Unable to get a title change approved...

Hi,

There's a little-remembered series called "Beadle's Hot Shots", which is perhaps only of historical significance as director Edgar Wright began his career on it as a student.

I'm trying to tidy the entry up, as there's wrong dates on it, etc., but I can't even get the title changed, it's still listed as just "Hot Shots".

Why can't I get it changed? "Unable to verify".

The first time I submitted SOME evidence, but I just submitted again (after that was rejected) under #220314-171235-773000

AGAIN it came back as "unable to verify".

Here's the three-part evidence I supplied:

1. An online episode (an actual episode!!!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Sp3Xx7BuE

2. The logo: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0880137/mediaviewer/rm3024755457/

3. Newspaper listings. Screenshot from The Times: https://ibb.co/4P2QS0j

I don't know what more "verification" is needed, really.

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3 years ago

One exception to the "as it appears on screen" rule: Author or filmmaker possessives such as Bram Stoker's Dracula, Disney's The Kid, or Andy Warhol's Flesh are used only in alternate titles with the attribute (complete title) unless it is a part of the joke i.e. Jane Austen's Mafia! or Monty Python's Flying Circus.

https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/title-formatting/G56U5ERK7YY47CQB

Under "Possessives"

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MovieCat

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@mbmb Thank you.

I was also trying to get the "titles" and the "plot outlines" deleted for the following episodes (it was a collection of sketches, so the "plots" don't relate to the overall show, and there were no "titles" - it appears to be one of the sketch submitters who added these):

https://contribute.imdb.com/title/tt1471615

https://contribute.imdb.com/title/tt1471614

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1471616/reference/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1471617/reference/

I got "We did not capture a specific reason during processing."

I don't know how to describe it more than that... there's no episode titles for this show, and the plot outlines are the plot descriptions of just ONE sketch out of maybe a dozen.

It's also VERY inaccurate. For example, one cites "Reservoir Monks", when, as can be seen from this screenshot, the title (of the sketch, not the overall show) is completely different:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1476630/mediaviewer/rm2941197057/

3 years ago

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MovieCat

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3 years ago

Oh, I should point out that I DID get "Beadle's Hot Shots" accepted... but as the "alternate title".

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Michelle

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3 years ago

Hi MovieCat -

To clarify the outstanding issues with this series and episode titles, all episode titles should be removed, is that correct?

Additionally, you mentioned trying to remove some bad plot outlines, in order for our staff to take a look can you post the 18-digit submission reference numbers associated with your most recent plot updates?

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@Michelle Thank you Michelle. Yes, that's correct, there should be no "titles" on any of the episodes. I see that the plot outlines were submitted by some people who did one of the sketches on the show, so the plots/titles are just about their contribution, nothing else.

The submission for plot removals are as follows:

#220312-225301-175000

#220312-225254-317000

#220312-223242-295000

#220312-191751-174000

The series isn't well-known, but may attract more attention now I've added Edgar Wright to the crew list. (It was his start in TV).

3 years ago

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Michelle

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Hi @MovieCat -

The episode title texts and reported Plot Outlined have now been removed.

Cheers!

3 years ago

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MovieCat

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