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Data submission receipts are less useful now

About two to three months ago, the e-mailed receipts for data submissions were reformatted, in a way that makes them harder to follow. While the data in the receipt used to be listed in a logical order, now it's listed in a random order. For example, here is the data from a submission I made a little over a year ago: IMDb update receipt #231207-060847-474000 The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival (2023) (TV) New Title - Add Plain Title: The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival Type: tv Sub-Type: special Status: released Year: 2023 Source: ...none of the above Release Dates - Add Country: USA Date: 19 November 2023 Attribute: (Chicago, Illinois) Miscellaneous Link - Add Type: MSC Url: https://www.choosechicago.com/blog/special-events/magnificent-mile-lights-festival/ Desc: Choose Chicago - blog (10/19/23) Country of Origin - Add USA Languages - Add English Color / Black & White - Add Color Genres - Add Music Directors - Add Name: Bernhard, Chris Official Sites - Add Type: OFF Url: https://www.themagnificentmile.com/lights-festival/ Desc: Official site Distributors - Add Company: WLS [us] Attribute: (2023) (USA) (TV) (Chicago, Illinois) Production Companies - Add Company: WLS [us] Cast - Add Name: Richardson, Kameron Character: Self - Cast of 'Hamilton' Order: 1 Name: Ayon, Jisel Soleil Character: Self - Cast of 'Hamilton' Order: 2 Name: Williams, Nikisha Character: Self - Cast of 'Hamilton' Order: 3 Name: Chiaverini, Ryan Character: Self - Host Order: 4 Name: Burton, Cheryl (II) Character: Self - Host Order: 5 Name: Sanders, Hosea Character: Self - Correspondent Order: 6 Name: Hsu, Judy (I) Character: Self - Correspondent Order: 7 Name: Kadan, Katie Character: Self - Performer Order: 8 Name: Stough, Colin Character: Self - American Idol Finalist Order: 9 Name: Funky Bunch, The Character: Self - Performers Attribute: (as Funky Bunch) Order: 10 Name: Sister Sledge Character: Self - Performers Order: 11 Name: Sugarhill Gang Character: Self - Performers Order: 12 Name: Puente Jr., Tito Character: Self - Performer Order: 13 Name: Rappe, Grace Character: Self - 2023 Chair, Wintrust Mag Mile Lights Festival Order: 14 Name: Lee, Michael Character: Self - Performer Attribute: (as DJ Michael Lee) Order: 15 Name: Jennings, Ken (II) Character: Self - Prerecorded Greeting Order: 16 Name: Ripa, Kelly Character: Self - Prerecorded Greeting Order: 17 Name: Consuelos, Mark (I) Character: Self - Prerecorded Greeting Order: 18 Name: White, Vanna Character: Self - Prerecorded Greeting Order: 19 Name: Sajak, Pat Character: Self - Prerecorded Greeting Order: 20 Name: Hall, Tamron Character: Self - Prerecorded Greeting Order: 21 Name: Rodriguez, Guillermo (III) Character: Self - Prerecorded Greeting Attribute: (as Guillermo) Order: 22 Name: Kimmel, Jimmy Character: Self - Prerecorded Greeting Order: 23 Name: Crane, Tim (VII) Character: Self - President & CEO, Wintrust Financial Order: 24 Name: Orozco, Raymond Character: Self - Chicago Fire Department Foundation Order: 25 Name: Hasbrook, Chris (II) Character: Self - Chicago Fire Department Foundation Order: 26 Name: Schroeder, Walter Character: Self - District Chief, Chicago Fire Department Order: 27 Name: Rogers, Jasmine Amy Character: Self - Performer Order: 28 Name: Iger, Robert A. Character: Self - CEO, The Walt Disney Company Attribute: (as Bob Iger) Order: 29 Writers - Add Name: Best, John M. Attribute: (written by) Producers - Add Name: Best, John M. Occupation: executive producer Name: Lee, Dave Occupation: executive producer Name: Reller, Chris Occupation: executive producer Name: Beskar, Amy Occupation: producer Name: Musgrove, Taylor Occupation: producer Name: Owens, John Occupation: producer Name: Syska, Justyna (II) Occupation: producer Name: Whitfield, Thomas (IV) Occupation: producer Name: Farrar, Ellen Occupation: supervising producer Name: Marcocci, Todd (II) Occupation: coordinating producer Editors - Add Name: Herrmann, Sue (II) Name: Arseneau, Jordan Name: Longnecker, Kyle Name: Juris, Tony Name: Dufner, William Blake Running Times - Add Time: 60 Attribute: (including commercials) Plot Outlines - Add Text: A parade along Michigan Avenue, featuring musical performances, kicks off the holiday season in Chicago. Locale: en-US Keywords - Add tv-special Category: other christmas-parade Category: plot-detail Movie Connections - Add Other: "American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002) Type: references Reason: Colin Stough is identified as a finalist from the show Other: "The Voice" (2011) Type: references Reason: Katie Kadan is identified as a top 3 finalist from the show Other: "Jeopardy!" (1984) Type: references Reason: Ken Jennings is identified as being from the show Other: "Live with Kelly and Mark" (1988) Type: references Reason: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are identified as being from the show Other: "Wheel of Fortune" (1983) Type: references Reason: Vanna White and Pat Sajak are identified as being from the show Other: "Tamron Hall" (2019) Type: references Reason: Tamron Hall is identified as being from the Tamron Hall Show Other: "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (2003) Type: references Reason: Guillermo and Jimmy Kimmel are identified as being from the show Alternate Titles - Add Aka: Wintrust the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival Country: (USA) Attribute: (long title) Notice how in this older submission, every entry in the same category of data appears together. All the cast are together, all the producers are together, etc. Now here is a more recent submission: IMDb update receipt #241220-060919-632000 New title Items submitted: 64 Adds: 64 Actor: Name: Brueggemann, Eli Character: Self Keyword: Keyword: tv-special Category: other Distributor: Company: Peacock [us] Attribute: (2025) (USA) (video) (VOD) Order: 2 Actor: Name: Gluck, Josiah Character: Self Actress: Name: Matthews, Mary Ellen Character: Self Release Date: Country: USA Date: 27 January 2025 Distributor: Company: National Broadcasting Company (NBC) [us] Attribute: (2025) (USA) (TV) (original broadcast) Order: 1 Actor: Name: Costello, Elvis Character: Self Actor: Name: O'Brien, Conan Character: Self Genre: Genre: Documentary Production Company: Company: Broadway Video [us] Actress: Name: Eilish, Billie Character: Self Title Url: Url: http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2024/12/19/nbc-announces-new-documentary-film-ladies-and-gentlemen-50-years-of-snl-music-from-grammy-and-academy-award-winning-filmmaker-ahmir-questlove-thompson-941415/20241219nbc01/ Description: The Futon Critic - press release (12/19/24) Actor: Name: White, Jack (XV) Character: Self Actor: Name: Franken, Al Character: Self Actor: Name: Piscopo, Joe (I) Character: Self Actor: Name: Morello, Tom (I) Character: Self Title Url: Url: https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/snl-music-documentary-questlove-nbc-1236255130/ Description: Variety - article (12/19/24) Director: Name: Rodriguez, Oz (II) Actor: Name: Higgins, Steve (I) Character: Self Running Time: Time: 180 Attribute: (including commercials) Actor: Name: Armisen, Fred Character: Self Production Country: Country Of Origin: USA Actress: Name: Cyrus, Miley Character: Self Producer: Name: Zohlman, Zarah Occupation: executive producer Title Url: Url: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/saturday-night-live-music-performance-doc-nbc-1236090662/ Description: Hollywood Reporter - article (12/19/24) Actor: Name: Bunny, Bad Character: Self Title: Title: Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025) (TV) Producer: Name: Sirulnick, Dave Occupation: executive producer Actor: Name: Stein, Chris (I) Character: Self Actress: Name: Rodrigo, Olivia Character: Self Actor: Name: Timberlake, Justin Character: Self Actor: Name: Ving, Lee Character: Self Director: Name: Questlove Genre: Genre: Music Actor: Name: Michaels, Lorne Character: Self Production Company: Company: Two One Five Entertainment [us] Actor: Name: Grohl, Dave Character: Self Actress: Name: Malone, Melanie Character: Self Actor: Name: O'Connell, Finneas Character: Self Actress: Name: Klein, Marci (I) Character: Self Actor: Name: Jagger, Mick Character: Self Actress: Name: Sha-Rock Character: Self Actress: Name: Patrick, Liz (I) Character: Self Language: Language: English Order: 1 Actress: Name: Lipa, Dua Character: Self Actor: Name: Murphy, Eddie (I) Character: Self Actor: Name: Simon, Paul (I) Character: Self Actor: Name: Hader, Bill Character: Self Actor: Name: McDaniels, Darryl Character: Self Actress: Name: Curtin, Jane (I) Character: Self Actress: Name: Musgraves, Kacey Character: Self Actor: Name: Pendarvis, Leon Character: Self Actor: Name: Fallon, Jimmy (I) Character: Self Actress: Name: Harry, Debbie Character: Self Producer: Name: David, Erin Occupation: executive producer Actor: Name: Pickett, Lenny (II) Character: Self Actress: Name: Nwodim, Ego Character: Self Producer: Name: Michaels, Lorne Occupation: executive producer Actor: Name: Stapleton, Chris (II) Character: Self Color Info: Color Info: Color Producer: Name: Questlove Occupation: executive producer Actor: Name: Malone, Tom (II) Character: Self Production Company: Company: RadicalMedia [us] Notice that there is no particular organization to the data. This is a new title submission, yet the actual title of the program does not appear until item 28 out of 64.  This isn't even the worst example. A contributor posted a data receipt yesterday where all the submissions had to do with awards for the same title. (See https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/awards-information-didnt-accept-recipients/677aa7826510c47951db0c74?commentId=677acabb64538c451163cfef&replyId=677c139f3674241c8df0291a.) And this is what it looked like: IMDb update receipt #250102-145955-562000 48 Hour Film Project, Toronto Items submitted: 31 Adds: 31 Award Nominee Name: Name: Spencer Jones Award Nomination: Award: Best Makeup Category: Best Makeup Year: 2024 Rank: Nominated (nom) Award Nominee Title: Title: Bored. Award Nominee Name: Name: Ziggy Schulting Award Nominee Title: Title: Bored. Award Nominee Name: Name: Ibrahim Awara Award Nominee Name: Name: Madison Caan Award Nominee Name: Name: Madison Caan Award Nominee Name: Name: Jonathan Brito Award Nominee Name: Name: Mila Zubair Award Nominee Name: Name: Spencer Jones Award Nominee Name: Name: Victoria Samcoe Award Nomination: Award: Best Actress Category: Best Actress Year: 2024 Rank: Nominated (nom) Award Nominee Title: Title: Bored. Award Nominee Name: Name: Adam Marley Award Nominee Name: Name: Stephanie Figueira Award Nominee Name: Name: Adam Marley Award Nominee Name: Name: Mila Zubair Award Nominee Name: Name: Victoria Samcoe Award Nominee Title: Title: Bored. Award Nomination: Award: Best Costumes Category: Best Costume Design Year: 2024 Rank: Winner (1) Award Nominee Name: Name: Stephanie Figueira Award Nominee Name: Name: Ziggy Schulting Award Nominee Name: Name: Jessica Worden Award Nomination: Award: Audience Choice Category: Audience Choice Year: 2024 Rank: Winner (1) Notes: Group G Winner Award Nominee Name: Name: Adam Marley Award Nominee Title: Title: Bored. Award: Award: Best Makeup Award Nomination: Award: Best Writing Category: Best Writing Year: 2024 Rank: Nominated (nom) Award Nominee Name: Name: Ziggy Schulting Award Nominee Name: Name: Jessica Worden If you can figure out which name goes with which award category in the above listing, you may be a lot smarter than I am. This formatting of the submission is incomprehensible to me. So I am requesting that the programmers at IMDb figure out how to put the submission receipts back into logical order.

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Hi gromit82- Thank you for reporting! We are raising the observed changes with the appropriate team (Ref Ticket #V1637535444) and we'll follow-up once we have further information. Cheers!

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I noticed in many of my recent email confirmations that "items submitted" is counting the number of data sections rather than the number of items in the submission (in the usual understanding of an item). For example:  The Kiss (1 item submitted) Language Adds Language: French Order: 2 Edits Language Before: Danish After: Danish Order Before: (empty) After: 1 When I click "View Contribution Status" it correctly says "2 items".

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@Peter_pbn​ Hi- Thank you for reporting! I have added this information to the reference ticket above. Our team is aware of the issue and working toward a resolution. Cheers!

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The thing with email notifications from each time a contribution to IMDB is made, they've changed sometime last year. Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/has-anyone-else-noticed-this/67f267d33a8e146ade75d3c2 Title : Has Anyone Else Noticed This

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Yes, I have raised it as a problem here before. See the thread at https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/data-submission-receipts-are-less-useful-now/677dcce6f8b167574e1f4556 . The formatting has changed somewhat since I last posted about it, but it still has problems. Here is an example: Contribution Confirmation #250406-220541-321000 Contribution Details Hugo Awards (3 items submitted) Award Nominee Title Adds Title: Doctor Who Title: Fallout Title: Agatha All Along Title: Doctor Who Title: Star Trek: Lower Decks Title: Star Trek: Lower Decks Award Nomination Adds Award: Hugo Category: Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form Year: 2025 Rank: Nominated (nom) Notes: For episode "Death's Hand in Mine". Award: Hugo Category: Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form Year: 2025 Rank: Nominated (nom) Notes: For episode "The Beginning". Award: Hugo Category: Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form Year: 2025 Rank: Nominated (nom) Notes: For episode "Dot and Bubble". Award: Hugo Category: Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form Year: 2025 Rank: Nominated (nom) Notes: For episode "Fissure Quest". Award: Hugo Category: Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form Year: 2025 Rank: Nominated (nom) Notes: For episode "The New Next Generation". Award: Hugo Category: Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form Year: 2025 Rank: Nominated (nom) Notes: For episode "73 Yards". Award Nominee Name Adds Name: Jac Schaeffer Name: Gene Roddenberry Name: Gia King Name: Russell T. Davies Name: Mike McMahan Name: Russell T. Davies Name: Mike McMahan Name: Dylan Holmes Williams Name: Wayne Che Yip Name: Lauren McGuire Name: Gene Roddenberry Name: Dylan Holmes Williams Name: Brandon Williams Name: Cameron Squires Name: Gursimran Sandhu Name: Megan Lloyd *** Note that there is no particular order in which any of the data is listed. That is, even though the first listed title is "Doctor Who", the first listed episode is not from "Doctor Who", nor are the first listed nominees from "Doctor Who". One would not be able to determine from this receipt which episode goes with which series, nor who was the screenwriter and director for each nominated episode.

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@CuriousUserX90- Hi, Thank you for reporting and thank you @gromit82 as well! We have merged this post onto this combined thread for the same issue reported. I have added further information on the ticket raised above. Our team is aware of the issue and working toward a resolution. Cheers!