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Remove self data from cast list

Hi, I provided the cast information for the title tt27577936 and added the complete cast lists for the two individual episodes of this mini-series. Someone changed my data and submitted each entry with a "self" credit, which isn't true. Except for the archive footage people, every role is played by an actor, the role name is also listed. Can someone fix this?

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Hi SirPercy- Can you also post the 18-digit submission reference numbers for these additions you had made? Cheers!

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Hi Maya, sure...these were #230423-091945-187000 and #230423-102600-213000

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It's probably not that someone submitted changes to the data, but IMDb changed the display. All the credits were presumably placed as Self credits because the documentary genre is listed. Perhaps it can still be fixed by adding the keyword "reenactment" to the episode and/or series. (Edit: Apparently not since "reenactment" has since been added with no effect on the credits.)

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Okay, sounds reasonable...but this seems to be a bug then, because not every documentary entry features solely self credits...especially not, when other genre entries as drama and history are listed for a title as well.

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@SirPercy- Hi again, We have now fixed the credits on this title and the changes are now live on the site. This has already been forwarded to the respective team as well. We'll also post this here on How to move credits out of the Self section? for further references. It will be under the 'Why do some acting credits show up in a separate list under a category called "Self" even if those people didn't actually appear as themselves?': https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/filmography-credits/filmography-faqs/GXXHC234LLGMKTEE?ref_=helpart_nav_5#

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Arguably the help FAQ doesn't really answer the question of why some acting credits mistakenly show up under Self. As in this case, the answer may be that credits were misplaced by IMDb based on the type of title, but there is no mention of that in the help file.