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Thursday, March 23rd, 2023

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contribution checkbox ignored

I erred when setting up a new actress, misspelling her name.

I submitted a contribution explaining that, giving a screenshot of the credit.

I unchecked the box for retaining the original spelling, checked the subsequent warning, and gave this explanation:

I just added her first IMDb credit, and accidentally misspelled her first name. Here is a screenshot of her credit: https://photos.app.goo.gl/YdoRD7caKVS68Pt69 She also has her own website: https://www.kearstinpiperbrown.com/ Do NOT preserve the other spelling; it was MY MISTAKE on #230322-081349-191000. SORRY!

My correction was approved (#230322-093437-938000), but she now has an attribute with the misspelling.

I feel that I've been through this before. Providing a screenshot of the credit(s) that really have the correct spelling, unchecking the "retain as attribute" option, and checking the subsequent warning, yet getting the misspelled name as an attribute (when it was NOT misspelled onscreen and I provided proof.) I can't put my fingers on a second such contribution number, but please check into whether there's a system problem here.

Also, please remove the attribute for this credit.

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3 years ago

This (editors never respecting the "Preserve previous name" checkbox with name corrections) was something I complained about a few times in the past, one for example with a submission number (still not corrected): https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/name-merge-what-went-wrong/626cd4b9e19a9178e3cbe0d3?commentId=6272a593b2939b5ff42b309b&replyId=6272a971768de216cd5ca48e

But I have to admit, recently, my experience with these corrections are far better now, they mostly respect what I choose now which makes me happy because it saves me from the hassle of making a cleanup submission after correcting a name.

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3 years ago

Hi @bderoes -

Thanks for reporting this processing error.  I have now removed the incorrect name attribute and reached out to the applicable team for visibility of the error.   If you encounter this issue again when contributing name updates and using the checkbox, let us know and we can investigate further.

Cheers!