
Pretty cool to see what has been processed and what is still processing. This is a great improvement IMDb. I only hope this roles out soon for all contributions.
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https://contribute.imdb.com/contribution/<insert contribution id here>/?ref_=ra_his_wa
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Nevertheless, over the weekend, I submitted some translated titles and one goof (different movies, each in separate submissions) but no "track contribution" link on these.
Most likely it will be coming soon.
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Anyway, thanks for heralding this!
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We will provide more details and make a full announcement when all is operational.
Regards,
Will
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Thanks for continuining to report issues, Adrian. We really appreciate it.
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In addition to more contribution tracking details, we're also experimenting with a new contribution history view that helps you see the status of your contributions more easily.
We've made it available in a testing phase and would love to hear any feedback you have.
It's available at https://contribute.imdb.com/contributions/history
Cheers,
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Thanks for the lead.
My feedback: it is nice looking, but I do not want it. I am tired of all the wasted space forcing you to scroll and scroll and scroll... For a contribution monitoring, I just need a compact view to quickly access the information I need.
If IMDb provides both, it will be fine, but I will not use this new and lovely display.
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I reloaded it and it was fine. Maybe timed out too quickly?
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33 is the correct number (I think without counting them to be sure).
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Thank you for the feedback. Just to make sure I understand, is it the lack of compactness (having whitespace between different pieces of data, showing images with contributions, etc.) that you dislike or is it the scrolling to load more contributions? Or both?
Cheers,
Megan
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Thanks for reporting both of these issues. The page should load fine for everyone regardless of how many items they've contributed, and the amount of items in a contribution should be consistent across the two pages. I'll document these for the team to investigate.
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Obviously, the displayed items are just a sample, so I cannot assess the "load more" function, which I usually do not mind.
I am explicitely reacting to the lack of compactness and much too much empty white useless spaces.
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As Jack Webb would say...Just the facts Ma'am!
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Hi! Megan, Staff Member
Replace in gold box "Important: Withoutabox Update for 2019"
with
"Oct 23 2018 - Hi everyone,
In addition to more contribution tracking details, we're also experimenting with a new contribution history view that helps you see the status of your contributions more easily.
We've made it available in a testing phase and would love to hear any feedback you have.
It's available at
https://contribute.imdb.com/contributions/history ..."
for more members to read ? ?
add ?
https://contribute.imdb.com/updates/history
vs.
https://contribute.imdb.com/contributions/history
with a link to this for more comments
"Anybody notice the new "track contribution" screen now shows all contributions in that entry"
.
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Thanks for your feedback about whitespaces and pictures. I will forward your input to the team.
Cheers,
Megan
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The existing contribution history page at https://contribute.imdb.com/updates/history has not been changed.
We're experimenting with this new history page at https://contribute.imdb.com/contributions/history to learn more about what our contributors want from a history view and how we can best communicate information about the status of contributions. It is not fully launched, so we have not communicated it to all users.
Cheers,
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"We're experimenting with this new history page at https://contribute.imdb.com/contributions/history to learn more about what our contributors want from a history view "
- - -
Can you cross ref these two ? ?
Only Contributors see these ? ? Not all users
https://contribute.imdb.com/updates/history
to / from
https://contribute.imdb.com/contributions/history
for those at the Contributor Hall of Fame to compare and comment
https://contribute.imdb.com/czone/hall_of_fame
#1 - 2,250,650 - cinelamour
#2 - 1,505,274 - inespape-1
#3 - 1,379,852 - Kelly Were
that do not see your message here
and Why is this only for
Top Plot Summary Writers
Top Mini-Bio Writers
Not
Top Names and Titles etc...
? ?
bob the moo
IMDb member since February 2001
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur1002035/
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur1002035/reviews
Change
https://www.imdb.com/search/title?plot_author=bob+the+moo
https://www.imdb.com/search/name?bio_author=bob+the+moo
to
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur1002035/plots
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur1002035/bios
Profile page Quick Links
https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/people/bobthemoo
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WoW
‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
For those that want to know what that is!
su·per·ca·li·fra·gil·is·tic·ex·pi·a·li·do·cious
/ˌso͞opərˌkaləˌfrajəˌlistikˌekspēˌaləˈdōSHəs/
adjectiveinformal
adjective: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious; adjective: supercalifragilistic
- extraordinarily good; wonderful.
"the only word to characterize Kepler's discoveries was ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
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https://contribute.imdb.com/contribution/181018-202439-926000/?ref_=ra_his_wa
We had a problem processing that request. Go to the IMDb contribution homepage »
Uhhm... you know, I-I think I owe you an apology, sir.
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You can only see the contribution status for contributions you submitted. Please check that you're logged in with the account that submitted that contribution to see its tracking details.
Cheers,
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This new contribution history page is currently missing several data types, but should include some data types that were not already trackable, including filmography, title and name urls, certificates, keywords, release dates, soundtracks, and bio data.
We know it's frustrating to not have a central history page that includes all of your contributions and are working to solve that problem. Sorry for any confusion we might have caused in the meantime.
Cheers,
Megan
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This is my account:
https://www.imdb.com/user/ur0743304/
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My observation is that this new page only shows contributions that had a beta trackable contribution. It does show contributions that aren't part of the beta tracking program. However, the contribution must include an item that is trackable.
So, Peter, if your edits don't contain something like trivia, then it won't show up on this new page.
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The new page should be showing data types that are not already trackable, but the team has found a technical issue that is only showing trackable types and has reproduced the experience you reported.
We are working on a fix for this issue, and I will update this thread once that has been completed. Thank you for your patience and diligence in reporting problems.
Cheers,
Megan
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Adrian, you're right, I always edit different types like trivia and crew in separate submissions.
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The team has addressed the issue, and you should now see other data types on this new history page, including keywords and cast and crew changes.
Thanks again for testing, and please let me know if you experience other issues.
Cheers,
Megan
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The reason "Not enough evidence" doesn't give any suggestion how to supply more evidence.
The reason "Does not meet contribution guidelines" includes a link to http://www.imdb.com/updates/guide/#atoz, which is redirected to the new help site. The best thing would be if the link could be much more specific based on the type of submission.
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Thanks for the feedback - I'll bring this to the team's attention and see what we can do to improve.
Cheers,
Megan
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Cheers
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Sorry you've been experiencing problems loading the page.
The team is working on a solution that should improve the performance significantly and make the page much more reliable. I will update this thread when that change has been completed.
Cheers,
Megan
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The page should now be performing more reliably. Please let me know if you experience other problems.
Thanks,
Megan
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We have them already documented, but if you do notice any others please feel free to report them so that we can make sure they're logged.
Cheers,
Megan
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Thanks for reporting this - that sounds like a confusing experience. Do you have any specific contributions or TV shows as examples I can send to the team?
Cheers,
Megan
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Note: This problem is transient. I refresh this page frequently and sometimes it brings up the series name for episodes that previously didn't have a series listed.

What's even further is that further down in my list, the episode "Brain Drain/Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow" appears with the TV series attached.

Maybe, it is in the type of data being edited?
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https://contribute.imdb.com/contribut...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1213641/...
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https://contribute.imdb.com/contribut...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7818188/...
Possibly because I also submitted a gender update for the actor?
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We have discovered that gender updates are not accurately reflected when tracking cast contributions and will work on fixing that issue.
As for your company update, foley work classifies a company under the post-production services and facilities type instead of miscellaneous since foley sound effects are added after filming ends. This was changed in processing but evidently not reflecting on the contribution tracking page. I'll report this issue to the team - nice work spotting it!
Thanks for continuing to report these issues and helping us to improve the tracking experience. I'll keep you posted as we make progress on these issues and apologize for any confusion they cause in the meantime.
Cheers,
Megan
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Another odd one is the "declined"
company edit here, which is also live on the page:
https://contribute.imdb.com/contribut...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1213641/...
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What happened is that I deleted those keywords again yesterday (#181105-202850-990000) because I wanted to move them to an episode instead of the series.
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They take up too much space.
The need to be shrunk. That's for Photo submissions or deletions.
Title Photos are not necessary.
Also is it me or is the auto page extension annoying.
I personally think that the page by page method is better.
Because of this auto page extension it is impossible to maintain a count total of submissions.
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Thanks for your feedback! I'll bring this back to the team for us to keep in mind as we continue iterating on this experience.
Thanks,
Megan
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Count me in on the "images are WAY TOO BIG" thread as well. At most they should be about as big as the images in filmography listings, etc... (less than 50 pixels tall)
Thanks.
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Have you clicked on "View contribution details"?
It is especially useful when some items are rejected, as IMDb will state why (even though it remains to be improved and finetuned)
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Have you clicked on "View contribution details"?Did you read my comment?
"The new display doesn't show (at a glance) anything about what was submitted."
The new display requires two clicks to display what the old display showed by default (zero clicks).
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in the "old" display (https://contribute.imdb.com/updates/history), you only had the list of submission with their IDs, the date and impacted data types. Period.
in the "new" display (https://contribute.imdb.com/contributions/history, still in test), you can get exactly the same information, plus the status (pending/approved/rejected) and when clicking on "View Contribution Details", the detail of your submission items (before/after) and the rejected items will be explained.
Are we on the same wavelength?
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Thanks for trying out our new history page!
I understand that not having the information about what data was in your contribution at a glance can be frustrating. Based on the feedback from you and everyone else on this thread, we're exploring ways to improve this new history page and make it more useful for everyone.
Please stay tuned for our progress, and thank you for your help in improving IMDb.
Cheers,
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Thanks Megan.
I
agree with Ron. I’d rather be able to see the type of submission
that was submitted on the main contribution history page, as we
currently can. You are unable to tell (in beta) if it's a trivia,
image, plot summary or cast addition (etc) that has been submitted,
whereas you can at the moment. Having to click on "View
Contribution Details" to find out this detail is frustrating.
I
must say, that I’m very happy to see image submissions have been
added to the contribution history!
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Now, it would be better if we could have the 2 displays altogether, to be able to assess them better.
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But personally, my submissions often include 50-100 items scattered across 20 or more categories, and that's when listing them starts to look like clutter. Here's the summary of one of my submissions earlier today:
90 itemsSee the problem?
Actress, Miscellaneous, Camera Department, Music Department, Actor, Art Department, Make Up Department, Sound Department, Producer, Assistant Director, Costume Department, Writer, Art Director, Casting Director, Composer, Editorial Department, Soundtrack, Cinematographer, Costume Designer, Editor, Location Management, Production Designer, Production Manager, Running Time
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I see what you're saying, but wouldn't your example above just warrant a "Cast added" or "Crew added"? What does it show in the current contribution history format? I've never submitted anything to crew, only cast - but do crew submissions actually specify each entry as you've shown above? I can certainly see how that would be a problem.
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That order may be of some use to someone, but for me it just makes it much harder to find any specific item within the page. Sorting the categories alphabetically (or better, the same order as the update form) would be more predictable and useful (or for bonus points, let us choose the sort order ourselves).
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would be more compact than the old line by line format. It is more than really needed I think but may perhaps be easier to do.
We have the same problem with the order in that list - number of items order even though the numbers are not there. I agree with Phil G that alphabetical or the same order as the update form would be better. Note that here we have "Miscellaneous" where the update form has "Other Crew" and I think that being last in the Cast and Crew section of the update form is the main difference from alphabetical order in that section.
One way in which I have used the old format summary is when adding credits to another episode of the same series where the number of credits per section tends to be similar even if the credits are not always the same. It is useful to be able to select a suitable number from the "Add x credits" dropdown for each relevant section so that I do not have to go round the re-check cycle adjusting the numbers. Getting to the equivalent information on the new page takes rather longer as you have to view details and then shrink the list of all approved items (or scroll down past all those items) to get to the individual sections with their counts. Having the same order as the update form would be really helpful here too.
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Leave it out of the full page of submissions.
They take up too much SPACE.
Here is 10 with image.
Take out the images and 40 fit in the same space!

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It still takes up 4 times as much space Small or large.
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The pictures make it too large!
Look at all the wasted space.
Why on earth would you want to have only 25 items taking up the space where 100 items would fit just to have a photo?
Put the photo in the details if needed.
Those photos above are the main poster photos, which have nothing to do with the the submission.
If you were submitting an image for removal or inclusion, by all means post the photo within the submission, but not on the outside. It takes up too much space. I have 250 of those same photos. It is redundant.
They need to go away.
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Curiously, it displays fine for a contribution at series level, but the series title gets mangled when shown on an episode contribution. I've never noticed this issue anywhere else on IMDb, so what are you doing differently when displaying episodes on the new contributions page?
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