Declined? This decision makes no sense. Please explain

Keep it short?! You mean mine is too long?!

LOL. You must be joking.

Some things need to be explained in detail or the point is lost. 

Or do You mean it should be short like this one that was approved for the movie A Few Good Men??!!

"Aaron Sorkin, was inspired to write the play "A Few Good Men", from a recounting of a case being work on by his sister Deborah Sorkin. a recent graduate of Boston University Law School, who had signed up for three years on the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps. She represented some of the individuals who were charged. The facts of the case:

• There was a number of Marines who worked perimeter security on base, which was one of the tougher assignments, who were part of an an elite and unofficial group of Marines known as "The Ten" which engaged in more strenuous conditioning and worked directly under the base colonel and company captain.
• The Marines who were on-duty in this group ,engaged in fence-line shooting to "instigate a war".
• While stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Private First Class (PFC) William Alvarado wrote letters to a Texas Congressman complaining of poor conditions and illegal activities on the base, including Marines firing shots across the fence line into Cuba. PFC Alvarado also requested a transfer off the base.
• There were also concerns that Alvarado informed that some marines at Guantanamo Bay had fired without authorization into enemy territory.
• This information reached commanding officer Colonel Samuel Adams , a Texas Native, who elected not to transfer Alvarado, despite concerns that the Marine's violation of the chain of command may put him in danger.
• In September 1986, "The Ten" allegedly were encouraged to punish Alvarado for what was viewed as dishonorable conduct. One night, "The Ten" chose to perform a "code red". A "code red" is how they refer to hazing a Marine and is strictly against Marine Corps policy.
• Alvarado did lose consciousness when he was bound with tape and gagged with a pillowcase
• Alvarado was taken to the infirmary before being transferred to a hospital in Miami, Florida, where he went on to make a full recovery
• Following the incident, "The Ten" admitted guilt and were arrested immediately.
• All ten Marines were offered a choice: they could accept a plea bargain, which would see them receiving no criminal charges or convictions, though they would be dishonorably discharged from the Marine Corps, or they could proceed on to a court martial in which they would be charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
• Seven of the ten accepted the plea bargain, including platoon leader Christopher Lee Valdez, who was the only one of the seven to get his discharge upgraded to "honorable".
• David Cox, along with two other Marines, elected to stand trial, arguing that they had committed this act under an order from a commanding officer and that murder had never been the intention. The court martial, which lasted four days, saw Cox and the other two Marines cleared of both murder and conspiracy charges, though Cox was found guilty of simple assault, for which he was sentenced to thirty days. Since he had been in the brig for thirty-eight days at the time, the simple assault charge was dismissed to time served. Cox went on to finish his service with the Marine Corps, being honorably discharged in September 1989 at the rank of corporal.
• When Cox was discharged from the Marines, he worked part-time for the parcel-carrier UPS, for nearly four years. and was on the verge of receiving a full-time position, till he vanished under mysterious circumstances, in his home state of Massachusetts. On the day of his disappearance, his supervisor had left a message on his machine informing him of a full-time offer. His body was discovered in a wooden area near the Charles River, in April, four months after his disappearance."

That is why was rejected, you will need to shorten the Trivia and re submit the contribution.

But the other one that I showed you that was literally a college thesis from the movie a few good men that IMDb approved, that one's OK but mine's too long? 
seems like a double standard to me

I can't find the Trivia that you are referring to, from the link provided, what I can see are different Trivias listed in the name page. Can you show me what long Trivia you are referring to?

I copied and pasted it in my original message and I put quotation marks around it from the movie a few good men

@Fran​ 

here it is again. From the trivia section from the movie a few good men. The length fee college thesis that somebody from IMDb approved. When I see something like this you certainly have to understand how I can be confused and frustrated when I'm told mine are too long when I see this type of stuff. Here goes…

"Aaron Sorkin, was inspired to write the play "A Few Good Men", from a recounting of a case being work on by his sister Deborah Sorkin. a recent graduate of Boston University Law School, who had signed up for three years on the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps. She represented some of the individuals who were charged. The facts of the case:

• There was a number of Marines who worked perimeter security on base, which was one of the tougher assignments, who were part of an an elite and unofficial group of Marines known as "The Ten" which engaged in more strenuous conditioning and worked directly under the base colonel and company captain.
• The Marines who were on-duty in this group ,engaged in fence-line shooting to "instigate a war".
• While stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Private First Class (PFC) William Alvarado wrote letters to a Texas Congressman complaining of poor conditions and illegal activities on the base, including Marines firing shots across the fence line into Cuba. PFC Alvarado also requested a transfer off the base.
• There were also concerns that Alvarado informed that some marines at Guantanamo Bay had fired without authorization into enemy territory.
• This information reached commanding officer Colonel Samuel Adams , a Texas Native, who elected not to transfer Alvarado, despite concerns that the Marine's violation of the chain of command may put him in danger.
• In September 1986, "The Ten" allegedly were encouraged to punish Alvarado for what was viewed as dishonorable conduct. One night, "The Ten" chose to perform a "code red". A "code red" is how they refer to hazing a Marine and is strictly against Marine Corps policy.
• Alvarado did lose consciousness when he was bound with tape and gagged with a pillowcase
• Alvarado was taken to the infirmary before being transferred to a hospital in Miami, Florida, where he went on to make a full recovery
• Following the incident, "The Ten" admitted guilt and were arrested immediately.
• All ten Marines were offered a choice: they could accept a plea bargain, which would see them receiving no criminal charges or convictions, though they would be dishonorably discharged from the Marine Corps, or they could proceed on to a court martial in which they would be charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
• Seven of the ten accepted the plea bargain, including platoon leader Christopher Lee Valdez, who was the only one of the seven to get his discharge upgraded to "honorable".
• David Cox, along with two other Marines, elected to stand trial, arguing that they had committed this act under an order from a commanding officer and that murder had never been the intention. The court martial, which lasted four days, saw Cox and the other two Marines cleared of both murder and conspiracy charges, though Cox was found guilty of simple assault, for which he was sentenced to thirty days. Since he had been in the brig for thirty-eight days at the time, the simple assault charge was dismissed to time served. Cox went on to finish his service with the Marine Corps, being honorably discharged in September 1989 at the rank of corporal.
• When Cox was discharged from the Marines, he worked part-time for the parcel-carrier UPS, for nearly four years. and was on the verge of receiving a full-time position, till he vanished under mysterious circumstances, in his home state of Massachusetts. On the day of his disappearance, his supervisor had left a message on his machine informing him of a full-time offer. His body was discovered in a wooden area near the Charles River, in April, four months after his disappearance."

I was able to re submit the Trivia on your behalf, the changes will be live in the site shortly! 

Thanks for being a sport! You see I have many contributions, 99.9% have been accepted and they're usually good, insightful, and researched. I'm just trying to help make your website more of a success. And sometimes if you believe in what you've done, you have to make a good argument for it

@Fran​ 

Fran

your pals declined it again!

@Cousinvin62​ - This has been re-submitted. The changes are still in-progress and will be updated once completed.

The one that Fran resubmitted, I received an email from IMDb saying that the original one, which she resubmitted, it was pending. That was a few days ago. Today I see the decision was made that it was declined. Sounds like the decision was made and it's not in progress anymore. The one I saw decline wasn't the one I sent in about a week ago but it was the one she sent in

A version of the item is already on the page.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100403/trivia/?item=tr8852879&ref_=ext_shr_lnk

That's the one I was made to alter 

@Fran​ 

Too long? Really? 1052 characters and that includes periods and spaces in between words.

I ran my contribution past ChatGPT and that's what it counted.

I believe my trivia falls well within your guidelines.

Please review this and reconsider because you are mistaken. I am challenging the decision of declining it.

Or, I always like to reference this other person's contribution for trivia for the movie A Few Good Men. Should I make it short like this one that was approved?  My point? IMDb saying my stuff is too long is a joke when you all approve literal diatribes like this and then tell me mine  is too long?  LOL

"Aaron Sorkin, was inspired to write the play "A Few Good Men", from a recounting of a case being work on by his sister Deborah Sorkin. a recent graduate of Boston University Law School, who had signed up for three years on the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps. She represented some of the individuals who were charged. The facts of the case:

• There was a number of Marines who worked perimeter security on base, which was one of the tougher assignments, who were part of an an elite and unofficial group of Marines known as "The Ten" which engaged in more strenuous conditioning and worked directly under the base colonel and company captain.
• The Marines who were on-duty in this group ,engaged in fence-line shooting to "instigate a war".
• While stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Private First Class (PFC) William Alvarado wrote letters to a Texas Congressman complaining of poor conditions and illegal activities on the base, including Marines firing shots across the fence line into Cuba. PFC Alvarado also requested a transfer off the base.
• There were also concerns that Alvarado informed that some marines at Guantanamo Bay had fired without authorization into enemy territory.
• This information reached commanding officer Colonel Samuel Adams , a Texas Native, who elected not to transfer Alvarado, despite concerns that the Marine's violation of the chain of command may put him in danger.
• In September 1986, "The Ten" allegedly were encouraged to punish Alvarado for what was viewed as dishonorable conduct. One night, "The Ten" chose to perform a "code red". A "code red" is how they refer to hazing a Marine and is strictly against Marine Corps policy.
• Alvarado did lose consciousness when he was bound with tape and gagged with a pillowcase
• Alvarado was taken to the infirmary before being transferred to a hospital in Miami, Florida, where he went on to make a full recovery
• Following the incident, "The Ten" admitted guilt and were arrested immediately.
• All ten Marines were offered a choice: they could accept a plea bargain, which would see them receiving no criminal charges or convictions, though they would be dishonorably discharged from the Marine Corps, or they could proceed on to a court martial in which they would be charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
• Seven of the ten accepted the plea bargain, including platoon leader Christopher Lee Valdez, who was the only one of the seven to get his discharge upgraded to "honorable".
• David Cox, along with two other Marines, elected to stand trial, arguing that they had committed this act under an order from a commanding officer and that murder had never been the intention. The court martial, which lasted four days, saw Cox and the other two Marines cleared of both murder and conspiracy charges, though Cox was found guilty of simple assault, for which he was sentenced to thirty days. Since he had been in the brig for thirty-eight days at the time, the simple assault charge was dismissed to time served. Cox went on to finish his service with the Marine Corps, being honorably discharged in September 1989 at the rank of corporal.
• When Cox was discharged from the Marines, he worked part-time for the parcel-carrier UPS, for nearly four years. and was on the verge of receiving a full-time position, till he vanished under mysterious circumstances, in his home state of Massachusetts. On the day of his disappearance, his supervisor had left a message on his machine informing him of a full-time offer. His body was discovered in a wooden area near the Charles River, in April, four months after his disappearance."