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Thursday, June 23rd, 2022 12:38 AM

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Trivia item approved for 3 weeks, then declined and removed?

Item #220528-203026-923000 was on the movie's page for almost a month, then was removed with the reason being, "Reason Not specified

Your contribution has been declined. We did not capture a specific reason during processing." How would I be able to address this? I have 140 items contributed and there's usually a reason given for a submission being declined.

The exact same thing happened with item #220528-124624-875000. Same movie, too.

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11 months ago

Nothing? Okay. I'm re-submitting the trivia points.

SoCalGrace

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11 months ago

Although I've never had something removed after being approved, I HAVE seen that 'no specific reason' thing [when a submission got declined] and it really bugs me! If they're going to decline or remove something, they MUST have a reason, so why don't they just say it?!

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11 months ago

Hi @RandalllFlagg -

I can see that these Trivia items were initially approved but were later reported and removed because the trivia did not directly relate to the title production, but rather events outside of the title.

I hope this help!

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@Michelle​ Thank you for the reply. I was curious about what constitutes movie trivia here, though. 

The 1979 movie, "Prophecy," has as it's third listing in the trivia section that states David Seltzer's book and screenplay was taken from an incident in 1958 in Minimata, Japan. That incident was about industrial mercury poisoning and not a mutated bear ripping apart campers. There are other trivia listings stating that one actor/actress shares a birthday with his/her co-star in some movie. For example, this is from the first Avengers movie's trivia section:

"Scarlett Johansson and Mark Ruffalo share the same birthday (November 22). Additionally, Chris Evans and Stellan Skarsgård also share a birthday (June 13)."

This trivia has absolutely nothing to do with The Avengers (2012). Yet it stays there on that page. 

I can list many other examples.

Also, why is this thread marked, "Solved," when it's not?

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@Michelle​ Not trying to sound impatient, but it's been five days. 

Any reason for the removal of my trivia points juxtaposed with the other example I provided above?

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11 months ago

This is still not, "Solved."

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@RandalllFlagg​ Now reading as, "No Status."

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Putting data for this movie is starting to feel like pulling teeth. Why is that?

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8 months ago

Hi @RandalllFlagg -

My apologies for the delayed reply, our staff are now working through a backlog of threads to help resolve any outstanding issues.

Concerning the other titles you referenced, if you have observed bad trivia on other pages on the site you are welcome to request the removal through our online Update form and our editors will take a look.

As mentioned previously, the trivia item you initially listed is not eligible as per our Trivia Guidelines, as the trivia item does not pertain to the production itself.

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@Michelle​ Well, I received an email yesterday that said there was a reply on this thread from months ago. In that time, there seems to be a few additions to this movie's trivia listing that are clearly not conforming to the, "Not Accepted Trivia," guidelines: 

  1. Your opinions: Please do not include personal opinions and try not to use subjective descriptions ("in this great movie...", "Chaplin's superbly comic performance...", etc).

For example:

"The Daily Beast reported that D'Souza continued to be frustrated that his film was not receiving much attention outside of an "election-denier movement" that already believed in Trump's false claims of a stolen election, with the movement's adherents demanding that conservative media outlets talk more about the film."

"False" claims? Wouldn't this be a personal opinion?

While I realize that this particular film has caused a bunch of polarization in many people, I was hoping that personal biases would not have bled into this area. When submitting items into the database, I work hard in avoiding the injection of my own personal opinions or beliefs -as that should remain in the realm of the review sections. Not the trivia sections.

(Ironically, my review of this movie was denied on Amazon.)

I've been an IMDB member for over 19 years. This site has remained mostly neutral and a solid place to find accurate facts about entertainment media. I truly hope it stays that way and isn't corrupted into some Craigslist/Reddit mutation that can't be relied on for accuracy.