Changes to contributions containing freetext information

What does this mean?

I submit a name update, the Explanation still filter out non-latin characters.

Hi kaisic king,

For your name updates you are using the correct method to provide Explanation information. This change only relates to the submission options that were under ‘Other Corrections’.

Thanks for letting us know!

"Instead ‘Explanations’ to support your contribution can be submitted directly with the item information to provide better context"

Do you plan to add more explanation boxes in the update forms?

This policy makes sense, and I had been one who suggested IMDb to scrap those Miscellaneous Comments and Corrections lines. 

Hi Peter,

We will continue to review submissions, Helpdesk contacts and discussions here for situations where additional explanation information would have been important. It is possible some update forms will be enhanced to add an explanation box.

Thanks

Ok, I'm a bit lost here. Where exactly should I post e.g. Dropbox links (screenshots of the actual credits, TV listings from magazines, articles, etc) when adding New Titles? I mean I add new titles (often older ones) all the time and often provide proof via screenshots of the actual credits.

Instead ‘Explanations’ to support your contribution can be submitted directly with the item information to provide better context or via a Helpdesk contact.

Do you mean that I should find "Explanations" box somewhere in the New Title form? Surely you don't want people to submit a New Title form and then add proof via Help Desk seperately?

Thanks.

Peter, I know the "This title has warnings, you must acknowledge each one before this title will be accepted..." part (under the very basic info) where I can tick the the "Provide explanation" box etc, but I believe that option is not available anymore when you've have "enough" info to actually submit the New Title form. BUT, enough info for the form is not always the same thing as "enough proof".

Maybe I am missing something here, but I find it a bit odd that now there's no place for those "miscellaneous links" that you DON'T want to add to the actual title page (like e.g. Dropbox links, or e.g. a Youtube link to the program that you know may have some copyright-issues). Not all links (proof/sources/screenshots) are something that you actually want to see in the title page.

Thanks.