Narrator credit in IMDb even when not credited on-screen?

Question about a Narrator credit for episodes of a TV series, even when there isn't an on-screen credit during the original broadcast.

Situation: During the original broadcast, sometimes the show has credits (which show the narrator), and sometimes it doesn't. However, the same episodes shown online after the original broadcast, do have on-screen credits.

So my question is, why can't this person have a "(voice) (uncredited)" attribute? The narrator has obviously done the work, and has received on-screen credit, but just not during the original broadcast.

Yes, I know this is not consistent with the policy stated here:
https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/filmography-credits/cast-acting-credits-guidelines/GH3JZC...

So I guess is what I'm asking is for an exception. Submission 181204-164309-946000

Ron

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Posted 2 years ago

2 years ago

Will, Official Rep

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Hi Ron,

Yes this definitely qualifies as a valid (voice) (uncredited) credit, seeing as he's credited elsewhere on other episodes of the same series.

I've resubmitted these for you now which will go live shortly.

Regards,
Will

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2 years ago

Ron

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Same series, similar rejection: 181221-042121-309000

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1 year ago

Ron

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Same series, same rejection: 190115-142408-601000

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1 year ago

Ron

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Same series, rejected again (Does not meet contribution guidelines): 190130-021401-668000

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1 year ago

Ron

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The episode the following week had the same exact credit, and it was accepted, so I tried re-submitting, and got the same rejection, "Does not meet contribution guidelines." 190205-230929-586000

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1 year ago

Michelle, Official Rep

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Hi Ron -

Thanks for reporting these additional incorrect rejections, I have now approved this episode credit and will send an alert to the team to ensure that our acceptance policies are being followed for future submissions.

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