Adding credits to comic book adaptations

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Every time I add the credits of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby to include "based on Marvel's "X-Men" Comics" to IMDB's X-Men: The Animated Series page it gets rejected and I have no idea why.
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Daniel Ross Dudley

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Michelle, Official Rep

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Hi Daniel -
 I can see that your credit submissions were not accepted as they would be considered duplicates of the existing credits that Eboy mentioned above, however, our editors are currently engaging in a policy discussion regarding the listing of these credit types on comic book adaptations.  As soon as I there is an update on this policy discussion I will be sure to let you know here.
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Hi Daniel,

Thanks for your message. Just to let you know that we've now updated our policies regarding these types of credits, see here.

  • We will no longer be accepting any uncredited "characters created by" credits on any title adapted from an existing source. The complexities and ambiguities in the creative process across writers involved in the genesis and the specific version of a character that appears in any adaptation means that it is not feasible to accurately represent their individual input. Please note that this policy does not impact credited "characters created by" credits, we will continue to list any "characters created by" credits that are credited on screen.
Regards,
Will
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https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/uncredited-writer-characters-created-by-policy-change
Announcement
Uncredited Writer "Characters Created By" Policy Change
Posted Friday, December 7, 2018
by Will, Official Rep
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