Need help removing a duplicate credit

Ozzy.

This does not help me at all. In fact, by removing credits outside of the one I was asking for help with, which were already correctly listed with my correct job title, you have effectively defaced my imdb profile, which is a public profile that I use in the commission of my work as a film industry employee. I am also a paying member of the imdb.

What you have done has made me seriously question why I am paying for an imdb account in the first place, if I am unable to effect changes to make sure the correct credits are displayed, with the correct job title. You have ultimately created even more work for me, in order for me to now untangle the mess you have created.

I appreciate that some credits will be listed differently and appear differently depending on who is entering them, and where they were sourced from. But I can tell you from experience, that in the commission of my work, administrative people regularly mis-print my on screen credits. My job title is frequently displayed incorrectly, sometimes in the wrong department and sometimes with the wrong job title.

The only person who knows my correct job title and can make sure it is displayed correctly every time, is me: the actual human who does the actual job and remembers what my job title is from actually getting paid to do it.

Furthermore, do you understand how vendor/client screen credit allotments are managed? (probably not, because you don't work in the film industry) Each client is different and each client allots a finite character limit, for vendors, per film, per show, and its up to administrators within that company to come up with the most novel ways to display screen credits within those limitations. This often boils down to an artist's name being inserted into some of the screen credits, but not all of the screen credits.

Nepotism is also a big problem in these circles, as often times employees who are closer to the screen credit process will manipulate the system to make sure their name appears as many times as possible, which in turn often means the artists who actually did work on an IP, are only credited some of the time, due to the limitations of said character limit. Also, sometimes a number of employees who work in limited or niche fields, are lumped together under the banners of other departments to save on spacing.

So due to all these factors (and many more I won't list) there are myriad reasons why the onscreen credits are often incorrect, and the IMDB is actually the only weighty, valid place for these credits to be recorded with a greater sense of accuracy and correctness. In fact its probably the ONLY place where people can rest assured that their work will be accurately recorded.

I would appreciate it if you could undo all the changes you've made in your attempt at 'helping me' and forget this conversation ever took place...

Hi robmacb,

It is IMDb's policy to list credits as they appear on-screen, as per our standard guidelines reflected in this FAQ:

Why have you deleted one or more of my credits?

I would also encourage you to look into our new and updated professions, whereby you can manually select how you'd like your IMDbPro page to represent the work you do. You can find guidance on how to manage your professions in this guide.

I hope this helps!

You haven't helped me in any way, so no this doesn't help. Please don't reply or involve yourself further.