the proverbial gatekeeper is for people submitting trivia contributions to the movie 28 Years Later, but this person keeps declining my contributions for no good reason. I'm not sure if it's personal or what, but my contributions are well in accordance with your policy Can someone look into this? IMDb update receipt #250805-114300-804000 Trivia: The huge long-haired super strengthed alpha infected that continually pursue spike and his father and then later spike and his mother is named Sampson. When Spike and his father return from the initial trip and the people on the island are celebrating their return in the town hall they are all singing the Tom Jones song, Delilah. A clear link to the biblical story of Samson, and Delilah. Samson and Delilah are figures from the Book of Judges in the Old Testament. Samson, known for his incredible strength and long hair, is betrayed by Delilah, a Philistine woman he loves, who reveals the secret of his power - his uncut hair - to the Philistines. How does this not qualify as acceptable? I have submitted countless contributions for movies and TV shows for several years and have never had an issue of being declined until I've run into the person that seems to be in charge of the gate of what is allowed for this movie. Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/trivia-declined/6898d089f9ddf64e92411598 Title : Trivia declined

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@Cousinvin62- Thank you for posting the submisison reference! Further reviewing, this one with the changes made was now fine to be approve. It has been re-submitted on your behalf and approved. The changes will be live shortly.

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Thank you, Maya. I'd like to suggest that you (IMDb) may want to put somebody else in charge of reviewing contributions for 28 Years Later, as this person seems to have some unknown issue and problem with approvals. I don't think their heart is in their task.

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Maya. Once again somebody declined what was a good piece of trivia contribution for the movie Predator. It followed all the rules and I can't understand the motive for them saying that it didn't end up being declined Could you please have somebody more responsible look into this and review it and either approve it or tell me specifically what the problem was? Ta! 10 August 2025 #250810-230056-104000 Predator (1987) 1 item Trivia Declined (1) TRIVIA ADDITION When the Predator and Dutch finally square off for hand to hand combat, based on the strength that the Predator displayed throughout the movie, it's initial fist strikes against Dutch would probably have the power to immediately break his jaw, snap his neck, and cave in his head and rib cage killing him instantly. He wouldn't have survived.

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Hello Cousinvin62, The trivia submission is an opinion about the fight, which is not allowed based in our Trivia guidelines: https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/trivia/G42ZNVNNQT6P78FE?ref_=helpsrall#

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OMG!!! Half or more of the stuff on IMDb trivia is an opinion. Oh well, your house, your rules.

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