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Incorrectly credited and credited and credited...
Over the last year or so, someone has been crediting me as a Puppeteer / Muppeteer on over 100 old projects. I am not, nor have I ever been a Puppeteer / Muppeteer. I was successful a couple of months ago in having IMDb remove these credits, after much frustration and two hours of individually having to delete each credit for project and episodes. Then, a few weeks later, they added them all back and then some! I now have a credit for a show, credited as "Langley McCrea". I don't know who this person is. They do not have an IMDb page, and I can't find anyone by that name in a Google search, Facebook, Instagram, etc. IMDb continues to say that I can't provide proof that I was not a Puppeteer / Muppeteer on these projects. What more proof do you need other than the fact that I HAVE NEVER BEEN A MUPPETEER OR PUPPETEER IN MY LIFE!!!!!! This is so frustrating. Remove these stupid credits NOW. Do your job. Track down this "Langley McCrea" and fix the issue. Give them their own page because obviously they've worked hard for it!
keyword_expert
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2 years ago
At this point, seems like IMDb should contact whomever is doing this and tell them to stop.
Prior post: Falsely credited
My guess is this all may stem from this title, on which it looks like you actually did appear uncredited in a Muppets movie, as "Security Guard (uncredited)":
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158811/reference/
I'm guessing someone who adds data to various Muppets and puppets titles mixed up the unique "name" ID for your IMDb listing (nm1105676) with another person.
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lmcarol
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274 Points
2 years ago
Thanks for all the feedback. How do I get IMDb to remove those credits? They seem to ignore my requests after the first removal (then they added them and more back 2 weeks later).
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Michelle
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2 years ago
Hi lmcarol -
I have now removed the reported invalid credits. I have also taken internal steps to help catch and prevent this issue from reoccurring.
Cheers!
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mbmb
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2 years ago
@Michelle Did you delete the unordered fake "Utility Puppeteer" cast entries from this example? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7852182/fullcredits
I can see the vandalism was not dealt with looking at the "Additional Muppet Performer (uncredited)" entries here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3268828/fullcredits/
Like I said, I can trace these and more with little info and abilities, why an IMDb editor with all of their admin abilities can't do that?
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Bethanny
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1 year ago
Hi!
Sorry for the late reply, we had identified users and cleaned a lot, but there were so many accounts doing this that cleanup was pending, I have now taken some time to clean as much as I could. If you see any remaining fake puppeteer credits let me know!
Cheers!
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