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Wrong Character Name in Credits - #230429-232204-684000
I recently proposed a goof for a film - #230429-232204-684000 - but it was rejected as it “Does not meet contribution guidelines”.
IMDb submission guidelines are quite long but I thought I had read them thoroughly. Obviously it is easier to see if a comment breaches guidelines, but harder to gauge how they don’t meet them. Is it possible to get some clarification as to how my comment fell short?
jeorj_euler
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3 years ago
There is no clear guideline on what to do when the on-screen credits is erroneous in the context of contradicting what is revealed throughout the progress of the story shown in a movie. Sometimes, contributors can get away with creating both a crazy credits item and a goof item drawing attention to the error, but maybe sometimes contributors will have to settle for just one of these.
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Michelle
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3 years ago
Hi @silvio_mitsubishi -
If there is a discrepancy between a credited character name and the actual name of the character on the film (eg. someone is called "Tom" in the film but credited as playing "Tim" in the end credits), this would qualify as a Trivia mention.
Cheers!
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