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submissions declined despite evidence

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I submitted 2 edits to add the cat character to the episodes and attached screenshots of the credit in the end credits.
They were declined for:-
"Reason Does not meet contribution guidelines."
There have been 14 previous submissions with the same information accepted.
Please can you review them and hopefully sort them out?
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Hello leylandtiger

260205-154201-696000 Both of the submissions are breaching policy since the credits are not Actor credit, it does not belon in the Department. It looks more to be a additional crew credit.

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I can understand that logic but 14 other submissions have been approved for the cat character in the Cast section.

When my first submission for #2.1 was declined, I had explained that during the first series of "My Life Is Murder" the cat was credited alongside the human cast and that is why I queried treating "Chowder" character the same way and it was approved but the last couple submissions were again declined.

Does IMDB prefer that any future entries, there will be quite a few, be placed in the Additional Crew section instead? Will you be able to transfer the 14 existing Cast entries to Additional Crew?

Thanks.

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After reviewing further, the credit does qualify for a cast listing and we have now re submitted and approved the two missing credits, the changes will be live shortly! 

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Thanks for looking into it.

Knowing my luck, is there anyway to refer to this decision when future submissions are declined for the same reason?

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Future submissions should be able to go through since the same credit is already live for other episodes.

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I hope you are right but from experience, by having to raise this issue several times for the same thing, I won't hold my breath.

Here's hoping the last 20 "Chowder" submissions go through easily.

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#260212-004952-348000 

Hi Fran,

My usual luck has won again!

I tried adding the cat character "Chowder" to the last 4 episodes of Series 3 of "My Life Is Murder" before I attempt the final 16 episodes of Series 4 & 5. 

So far the first submissions for #3.7 & #3.8 have been declined for:-

Reason Does not meet contribution guidelines.

Episodes #3.9 & #3.10 are still pending and I have attached the Refs below.

I know you thought that "Future submissions should be able to go through since the same credit is already live for other episodes." but it seems not to be the case.

If you can review everything and hopefully process them, I will hold off submitting the last 16 until they are approved.

Thanks. 

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#260212-072440-457000

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@leylandtiger- Thank you for posting the references! The first two were re-submitted and approved. And the last two have been approved. 

The changes will be live shortly.

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Thanks for sorting it out.

If I have the same problem with the last 16 episodes, should I just add a note here to request help?

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@leylandtiger- You're welcome! Yes, you can go ahead and let us know.

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