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"Your contribution has been declined. We have been unable to verify your contribution."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0702174/
30 October 2021 - #211030-010829-777000
This was my comment. “Serling does not appear anywhere in this episode, nor is he credited. I've just watched it. The confusion arises because scenes from this episode were later edited into an episode a different series called Night Gallery which Serling hosted. But that was years later and has no connection with this series in general or this episode in specific. He doesn't appear. And he is not credited.”
My question: How do I prove Serling isn't in the episode?
I've been told before to use screengrabs. How exactly would that work? Mike Farrell is in the episode. If I do a screengrab of Mike Farrell does that somehow prove that Rod Serling isn't in the episode?!!
Somebody added his credit. And they obviously didn't have to prove he was in the episode. They just added him and it was fine. How does that work?
It's apparently easy to add incorrect information but darn hard to remove it.
Who is the person on the other end, and what exactly are they doing to verify our contributions? I mean, this information is available in several references books. The Tim Brooks/Earle Marsh Prime Time books, or Alex McNeil's Total Television. The Vincent Terrace books. It's not hard to verify this stuff if you really want to.
I don't expect everyone to have the same DVDs as me, but come on! Meet us halfway.





SoCalGrace
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4 years ago
I would simply try again. Don't re-submit the same submission--create a whole new one. Then make sure you check its 'provide explanation' choice so you can write out your explanation. Be very clear that Serling's name should be deleted because he played no part in this episode, either as a character or host.
One caveat, since I'm not familiar with this show and therefore don't have firsthand knowledge, are you *sure* Serling wasn't just routinely credited? Or is it possible that the DVD you watched isn't the original? With all the editing and shuffling around these days, a version of an episode you see on one channel may not match the same episode on another channel--or DVD. The only DVDs that I [halfway] trust as original and intact are those marked 'official' or 'complete' or something to that effect.
One last thing: don't take it personally! I *know* how frustrating it is to take the time and effort to submit something, and then have it declined for no apparently valid reason. When that happens to me, I just re-submit it and try again. If I didn't provide an explanation the first time, I do then...and that usually solves the problem.
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