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Are we sure about this goof contribution denial?

I don't know why this goof Submission of mine was denied? It seems the perfect goof observation.

Could you please revisit this for approval? If not, could you specifically tell me why it was denied?

Thanks

26 September 2026
#260926-002103-312000The Shining (1980)1 item
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When Jack and family finally arrive at the hotel to start his job, Jack is waiting in the lobby and he is greeted by the manager, Mr. Ullman, who asks Jack if his luggage has been brought in. Jack points over towards the front door and says that it's right over there. His luggage is in a huge pile consisting of at least 10 to 15 large suitcases and bags as well as a plastic tricycle for Danny. They came up in a 1960s Volkswagen Beetle and there is no way they could've packed all that luggage in or on top of their car. It's enough to fill a small pick up truck.MiscellaneousReasonDoes not meet contribution guidelines.

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26 days ago

Hi Cousinvin62-

Thank you for posting the reference! Taking a look, this goof contains an opinion which is why it was declined. 

Cheers!

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@Maya​ 

An opinion? You lost me on that one, Maya. LOL.

 It's a visual fact. Jack, his wife and their son drove up in a Volkswagen beetle.
The manager asked him where his luggage is any points to his, not somebody else's, his pile of luggage of at least 10 bags and a tricycle. in the scene where they show his Volkswagen beetle driving on the mountain Road, there's no trailer in tow behind it, there's no luggage on top of the car, and they show them inside the car talking and it's certainly not in the backseat nor could it ever fit in the backseat and 10 to 15 bags and a tricycle certainly couldn't fit in the boot in the front of a 1960s Volkswagen beetle. 

I'm not sure how somebody arrived to the conclusion at this was an opinion.

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This is mentioned already on the goofs page, though it is in the "incorrectly regarded as goofs" category.

The luggage could have come in a separate ride, for example.

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@Peter_pbn​ 

It would have? Says who? Now THAT'S an opinion.

I think you're trying a little too hard to shoot me down, Pete. Lol

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@Peter_pbn​ 

And it IS a goof.

it's a goof because whoever arranged this scene when making the movie piled up at least 10 to 15 bags and a tricycle when in fact it could not fit in their vehicle. That is not trivia. That is a goof. If I had submitted it as trivia it would have been denied because I would've been told it's not trivia, it's a goof. 
Besides, a lot of my stuff has been shot down lately whereas before I have successfully contributed several hundred trivia contributions or goofs over the years.  I'm not new to this.
And I can only come to the conclusion that because I dare to challenge these recent denials and stand my ground that it's annoying the IMDb people that allow these contributions to be posted and I think the word has got out to simply deny almost everything that I'm submitting when, in fact, I don't see anything wrong with my contributions because it's submitted in the same manner and in the same thought that the hundred others were that were successfully posted. in 21st century jargon, I'm pretty much being canceled. 

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As IMDb's guidelines say, "Always try to explain the error away before you decide that it's definitely a mistake."

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@Peter_pbn​ 

Pete. Are you Simply another contributor or are you with the IMDb crew that decides what is accepted and what is denied? 

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@Cousinvin62​ 

IMDb employees are clearly identified as seen below Maya's name.