submissions ruled "unable to verify"...WHY?

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I just don't understand this, it's apparent that the whomever reviewed my recent submission simply did not perform their due diligence to verify its accuracy.  I posted a trivia submission to Brent Spiner's page, stating that he is left handed.  In the explanation I provided 2 youtube videos of Mr. Spiner signing autographs at Star Trek conventions, and he was signing with his left hand.  Both videos included a sign near Mr. Spiner with words that were completely legible, showing proof that the videos were not reversed.  All the reviewer had to do was visit just one of those links to obtain adequate verification of Mr. Spiner being left handed...but this obviously was not done and the submission was rejected with the reason "unable to verify".  I had previously attempted the same submission with a link to Mr. Spiner's twitter feed where he stated "Happy Left Hander's Day! I'm a lefty", but that submission was also rejected as "unable to verify".  So can someone please explain why these 3 examples did not provide adequate proof that Mr. Spiner is left handed?  My submission number is 200421-190452-706000, and here are the two links showing Mr. Spiner signing autographs with his left hand:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C9B1HwcWr8 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UIymWbJnRQ
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Ed Jones(XLIX)

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I do not know why they do not give you the exact reason in the first place, but the unable to verify is also used as the reply for "No".
This falls under the not so trivial trivia category.
This just does not qualify as a trivia item.
Much like the "is a vegan" or is a "dog lover", IMDb deems this not a trivia item.
Now if he was ambidextrous??? Maybe they might take it. That's trivial.
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I appreciate your reply, but I don't buy your explanation whatsoever.  https://dictionary.cambridge.org defines trivia as "little known details or information", and unless *everyone* knows Mr. Spiner is left handed it certainly qualifies as a piece of trivia.  BTW I've seen "is a vegan" listed as trivia more than once over my two decades as a member here.  I'll continue to wait to hear from an employee.
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I Do Not type things just because it's my opinion. I base it on facts.
A ticket has been cut to modify the help topics to clarify them better. As this is a rather new change, it has not shown up yet.

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Please see here.
https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/names-biographical-data/biographical-data-guidelines/GMT9...

A Reprint.....

Bio-Trivia    

The biographical trivia list is the place where we collect random non-essential details about a person that are considered to be more amusing and interesting than serious or important and that do not fit, or are not significant to enough be mentioned, in a full mini-biography.

Each piece of trivia should be sent as a separate item. If you have more than one piece of trivia to add, then add them as multiple items. Bio trivia items should add directly or indirectly to the distinctive attributes of a person and provide/give an insight to that particular person rather than common trivia that could apply to most other people (i.e. "is a vegetarian" or "likes dogs"). In order to cover a variety of interesting facts, multiple trivia items focused on the same topic may be rejected, edited or consolidated into a single entry.

If you mention a person or a title (movie, TV series / episode) that is also listed on IMDb, you must hyperlink this following our link formatting guide.




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Again, thank you for the replies.  And your more detailed explanation *does* make sense now.  And please excuse my earlier curt reply if you will, but your first reply - to me at least - sounded more like it was a personal decision of a moderator rather than an actual policy decision when you said it could also simply mean "NO", or as I took it, "I don't like your submission".  Not to mention that to me as a contributor, the "unable to verify" ruling meant precisely that - a moderator was not provided adequate information to verify the submission. In this instance that just wasn't the case, as the videos I provided do show unequivocally that Mr. Spiner is indeed left-handed.  Over the years I've had a good number of submissions declined as "unable to verify", but this was the first time I questioned that ruling.  Before challenging that ruling I visited the policy page to verify that I didn't violate any particular IMDB statute in relation to trivia submissions. And to be honest I'm a bit confused, the bio-trivia discussion in the link you posted appears to apply to the biography of the subject in question. So I suppose I need to ask, are all trivia submissions considered to fall under the category of "bio-trivia"?  Or is there (or will there be) a separate topic for "bio-trivia"?  Again, thank you for the more detailed explanation.  Perhaps IMDB should consider additional "reason for rejection" tags that are somewhat less opaque for submissions that are declined, as "unable to verify" can be misconstrued easily, as in this case.  
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Working backwards on your reply.

You: tags that are somewhat less opaque for submissions that are declined, as "unable to verify" can be misconstrued easily.

This has been a complaint for quite some time. It is a one size fits half the question answer. The other that is just as bad is "Does not meet contribution guidelines", which in your submission should have been used!!! Go Figure!

You: I suppose I need to ask, are all trivia submissions considered to fall under the category of "bio-trivia"?

If that trivia is about an actor, it is bio trivia. If it is about a title it's just regular trivia.

Cheers

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