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Thursday, March 13th, 2025 1:06 AM

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Which guideline am I violating?

Hello, I am trying to correct a supposed goof in the film Casablanca, which is actually not a goof. I tried to reclassify it as "incorrectly regarded", as well as to edit the text. I tried it twice: in the second time, I strived to keep it simple and go to the point. Still, it was declined without any meaningful explanation. Can you please explain which guideline am I violating, if any? (see below) Contribution number: #250311-233107-016000 GoofEdit Before (at around 34 mins) When Rick breaks his rule of never drinking with customers, Renault states "Well, a precedent is being broken." Later on when Rick picks up the tab, he says "Another precedent gone". This grammatically incorrect in that precedents are not broken but "set."Character error After When Rick breaks his rule of never drinking with customers, Renault states "Well, a precedent is being broken." Later on, when Rick pays for the bill, Renault says "Another precedent gone". Although these sentences may sound unnatural in English (which can be justified by Renault being a Frenchman), they are correct: those two precedents (patterns), set by Rick in the past, have not been followed by him on this occasion.Incorrectly regarded as goof Your Comment other “ I am retrying a (previously declined) contribution: I am now writing it in a simpler pattern, going to the point. If you decline this again, it would help that you point which guideline I am violating (because I do not find it). The original goof report claims that there is a grammar error, but we can find several webs that justify that there is actually no language mistake. See, for example: https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2011/01/precedent.html ”

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1 day ago

Hi david_david_5152224- Thank you for posting the submission reference number! Further reviewing, this was a processing error which has been reported. Your correction has been re-submitted in your behalf and approved. The changes will be live on the site shortly. Cheers!

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24 hours ago

Hi, @david_david_5152224 and @Maya: May I ask why you have deleted the timestamp I added two years ago? (#230211-161350-595000)

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16 hours ago

Thank you very much, @Maya. @ljdoncel: I did not delete the timestamp in my first submission, that was declined. I then remembered that simplifying (summing up) is useful to have the contribution accepted (although it did not work this time): that is why I deleted it in my second submission. I would have no objection if you try to add the timestamp back. Regards.

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Hi, David: I understand your logic (and I agree with you), but, For future submissions, please try not to delete factual/objective information that cannot be found elsewhere in the database. Removing a valid timestamp is like deleting a certificate or a runtime. if you want to simplify an entry, please try to focus on the parts that really can be simplified. Regards.