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SOLVED, thank you. IMDb Assistance with Obvious GOOF.
Submitting a new post because it's been days and it's never taken so long to get a help response from an IMDb employee before. Hopefully this one will.
A legitimate goof for the film BAD MATCH (2017) has been declined twice now for "not meeting guidelines" and then "unable to verify" so I just need help understanding what am doing wrong exactly in this submission. Here is the text of the 2nd attempt as written (submitted as a 'Revealing Mistake'):
(at around 19 mins) The voice of Harris's boss clearly changes between lines. At first it is the voice of the actress who plays her (Noureen DeWulf) then it suddenly sounds like an Alexa AI voice sniping in with the line, "And I'm gonna need 500 words on Waldo's Scented Matches by Friday, got it?"
The character's voice switches from human to an AI 'text-to-speech' (that sounds exactly like an Alexa) within the very same block of dialogue, from one sentence to the next. It is impossible not to notice.
Given that some other 'goofs' I've submitted had all posted right away I've noticed that the only ones that have gotten 1-3 days pending-before-its-declined are whenever I include a timestamp to the goof (rather than describe the point in the movie). I know that sounds illogical, but I'm totally in the dark here. As a test I'll try re-submitting the exact post minus the timestamp and then I'll update here what happens. However I really prefer having the timestamp as it is simpler than describing where in the movie to find it (i.e. "In the scene at the office when XX is talking to XY after the third robbery...").
In the meantime can someone please help me out with this?
Here is a link to watch the movie streaming free on TUBI. Goof is at the 19 mins and 30 sec mark exactly.
And 1st attempt contribution number: 240523-235940-528000
And 2nd attempt contribution number: 240525-113051-056000
And 3rd attempt 240526-211329-935000
talentest
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4 months ago
I updated it to include the number for the 3rd (rejected) attempt without the timestamp.
Is there really no one out there with any advice on what I'm doing wrong here? Am I choosing the wrong "Type" category? Is it the inclusion of the dialogue being spoken in the scene? Is it that I didn't hyperlink the actress? Is it that I even used the actress's name (which I felt was necessary to differentiate there are 2 voices/same character)? Or is this somehow just not considered a goof?
I really feel like I'm grasping at straws in the dark here.
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Jimmi1996
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4 months ago
My suggestion Is that is beeing rejected becouse this is more something you are guessing then saying that is really is this way. As you are saying that
....it seem like......
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talentest
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4 months ago
Why is this marked as "solved"? No one from IMDb has even chimed in to offer help. I've just taken the suggestions by fellow IMDb users as to how to correct whatever is wrong, but all of us are still only guessing without any official input. I've just submitted my 4th attempt and like all of the others it is stuck in the "pending will probably decline" cycle.
This shouldn't be solved until someone from IMDb solves it.
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Bethanny
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4 months ago
Hi @talentest -
We do allow other users to be the ones to help, it seems to me @Peter_pbn and other users provided enough information to get your goof approved, reason why we marked solved.
If you have issues after following suggestions let us know.
Cheers!
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talentest
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4 months ago
So my contribution was declined for not meeting contribution guidelines. Does that mean I wrote it wrong, put it in the wrong "Type", or is it saying that this goof is not a goof? Some clarification that anyone could provide would be welcomed.
Here is the GOOF that I submitted as a 'Revealing Mistake' for the movie BAD MATCH (2017):
*edited to include my second attempt/second rejection as well, written with the suggested correction*
This HAS to count as a goof, right? The character's voice switches from human to an AI 'text-to-speech' (that sounds exactly like an Alexa) within the very same block of dialogue, from one sentence to the next. It is impossible not to notice.
What is it (again) that I can fix so I can re-re-submit this?
Here is a link to watch the movie streaming free on TUBI. It is at the 19 mins and 34 sec mark exactly.
And 1st attempt contribution number: 240523-235940-528000
And 2nd attempt contribution number: 240525-113051-056000
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