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Need help deleting my creator credit from Series page

I'm one of the creators of this TV series. My writing partner M. Burak Unal and I (M. Akif Malatyali) are listed as creators on the episode level. Unfortunately only I show as the creator on the series title level. I had previously added both our names as creators on the series level, but only mine was approved. I submitted WGA copyright filing under M. Burak Unal's name as proof of his creator status, but it was declined with no explanation. I was also informed that it creator credits should be better added on episode level instead of the series level, so I tried on two separate tickets to delete myself as a creator from the series level so that it would be according to regulations and the series level would hopefully be populated from the creator credits from the episode level, but that deletion was also denied (221224-224422-704000). I also have scorecard access to this title under the production company of Berk Productions. Trying to make the changes through that portal did not give results as well.

We have been going back and forth with IMDb support to no avail for weeks. We both are are credited as creators on the pilot episode. I would like that to be reflected on the series title page as well. As I've run out of different options to try I hoped this forum would help resolve the issue.

I would really appreciate of we could sort this issue out.

Thanks in advance,

M. Akif Malatyali

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3 years ago

I don't think there is a need to delete anything.

When creator credits are added to episodes they are also automatically added to the series level, but I think this may only work if the attribute is "creator" rather than "created by".

I have just tried to add the series-level credit for Unal, let's see if it works.

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3 years ago

Hi Peter,

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply back and adding the credit. The issue seems to have been solved. I can see both credits on the series page, but when I check the writers on the edit page I see that M. Burak Unal is added as "created by," not "creator." Regardless the issue is solved and I thank you very much.

My other issue was adjusting the order of the creator credits to list M. Burak Unal as the first one. Even tough the three number code at the end is correctly set up, it still lists him second. Any ideas on why that might be the case?

I'm attaching a screen capture of the edit page:

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@akifmalatyali​ 

I'm not sure why, but I guess they are displayed alphabetically.

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I will email support for that I guess. Do you have any ideas why the attribute would still be "created by" when you said you would input it as "creator"? You think that also reverts to "created by" automatically?

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@akifmalatyali​ 

No, I used "created by" because that is what was on the episode page and on your credit, and I think they should be the same.

What I meant is that if you had used "creator" when you added the credits to the episode, the credits probably would have been added to the series page automatically.

IMDb staff may be able to answer about the order of the creators if they reply to this thread.

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Now I understand what you meant. Thank you again for your help. Much appreciated.