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Fake prehistoric documentaries

So the person who made these "woolly giraffe" edits apparently added a bundle of fake titles onto pre-existing documentaries and BBC shows. I do not know if the person who contributed these fake titles can be traced or if they can be banned, but this is really getting out of hand. Several even had fake credits attached to them; there was one nonexistent show where the majority of its credits were nonexistent people. I apologize for how lengthy this post will be, but it really is 'that' bad. Also for clarification: the "woolly giraffe" is not a real animal either.

This is a list of what I could find:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30788347/?ref_=fn_t_6 (Nonexistent episode of Andy's Dino Adventures)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30788322/?ref_=ttep_ep_4 (Nonexistent episode of Ice Age Giants)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39306188/?ref_=fn_t_4 (Nonexistent show)

Nonexistent episodes of https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0297556/episodes/?ref_=tt_ov_epl  Extinct (2001): Everything after episode 6 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30788327/?ref_=tt_ov_ep_nx (Nonexistent episode of Ice Age Giants)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39185744/?ref_=ttep_ep_7 (Nonexistent episode of Prehistoric Park)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40124265/?ref_=tt_ov_ep_nx (Nonexistent episode of Prehistoric Park)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40124267/?ref_=tt_ov_ep_nx (Nonexistent episode of Prehistoric Park)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34807712/?ref_=ttep_ep_8 (Nonexistent episode of Prehistoric Planet, 2002)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt41541616/?ref_=ttep_ep_7 (Nonexistent episode of Wild New World)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt41541610/?ref_=tt_ov_ep_nx (Nonexistent episode of Wild New World)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40550136/?ref_=fn_t_9 (Nonexistent show)

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Hi TheKingOfFrogs-

Thank you for reporting and posting the links! We will review them and we'll post once we have further information.

Cheers!

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Thank you so much! I do apologize for how exhausting it must be. I am not so sure if its easier to take a look at somebody's contribution history, though that is obviously none of my business.

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Has there been an update by any chance? I noticed the pages are still there

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@TheKingOfFrogs​ - No updates yet, we will post once we have them.

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@TheKingOfFrogs​ - Circling back, apologies as this took longer! Upon further investigations, more fake title pages and name pages connected were found so several clean-up processes had to be done. 

All the pages reported above have been removed as well and the changes will be live on the site shortly.

Further actions have been taken on the contributors responsible. 

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Thank you so much!!

I'm glad that there has been a resolution on this matter.

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8 days ago

So just an update. I found another, again fake shows with fake company names and fake names mixed in with real names. I do not know if these were already found on the contributor's profiles or if it was done through multiple accounts, but I would make sure to get rid of these as well. It's a trip down the rabbit hole it seems.

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co1028501 (fake company consisting of fake and real titles)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39239220/?ref_=ttep_ov_bk

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31006324/?ref_=sr_t_53 (fake continuation of an existing Discovery Kids show)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm18087271/?ref_=tt_cst_t_1 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33967705/?ref_=sr_t_51 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37875562/?ref_=sr_t_104 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38077581/?ref_=sr_t_105 

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