Unable to Verify when posting links & correcting grammar

I keep having this issue and I'm not sure what to do.

For years I corrected grammar on IMDb and had no issues whatsoever in having changes approved. Then suddenly everything seemed to be flagged and kicked back, right after they added the "Interesting" option where you can vote trivia and goofs up or down. Now I'm inexplicably about 50/50 with corrections. Some things will be approved and the most random things will be declined as "unable to verify", and it's often things that have no legitimate reason to be declined.

There are several in my edit history where all I did was add links to information that was already there, and the receipt says it was declined because it was "unable to verify". I'm puzzled and frustrated as to why I keep getting this. I followed the [link=...] formatting correctly so I'm really unsure as to why it was declined.
Ditto for some grammatical corrections too. Why would grammar have to be verified?
As a separate issue, sometimes an edit is approved, then pulled down for some reason. For instance, on one episode I inserted a bit of trivia as to to the basis of the episode (Law & Order is "ripped from the headlines" after all) and it was approved and viewable, then someone pulled it and it says in my history "unable to verify". This was obviously not corrected by a human, as it is easily Googled and verified within seconds. This was probably well over a year ago, and yet despite being re-submitted it's still not there https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0966156/trivia/?ref_=tt_ql_trv
There are also several places where someone listed a goof as trivia, so I tried to delete them from trivia and re-submit them into the goof section where they belong, but they were also declined as "unable to verify" so the goof remains in the wrong place. Those 3 hateful little words are frustrating me so much!

Attempted Remedies:

I have re-written some bits of trivia and some grammatical edits multiple times, and they're still declined, over and over again, for no reason I can discern
I have followed the instructions to re-submit, but I do not get the "check these updates" option nor do I get any opportunity to insert a reason. Just last night I tried to re-submit something and there was no way to check a box or pull down an option to "explain the edit" as it instructs. The directions for remedying the situation are very poor and leave us with few to no options. It's extremely frustrating.

My biggest problem at the moment is that even inserting links, using IMDb's formatting requirements, are being declined and I have no idea why. One example is here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6746132/trivia/?ref_=tt_ql_trv. I put in the links to the specific episodes but my edit history says:

Your Comment

Adding/correcting link(s)

Reason Unable to verify.

Your contribution has been declined. We have been unable to verify your contribution.

How do I fix this? Are my edits flagged or something? Why would something as innocuous as adding URLs be declined? REPEATEDLY

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Michelle

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4 years ago

Hi ecidnac -

I reviewed all these updates, and with the exception of a few (some have since been removed or were accepted, one was rejected as we were unable to verify the trivia item), I can confirm that these were incorrectly declined due to processing error.

I have now actioned all the above requested updates (adding/removing the applicable trivia and Goofs).

If you are still seeing that your current updates are being declined incorrectly, please report them here and our staff can investigate those accordingly.

Cheers!

ecidnac

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@Michelle Thank you for your time in checking the items I listed; I appreciate your help with those trivia items. Here's hoping that glitch has been cleared up! I re-formatted the Soundtrack ones that were kicked back and they were approved.

I have a question, if I may. I submitted a recent update (#210728-170054-632000) and it was declined "Reason Does not meet contribution guidelines". I was wondering if it was because of the profanity?

The swear word (a**hole) was already in the trivia and is still there (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1028636/trivia/?ref_=tt_ql_trv). It was not originally added by me. The translation of Czech is off; that's what I was trying to fix, leaving the rest of the statement intact. The captions are displayed on screen as "Welcome to Miami, a**hole" with a**hole uncensored. Should I censor it and re-submit even though it was already approved with the cuss all spelled out?

Thanks again for your time and offer of assistance!

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Michelle

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4 years ago

Hi ecidnac -

In order for our staff to investigate further, please post some recent 18-digit submission reference numbers associated with your declined updates (you can find your submissions in your Contribution History).

Once we have additional submission details we can take a look for you.

Cheers!

ecidnac

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@Michelle sure, I'll list a few.

It seems that since I wrote this comment some of the previously declined items from this year have been approved so these are some past edits that were declined for odd reasons.

22 May 2020
#200522-022117-214000

Tried to delete trivia items because they belonged in the goofs section. Declined, unable to verify, though they are obvious goofs.

19 April 2020
#200419-042229-395000

This piece of trivia belongs on a specific episode, not the series as a whole, as it could be considered a spoiler for a particular season, revealing that Geillis is a time traveler. Tried to delete, declined, unable to verify.

18 September 2019
#190918-170149-885000

Links added, edits declined

9 September 2019
#190909-023236-522000

Tried to delete duplicate item (there's another trivia item with this exact information, plus more) but was declined as "Reason Factually incorrect: Your contribution has been declined. We believe your contribution contained factual inaccuracies." even though

1) It's not a contribution but a DELETION

2) if you look at the trivia page for this episode, the first 2 trivia items are duplicates of each other. Easily verified by a human.

26 August 2019
#190826-185000-720000

Tried to delete a goof from the trivia section where it doesn't belong and add it to the goofs where it does belong, but was declined, reason: Does not meet contribution guidelines.

26 August 2019
#190826-214032-237000

Tried to delete a goof. Someone didn't pay attention to the episode. I entered a reason for the deletion, but was declined because, surprise surprise, "Reason Unable to verify." Except I was watching the episode while correcting the trivia and even put a full explanation for the deletion that contradicted the goof. All one had to do was actually listen to the episode and it would be explained, not listed as a goof.

This #190813-212501-704000 was the first attempt at deleting the goof. I resubmitted it later and received the tracking number above.

3 July 2019
#190703-012905-673000

Was watching the movie at the time. Played it multiple times. She says "Brock" correctly, not Brooke, so I tried to delete the goof. It was declined as Unable to Verify.

26 June 2019
#190626-204143-584000

Tried to delete several (5) items of trivia that had no bearing on the show Bosch, trivia items that should have been listed on the actor's bio, not on a show that has nothing to do with the actor. All declined, unable to verify.

Specific information about an actress belongs on the actress' page, if the information has no bearing on the show they're currently in, as was the case here. It seems some fan of this actress just decided to put her trivia on a show she happened to be in, but it was completely unrelated and didn't belong there. Not sure how or why it was all approved.

27 July 2017
#170727-214031-869000

Declined, unable to verify. Except this news story is easily verifiable and the plot (except the murder) fits the story shown here.

25 August 2019
#190825-021444-141000

Someone wrote "SPOILER: Moshe Kasher is in this episode" ...except his name is in the credits in the beginning and he's introduced before the 2 minute mark, so it's hardly a spoiler. Tried to delete this trivia item as cast information/credits are NOT trivia and add his name to the credits.

DECLINED, Unable to verify (of course!)

20 August 2019
#190820-152009-351000

Tried to delete a trivia item that is anecdotal and not proven, but entered into trivia. I even provided an explanation that I could find no sources whatsoever to back up this claim.

Declined, Reason Other

Your contribution has been declined. We did not capture a specific reason during processing.

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4 years ago

ecidnac

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@Michelle I got another "Unable to verify" declination. #210827-183331-565000

1. This trivia item is not trivia; if it were genuine it would be under "goofs"

2. HOWEVER, it's incorrect. He asks, "Everything you ever dreamed of, is he?" What some person heard as "Izzy" is actually "is he". He never calls her by the wrong name. So it's neither a goof nor trivia.

I tried to have it deleted and got "unable to verify" which is again frustrating and vague since I included a reason and everything.

And with this one #210728-170054-632000 I explained in another comment 3 weeks ago. Someone had already entered the trivia item with the profanity intact; I only sought to correct the punctuation and the quote) but it was declined for "Does not meet contribution guidelines" and I don't know if it's because of the profanity or the foreign language or what. There are SO MANY submission guidelines, and that's such a vague reason that I have no clue whatsoever why the item was declined. It could be any one of 1,000 reasons, but it doesn't say which of those 1,000 reasons it was declined. Again, I did not submit it; I only attempted to proofread it.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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