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Saturday, February 21st, 2026

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Approved photos not gone live.

I submitted three photos for a Gunsmoke episode S11.E9 and they were approved but never gone live.

URL:https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0594237/mediaindex/

I submitted them twice, both times they show "Approved for Publication", but never gone live.

Second time 12-Feb-2026:260213-020831-399902260213-020750-208502260213-020706-760002

First time 31-Jan-2026:260201-050854-353202260201-050724-546602260201-050724-546602

I seek three types of help.

First, please IMDb staff, fix this anomaly. 

Second, why does this happen, what is the cause of this anomaly? (I cannot make a career of adding photos twice and following-up for weeks.)

Third, when I examine the Submission Record, for each of the six there are mostly "Approved" entries but always ONE Declined entry that reads like the text copied-in below.  What is the meaning of that "declined"?  Am I submitting photos in some errant way?  I was never trying to make a "Title Link Addition" -- or even know how one would!

Declined(1):Title Link AdditionMalachi (13 November 1965)ReasonDoes not meet contribution guidelines.Your contribution has been declined. Please review our submission guidelines.===========

Above copied from this URL:https://contribute.imdb.com/contribution/260201-050854-353202?ref_=pe_119700180_1024075190_wa_em_ra_his

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With better vertical spacing::

Second time 12-Feb-2026:

260213-020831-399902

260213-020750-208502

260213-020706-760002

First time 31-Jan-2026:

260201-050854-353202

260201-050724-546602

260201-050724-546602

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Hi jrodor-

Thank you for posting the references! Further reviewing, you are seeing the approval on the images because they were approved. However, what was declined, were the image title links and therefore, this is why they are not appearing on the respective episodes you added them. 

The links have been added respectively and the images will be live on the respective episodes shortly.

Cheers!

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Thank-you.  I still do not know how my submission attempted to make "image title links" but next time I submit a photo I will try again not to do it.  I will try to grasp what submitting a simple episode photo has to do with "image title links" ... but if someone could elaborate in another reply, I would be grateful. 

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@jrodor​ 

Yes that's also happened to me on a few occasions. Something to do with the system not linking the image and needs input from a staff member to give it a push. Be assured it's nothing you have done wrong.

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THANK-YOU for this reassuring reply. 

IF this occurs again to me, what is the recommended for me to get "input from a staff member to give it a push"?  Is posting here like I eventually did the way?  (BTW this anomaly seems like a bug in the IMDb TV episode image submission web scripts -- especially if the user cannot control it.  IMDb staff should submit an Internal Bug Report.)

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@jrodor​ As far as I know the only way is to report it here as you have done. Someone else may have a better solution.

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Thank you for your responsiveness!