Please correct the spelling of a director's name

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The name of the director on Close to Home S2 E5, Square Pegs, has been incorrectly spelt, it should be Clark without a letter e on the end. 

See the correct spelling on this episode https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0863335/?ref_=hm_rvi_tt

Here is a screen shot from S2 E5 showing the correct spelling.



Ticket #200720-125327-831000

Please can it be corrected

Thanks
Don


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Don

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Elizabeth, Employee

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Hi Don, thanks for reaching out. The submission you made today regarding this hasn't had time to be processed yet. Submissions made to IMDb are not immediately available on the site, and the amount of time can vary. You can always read more on tracking your contribution here. 
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As I fully expected, the submission has been declined although I cannot seen what further evidence should be needed!

As well as the screen shot from the end credits of S2 E5 shown above, I have now attached a screen shot from the IMDb page from a previous episode (S2 E3) of the series with the correct spelling pointed out with an arrow.

Plus a screen shot taken from from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_to_Home_(1989_TV_series)#Series_two_(1990)  showing their entries for this series showing the correct spelling.

Screen shot from IMDb page from a previous episode...



Screen shot from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_to_Home_(1989_TV_series)#Series_two_(1990)



Now can the spelling of the director's name please be corrected?

Thank you
Don




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sienel, Champion

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When you send in the correction are you adding an (as Alistair Clark) attribute to the Alistair Clarke credit? Or are you changing the actual person who is being credited as director? If you are changing the person then which Alistair Clark in the IMDb are you changing it to?



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Hi,

Thank you for your reply.

I'm changing the actual person to Alistair Clark (v), here https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11648171/?ref_=tt_ov_dr




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Actually looking at it again, it would be better to change the attribute as it looks like it is indeed the same person with multiple listings....
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Don

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Thanks to sienel who caused me to re-evaluate my request I see that I have made a major error.

All the responses to my request for a change simply implied that I needed more evidence, which sent me off to find more to back up my claim, rather than look at it again.

If the reply had been something like please look again as we believe that the original entry is correct, I may not have been so blinkered in my response.

sienel's post which asked if I was trying to add an attribute made me question "why would I do so?"  Which in turn made me dig deeper & look back at my work.  I then saw that I had made the mistake of not checking properly & that both directors were infact the same person but with a different spelling of the surname....

A major error on my part which I have learned from, my apologies to all & a thank you to sienel.  Now to get the two names merged into one.

Thank you & my deepest apologies for complaining so much.
Don