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Plot outline battle over a new title...

So I've been helping put some info into a currently airing title, Genius Game: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31775027/reference/?ref_=tt_rv Ahead of every episode someone will add a plot outline before it's even aired. Fair enough. They probably piece it together from the "next time" clip at the end, I don't know. But when the episode has aired, I enter a plot outline that tells more of the episode, the "story", in a non-spoilerish way. A bit more meat on the bone, as it were. But I've noticed a couple of my plot outlines have been overwritten with the original, sparse, plots again, suggesting they've been resubmitted and approved. Rather than get in a back-and-forth, I thought I'd just mention it here. Here's a sample: Episode One: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31775693/reference/?ref_=ttep_ep_1 Pre-broadcast original plot outline: "11 players take on their first Main Match in the group game Gold Heist, but one of them must be eliminated in the Death Match." Here was my version (the concept of there being 11 players is in the overall title plot outline): "The eleven contestants meet for the first time, having to quickly build alliances - and factions - as they take part in a Gold Heist game. The loser of the main game has to enter a Death Match with a chosen opponent to see who can stay." 1.2 seems to have been left, but here's 1.3: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31775702 Original plot outline added before broadcast: "Having said goodbye to another player, nine return for their third Main Match and complete to try and crack a ten-letter code word." My version (which was written to tie in with the screenshot I'd added to the episode): ""Code Breakers" is the new challenge, where the contestants must combine clues to uncover a secret word. But with Benjamin the "Undercover Agent" to disrupt the game, he decides to take charge and get the rest to play the game his way." That last one is a little more spoilery than I'd normally go for, but doesn't mention anything that isn't in the first ten minutes. I do prefer to edit old TV titles, where the wait for data to be accepted is a lot quicker, and there's not "too many cooks".

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7 months ago

Hi MovieCat - Thanks for reporting the issue with these plot outlines. Our staff are currently investigating the situation (ticket #P240057885), and we will follow-up here shortly with our findings.

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The cast order for the first two episodes has now been removed.

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I've now resubmitted the cast order for episode one, but it's a pain having to repeat work. For the first couple of episodes there were also some contestants who didn't get an onscreen credit due to time, so I had them down as uncredited, which was removed. It was as if whoever amended that didn't understand. Someone who only appears in recap footage in the second episode (it's an elimination game with someone leaving each week) had "(archivefootage)(uncredited)" added - this was also removed. Frustrating.

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14 days ago

Hi MovieCat -

Apologies for the delay response regarding the report filed above. 

We understand your frustration regarding the back-and-forth changes to your plot outline submissions. While your more detailed versions provide valuable context and information, IMDb operates as a collaborative platform where multiple users can contribute and edit content. Unfortunately, we cannot lock plot outlines to prevent other users from making changes.

However, we would like to suggest an alternative approach that might better serve your goal of providing more detailed episode information. Instead of replacing the concise plot outlines, you could submit your more detailed versions as plot summaries. Plot summaries allow for more elaborate descriptions of episodes and would be an excellent place for your thoughtful, detailed content.

Cheers!

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Hi Maya,

This seems to have stopped now.

While I appreciate it's collaborative, if someone's written a sparse, inaccurate outline then I think they should let it go in the name of quality control, but there you go.