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Honorifics

Has there been an announcement that IMDb now want honorifics included as part of the main name?

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Vande: In case it might help, I've just re-submitted this correction myself with the following explanation:

See https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/names-biographical-data/names/GSA3M6SFHRAERXZ3#suffix  which says, "... degree indications like Ph.D., are not considered part of the name, and are not included in the primary name, even if that is how the name appears on screen." Ed.D. is a degree indication like Ph.D. and should not be included in this person's primary name, much less at the start of her name.

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@gromit82​ thank you.  Amazing that IMDb don't even know their own rules! 
Especially such a long-standing one which I believe has been around during my entire decade and a half of contributing!

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3 years ago

Also, I've submitted a cleanup for the sole additional crew credit.

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3 years ago

Hi Vande-

Thank you for reporting and posting the screengrab of the submission! I have further investigated this name correction submission as our policy remains that honorifics are not allowed as part of the name and it was a processing error which I have already escalated.

As for the contribution that gromit82 re-submitted, I have now approved the name correction and the changes will be live on the site shortly for Judith E. Gerson

Thanks again for reporting! 

Cheers!