Why wont IMDB accept Production documentation as proof of credits?

@Maya​ Hi. Thanks Maya - this is one of them #230128-163516-407000

@Maya​ Hi Again! This is the second - #230126-222609-207000

The first I sent in my payslip and the second my contract. I just want my IMDB page to be a full and accurate record of my work so any future interviews start off on the right footing rather than with a debate! Thanks ever so much.

@Maya​ @Fran I have a screen shot from my UK professional body, the UK Production Guild, which verifies the credits directly at the time. Is there a way I can send this in privately if needed as it also has my contact details.

@eboy​ I think the point is, the data is wrong. What I did and was paid to do is incorrectly credited.

Then the "(credit only)" attribute may apply.

@jeorj_euler​ sorry, I don’t know how this works or what to do. Is this to add a new credit or modify an existing one?

@jeorj_euler​ Actually, last time I've checked "(credit only)" for crew listings was against IMDb guidelines except when it comes to main writers and directors. That said, it periodically gets applied to some of the most outrageous credits, such as this classic example.

Possible solutions include outlining the problem in "Crazy Credits" section of the title. 

This thread is deteriorating rapidly - but very funny 😆 

@Fran​ @Maya Hi, Screen credits are normally taken from the contract - unless production have prepared a separate document and made a mistake in the transfer. But the contract is the legal basis of all credits hence my submitting the fully executed signed contract so IMDB data and this contract job title should match. Otherwise IMDB becomes an unreliable source of  information.

IMDB submissions by the production are normally a separate process done by some overworked clerk in the middle of a million and one other things and it is not beyond the realms of possibility that a mistake was made and one word of my job title was left out because it has to be added as Other - but only if you know to do that. It is not on the standard drop-down list of job titles and may just have been picked as the nearest job title The payslip job title is also taken from the contract/start form. Thanks.

I’m sure most here know the problems with credits (they don’t always match the actual job decription, or the contracts for that matter). Still, IMDb is not here to ”correct” the mistakes by the production companies/producers/”overworked clerks”. They (mainly) work with the actual credits.

Yes, and the actual legal credit is on the contract. If you are not going to read what I am asking IMDB to do, please stop commenting. I did not ask IMDB to correct the production- they shut down 2 years ago. I asked them to correct the data on their own site against my name so it is accurate and reflects the legal agreement for my credit.

@Bubbles​ Let's put it that way: there should be a correct listing of your work on IMDb and there should be a correct reflection of your credit on IMDb, because either way someone will routinely re-check the credits and correct it accordingly. 

I'm not IMDb staff, merely a passionate contributor, but there is a workaround and it's just to have both listed with the correct one marked as "(uncredited)".

Thanks. I might be credited but I can’t check the episodes as I am in another territory so they won’t stream. In the past my payslip and contract have been accepted, and I have a screenshot of my professional body listing which is correct as they verify with the production at the time. I’m just waiting for details of how to raise a complaint now which I requested but I’ll poke around. 

(Side note, I'm not sure if his screen name would be pronounced "e-boy" or "eb-oy", so I leave it lowercase.)