
Data Issues & Policy Discussions
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Credit Removal Dispute for 'Freddy's Nightmares' S1.E20 (Alias Mapping Error
Hello IMDb Staff,I am an IMDbPro member writing to request manual assistance from a representative regarding a credit that was wrongfully removed from my page.I co-starred in Freddy's Nightmares (1988) episode 20 "The Light at the End of the Tunnel" (1989) under my former professional name, Pamela K
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Someone keeps re-adding incorrect credits.
I am removing these credits for the third time. Most of them are already in their correct categories; only the credits for a few episodes, which were added for the first time, are not yet in the right category (though I have already submitted the corrections, so they just need to be approved). Howev
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Credit deletion rejected
Here are some credits for which the removal requests were rejected: Actor who were not credited in the episode: #260915-174503-888000 Actors in the incorrect category (and already present in the correct one): #260915-181435-099000 #260915-194819-427000 #260916-072642-245000
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DOB and place of birth submission is not being accepted.
Trying to add the DOB and Place of birth of June Schreiner https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7621475 . Her birthdate is listed on the California Birth Index at https://californiabirthindex.org/birth/joanna_june_schreiner_born_1994_23283427 but when I submitted her, it was refused. It's not blocked from up
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Plot outline not accepted...
I've been doing plot outlines for the TV series Russell Harty, but this one for episode 2.23 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13684174/reference/ ) has been rejected three times, twice as "unable to verify", then as "Does not meet contribution guidelines." Who knows, maybe it was a rubbish plot outline
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Uncredited Story Writer Credit Request - Ticket #260909-121441-299000 and #260910-182625-006000
Hello, I am an IMDbPro member. For the past 5 days, I have been trying to add an uncredited Story Writer credit for my work on Season 3 of a major television series. After submitting multiple update requests over these 5 days, I created support tickets under references #260909-121441-299000 and #260
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Episode Title Glitched?
This is about 260915-133207-722000 and 260915-153155-200000. I submitted a new episode with the title and the initial submission has everything green, but the title didn't show up. I assumed something may have happened during the initial submission, so I submitted a title correction on the episode,
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Trivia correction declined
A piece of trivia I corrected for Gregory Nava was declined as "Badly Formatted" and I don’t agree with it. At least I’d like to know what the problem with it was. The reference number is #260914-160040-478000
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An actor keeps on getting rejected.
The submission in question is 260910-075823-816000 Hello, I've been having a problem with crediting a particular actor, the one in question being Lizzie Freeman. This is not the first time I've had issues with crediting the actor as it is almost always rejected as 'unable to verify'. I've never had
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