Why isn't the attribute "also archive footage" showing up?

I added this attribute well over a month ago when the episode first aired. I just happened to look at it again today because Barack Obama still didn't have a correct order number though that problem has been fixed.

I swear that the guide used to consider "also archive footage" as a valid attribute and not a free form text.

This is a common designation that is used in documentaries where people both appear in new footage shot for the documentary but also appear in archive footage (such as newscasts). This used to show up before the redesign of the page, or else, I would have never known about it. It is distinctly different from "archive footage" because that would mean that the person would not have shot any new footage.

In this particular case, John Lewis both appears live as a guest of David Letterman and is also shown in news footage on the Edmund Pettus Bridge during "Bloody Sunday" in 1965.

I think (also archive footage) should be one of the valid attributes for the reason Adrian explains. Also, I just checked and the attribute is currently used 7,514 times, which suggests this is indeed a useful attribute.

Adding to what Adrian said, "(also archive footage)" was also used for live action fiction titles as well. 

Now, however I see it being removed and replaced. A few years I changed Bob Hope's "(archive footage)" credit for That Little Monster (1994) to "(also archive footage)" because he not only appears on a TV in a movie, but in some new footage which was filmed in the early stages of production as a small cameo and inserted mid-credits. It now has just "(uncredited)" for some reason. 

I have filed a ticket with all your comments for the applicable team to review.

Any word on this?

Not yet, the ticket is still open with the relevant team.

Regards,
Will

Okay, well thanks for the update.