I've submitted a plot summary correction several times now and it keeps getting declined. It makes absolutely no sense as to why it's getting rejected! I'm actually getting quite frustrated with this. This is for The Mentalist episode Strawberries and Cream: Part 2 and I have no idea what the heck is supposed to be verified or how. It's not like my description is massively different so I'm a little tee'd off that it's getting rejected. It's almost like it's a deliberate attempt to keep the convoluted and confusing description up instead of putting up one that makes sense. It's also kind of ironic, because the spelling, sentence structure, and grammar is pretty atrocious in the original description. This is the information I'm trying to correct:
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Now Hightower is found by the team but unwilling to hide out more than 48 hours longer with her kids, Patrick believes to be at an advantage as Red John ignores how close he is. After bluff-pressing LaRoche to give him the CSI mole suspects shortlist of four, to which the fat-man must be added, Patrick sets a cake-layered trap for CSI director Bertram, DA Ardiles, FBI agent Craig O'Laughlin and LaRoche. Each is 'given' given the same address, but at different floors, for Hightower's fake hideout, so where will betray who sent the hired killer, who however jumps to her death. Patrick now arranges a meeting with his top-suspect, during which he realizes he must be one floor wrong and hastily adapts. The team handles his alternative, correct suspect, while he finds himself and faces a Red John suspect, who admits to that during a lethal confrontation.
After
Hightower is found by the team but is unwilling to hide out more than another 48 hours longer with her kids. Patrick believes he is at an advantage as Red John ignores how close he is to catching his mole. After pressing LaRoche to give him the CBI mole suspects shortlist of four, to which LaRoche himself must be added, Patrick sets a trap for all four candidates: CSI director Bertram, DA Ardiles, FBI agent Craig O'Laughlin and LaRoche. Each is given the same address, but at different floors, for Hightower's fake hideout, so whatever floor the hired killer goes to will betray who sent them. Patrick now arranges a meeting with his top-suspect. The team handles his alternative, correct suspect, while he finds and faces a man who may be Red John himself.
I have tried to give the following reasons for the corrections:
First: Original summary was confusing and unreadable. This is the exact same information, only edited to make it more readable. I corrected the sentence structure and either shorten/expand on the original summary so that it makes sense. This plot summary is correct, as to the original was too convoluted and worded in a way that was confusing. It also gives away important spoilers about the episode.
Second: Correct bad grammar, double words (given is repeated twice in one sentence), personal opinions (calling a character fat-man instead of his name)
The reject that comes back on ALL of my submissions is:
Reason: Unable to verify.
Your contribution has been declined.We have been unable to verify your contribution. Unfortunately we were unable to accept your submission as we were unable to verify the information provided. If your submission was placed via the IMDb.com Desktop title or name page submission form, you now have an option to provide evidence with your additions, as well as corrections or deletions. Please go to your Contribution History, re-load the submission reference and tick the box “provide an explanation to assist in processing this submission” and “check these updates”. The field will become available in the submission form. For all other submissions, please see our Help Site for further information or details on how to contact us.
Can someone help me explain this and how/what has to be verified if it is the same information? It literally makes absolutely no sense to myself as to why they are so determined to keep a horribly written plot summary! On top of that, the fact that I'm somehow required to verify the exact same information that is put into the original Plot Summary?
jeorj_euler
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5 years ago
Hi, Sabriel. Welcome to the forum of/for the IMDb Community! You ought to be reluctant to correct aspects of plot summaries authored by (or attributed to) somebody else when those aspects extend beyond errors in punctuation, spelling and syntax. If KGF Vissers' plot summary for "Strawberries and Cream: Part 2" is overly problematic, then it ought to be deleted entirely, but also a new plot summary attached, unless the erroneous way that it appears at a given time is not the way it originally appeared. If you're expecting to be assisted by an IMDb employee, then please share here the 18-digit reference number of the declined submission of yours concerning the particular plot summary. Thank you for reach out.
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jeorj_euler
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Your continued feedback shall be appreciated, Sabriel. It was not my intention to discourage you from presenting your case. Again, if you're expecting to be assisted by an IMDb employee, then please share here the 18-digit reference number of the declined submission of yours concerning the particular plot summary.
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