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Add the ability for contributors to cancel their pending contributions
Proposal: IMDb should add the ability for contributors to cancel their pending contributions.
We've all been here before: just minutes after submitting a data contribution to IMDb, we realize that our contribution was in error. Yet the erroneous contribution may remain pending multiple days before it is acted upon. Only then can we try to reverse it.
Other times, we realize that we could have worded that plot summary or trivia item a little better, even if it is not exactly erroneous. Yet there is nothing we can do to clean it up while it is pending. In fact, if we try to submit an additional edit while the first edit is pending, that often "locks" the particular data item from any further editing.
All of this seems like a lot of wasted time and effort (including on the part of IMDb staff), especially when we realize while the contribution is still pending that it's erroneous.
The problem could be solved by allowing contributors to cancel pending contributions.
This topic has frequently come up on this forum, usually posed as a question of how to cancel pending contributions, and at least twice posed as proposals to allow editing and/or deletion of pending contributions.
Help article:
I made a mistake with a submission. How can I correct it before it goes live?
I made a mistake with a submission. How can I correct it before it goes live?
You won't be able to correct the error directly. However, you can send a new submission with the correct information. You may need to wait for the information to go live and submit a correction or deletion and tick the "provide an explanation to assist in processing this change" option to add a note for our data editors.
Other Idea Posts:
How about the ability to delete or edit a pending review or review edit? (by @jonny_vee)
Contribution mistakes (by @ugnieska)
Need to be able to delete pending contribuition that is wrong. (by @r_dunn)
Example Threads:
How do I cancel a pending submission?
I have a pending contribution that is wrong. How do I to delete it?
How to delete something's that's pending approval.
How do I cancel a contribution?
Please decline the pending changes on the following!
Cancel contribution submissions
I made a mistake in my credit submission, how can I cancel or correct it?
How do I cancel a submission before it is approved?
How do I cancel a submission before it is approved? [part 2]
Request to cancel a submission
Mistake with a title correction to the wrong film
I make a mistake submitting a new title - I need to be fix
IMDb staff: Please approve this correction to a movie credit
adrian
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2 years ago
How would this work for top contributors whose submissions are accepted within minutes? It seems like it would create a whole lot of conflicts.
Also, how often does one need to cancel a submission? I've made a few. It seems easier to wait until they are accepted and revert them manually.
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keyword_expert
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2 years ago
@jimntempe
Thank you for voting for us having this option. I had to thank you here, since your other thread has been closed.
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misterdc
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2 years ago
Yes, please. Very straightforward. All items in "pending" que should be delete-able.
Once they are "in review" or "approved" they are untouchable.
Only new submissions to correct items allowed at that point. Simple logic. So much time saved.
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HristinaB
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11 months ago
Any updates on this very interesting proposal? Happy New Year to everyone.
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liam
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64 Points
2 months ago
Would be an useful feature
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